Patent ID: 8461710
Filing Date: 2013-06-11
Classification: F01D,F02C,H02K

Abstract:
1. An electric power plant comprising: a high speed gas turbine engine including a turbine connected to a turbine rotor shaft and a compressor connected to a compressor rotor shaft; a co-rotating electric generator having a rotor and a stator that produces electrical energy when the rotor and the stator rotate at a differential speed; the co-rotating electric generator connected between the turbine and the compressor in which the turbine drives the compressor through the electric generator and in which the rotor and the stator of the electric generator rotate in the same rotational direction but with a differential rotational speed such that electric energy is produced; the rotor of the generator being connected directly to one of the compressor rotor shaft or the turbine rotor shaft; and, the stator of the generator being connected directly to the other of the compressor rotor shaft or the turbine rotor shaft.