Patent ID: 6434944
Filing Date: 2002-08-20
Classification: F01D,F01K,F05D

Abstract:
A turbine system comprising:a source of working fluid; a housing having a housing interior surface and a housing exterior surface, said housing being formed to contain working fluid there within; a first aperture formed in said housing to extend between said housing interior surface and said housing exterior surface, said first aperture being sized to communicate working fluid in liquid form from said housing interior surface to said housing exterior surface; a rotor mounted to rotate within said housing, said rotor having a rotor interior surface and a rotor exterior surface; a second aperture formed in said rotor to extend between said rotor interior surface and said rotor exterior surface, said second aperture being sized to communicate working fluid in liquid form from said interior surface to said exterior surface; nozzle means connected to receive said working fluid from said source of working fluid and positioned to direct said working fluid relative to said rotor interior surface to urge said rotor to rotate relative to said housing; and pump means positioned between said housing interior surface and said rotor exterior surface for pumping said working fluid through said first aperture to exterior of said housing.