There is provided a micro power generating device. A compressor impeller
and a turbine wheel are coupled to the ends of a rotating shaft. A cooler
is provided for lowering a temperature of the compressed air from the
compressor impeller. The compressed air is mixed with the fuel and
combusted in a combustion chamber. An air foil thrust bearing for
supporting the rotating shaft has a thrust collar coupled to the rotating
shaft, as well as a pair of thrust discs located apart from the thrust
collar and fixed to the housing. Impeller type seals are formed at both
surfaces of the thrust collar and impulse turbine blades are formed at
the periphery of the thrust collar. A generator is positioned between the
air foil thrust bearing and the compressor impeller. A portion of the
cool air is bypassed toward the generator and the impulse turbine blades
from the cooler.