CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSOR INCLUDING DIFFUSER PRESSURE EQUALIZATION FEATURE

    公开(公告)号:US20210270289A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-02

    申请号:US17252769

    申请日:2020-07-10

    IPC分类号: F04D29/44 F04D17/10 F04D29/08

    摘要: A centrifugal compressor includes an impeller configured to drive fluid along a fluid flowpath via a plurality of discrete passages. Each of the discrete passages includes a discrete passage exit. A diffuser portion is disposed circumferentially about the impeller. The diffuser portion includes a plenum connected to each exit of the discrete passages via a plurality of diffuser inlets and an equalization plenum defined adjacent to the impeller. The equalization plenum is fluidly connected to each discrete passage exit via a corresponding slot.

    Centrifugal Compressor Open Impeller
    77.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190285081A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-19

    申请号:US16280346

    申请日:2019-02-20

    IPC分类号: F04D29/28 F04D17/10

    摘要: A centrifugal compressor impeller (60; 160) has a hub (62; 162) having a gaspath surface (64; 164) extending from a leading end to a trailing end. A plurality of blades (70A, 70B; 170) extend from the hub gaspath surface and each have: a leading edge (72A, 72B; 172); a trailing edge (74A, 74B; 174); a first face (80A, 80B; 180); a second face (82A, 82B; 182); and a tip (78A, 78B; 178). A plurality of flow splitter segments (120, 122; 320, 322) extend between associated twos of the blades and each spaced from both the hub gaspath surface and the tips of the associated two blades.

    LOW PRESSURE INTEGRATED PURGE
    78.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190234661A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-01

    申请号:US16262201

    申请日:2019-01-30

    IPC分类号: F25B43/04 F25B43/00

    摘要: A heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration system includes a heat transfer fluid circulation loop configured to circulate a refrigerant therethrough, a purge gas outlet in operable communication with the heat transfer fluid circulation loop and at least one gas permeable membrane having a first side in operable communication with the purge gas outlet and a second side. The membrane includes a plurality of pores of a size to allow passage of contaminants through the membrane, while restricting passage of the refrigerant through the membrane, and further restricting passage of a vapor phase corrosion inhibitor through the membrane. A purge unit is in operable communication with the second side of the permeable membrane configured to receive a purge gas from the permeable membrane.

    Hot gas bypass for two-stage compressor

    公开(公告)号:US10267539B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-04-23

    申请号:US15117012

    申请日:2015-01-20

    发明人: Vishnu M. Sishtla

    摘要: A vapor compression system comprising a centrifugal compressor (22) having: an inlet (24); an outlet (26); a first impeller stage (28); a second impeller stage (30); and a motor (34) coupled to the first impeller stage and second impeller stage. A first heat exchanger (38) is downstream of the outlet along a refrigerant flowpath. An expansion device (56) and a second heat exchanger (64) are upstream of the inlet along the refrigerant flowpath. A bypass flowpath (120; 320) is positioned to deliver refrigerant from the compressor bypassing the first heat exchanger. A valve (128) is positioned to control flow through the bypass flowpath, wherein: the bypass flowpath extends from a first location (140) intermediate the inlet and outlet to a second location (142; 342) downstream of the first heat exchanger along the refrigerant flowpath.

    Compressor bearing cooling
    80.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10228168B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-03-12

    申请号:US14779157

    申请日:2014-02-19

    摘要: A compressor (22) has a housing assembly (40) with a suction port (24), a discharge port (26), and a motor compartment (60). An electric motor (42) has a stator (62) within the motor compartment and a rotor (64) within the stator. The rotor is mounted for rotation about a rotor axis (500). One or more working impellers (44) are coupled to the rotor to be driven by the rotor in at least a first condition so as to draw fluid in through the suction port and discharge the fluid from the discharge port. An inlet guide vane (IGV) array (174) is between the suction port (24) and the one or more impellers (44). One or more bearing systems (66, 68) support the rotor (64) and/or the one or more impellers (44). One or more main drain passages (120, 234 206; 120, 232, 202, 206) are coupled to the bearings to pass fluid along a drain flowpath from the bearings to a location (172) upstream of the impeller and downstream of the IGV array.