Electrical generator or motor structure – Dynamoelectric – Rotary
Patent
1990-08-23
1992-03-31
Wong, Peter S.
Electrical generator or motor structure
Dynamoelectric
Rotary
290 52, 384472, 310 87, 440 6, H02K 918, H02K 904, F01D 508
Patent
active
051011280
ABSTRACT:
Both a closed system and method for cooling a submersible propulsor unit for a water vehicle is provided for a unit of the type that includes a submersible motor having a shaft connected to a propeller, and a housing containing the motor. The system comprises a motor cooling assembly that includes a shaft seal for conducting the shaft outside of the housing while preventing ambient water from entering the housing, a liquid contained within the housing for cooling the motor, a heat exchanger for thermally connecting but mechanically isolating the liquid from the ambient water, an impeller (102) for recirculating the liquid through both the motor and the heat exchanger, and a bellows (128) for equilibrating any pressure differentials between the cooling liquid and the ambient water. A filter assembly (129) mounted within the bellows relieves any pressure differential that is not relieved by the bellows when ambient water pressure is greater than that of the cooling liquid in the housing. The filter assembly removes particulate debris from the ambient water before admitting it into the housing, to relieve the pressure differential, and may further include an osmotic membrane for preventing dissolved salts in ambient water from entering the cooling liquid.
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Drake James A.
Veronesi Luciano
Rebsch D. L.
Westinghouse Electric Corp.
Wong Peter S.
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