MUMBAI, India, Oct. 31 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517093548 A) filed by Nuovo Pignone Tecnologie - S. R. L., Florence, Italy, on Sept. 29, for 'expander and method of manufacturing.'
Inventor(s) include Girezzi, Gabriele; Ragni, Giacomo; Di Sisto, Paolo; Checcacci, Damaso; Cosi, Lorenzo; Giusti, Enrico; and Valeri, Fabio.
The application for the patent was published on Oct. 31, under issue no. 44/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Disclosed herein is an expander for a supercritical carbon dioxide thermodynamic cycle. The expander comprises an outer casing, a combustor in the outer casing, and a rotor with a rotation axis, housed for rotation in the outer casing. The rotor comprises an aft shaft portion, and a forward shaft portion. Between the aft shaft portion and the forward shaft portion a plurality of rotor disks are arranged. Each rotor disk comprises a respective annular row of rotor blades. Upstream of each annular row of rotor blades, a respective annular row of stationary vanes is provided. Each annular row of stationary vanes and the respective annular row of rotor blades form an expander stage."
The patent application was internationally filed on Mar. 25, 2024, under International application No.PCT/EP2024/025126.
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