Turbo machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10408232-B2
Application number	US-201615188031-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 21, 2016
Priority date	Jul 22, 2015
Publication date	Sep 10, 2019
Grant date	Sep 10, 2019

Abstract

A turbo machine according to present disclosure includes a rotating shaft, a first impeller, a first fluid bearing, a first holding member, a first lubricating liquid casing, a first supplying passage, and a first squeeze film damper. The first fluid bearing rotatably supports the first taper portion and the first cylindrical portion. The first fluid bearing is attached to the first holding member. The first lubricating liquid casing forms a first storing space. The first supplying passage is a passage through which a lubricating liquid is supplied to the first storing space. The first squeeze film damper is a space located between the first fluid bearing and the first holding member. The first squeeze film damper communicates with the first supplying passage.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A turbo machine comprising:
a rotating shaft that includes a first taper portion and a first cylindrical portion, the first taper portion decreasing in diameter toward a first end of the rotating shaft in an axial direction of the rotating shaft, the first cylindrical portion being located on a side of the first taper portion opposite from the first end, the first cylindrical portion being constant in diameter;
a first impeller that is located on the side of the first taper portion opposite from the first end in the axial direction of the rotating shaft, that is fixed to the rotating shaft, and that compresses or expands a working fluid;
a first fluid bearing that rotatably supports the first taper portion both in a radial direction and the axial direction of the rotating shaft via a lubricating liquid and that rotatably supports the first cylindrical portion in the radial direction of the rotating shaft via the lubricating liquid;
a first holder that is disposed outside the first fluid bearing in a radial direction of the first fluid bearing, the first fluid bearing being attached to the first holder;
a first lubricating liquid casing that is disposed adjacent to the first holder and that forms a first storing space, the first storing space being capable of storing the lubricating liquid, which is to be supplied to the first fluid bearing;
a first supplying passage through which the lubricating liquid is supplied to the first storing space; and
a first squeeze film damper that is a space located between the first fluid bearing and the first holder in the radial direction of the first fluid bearing, the first squeeze film damper communicating with the first supplying passage.

2. The turbo machine according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a first inlet passage through which the first squeeze film damper communicates with the first storing space and through which the lubricating liquid flows from the first squeeze film damper to the first storing space.

3. The turbo machine according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a first partition that is disposed on a side of the first holder opposite from the first lubricating liquid casing, the first partition forming a first discharge space that stores the lubricating liquid, which has flowed out of the first fluid bearing;
a first discharge passage through which the lubricating liquid stored in the first discharge space is discharged to the outside of the first discharge space; and
a first seal that is disposed between the first fluid bearing and the first holder in the radial direction of the first fluid bearing and that separates the first squeeze film damper and the first discharge space from each other.

4. The turbo machine according to claim 1 , wherein the rotating shaft further includes a second taper portion and a second cylindrical portion, the second taper portion decreasing in diameter toward a second end of the rotating shaft in the axial direction of the rotating shaft, the second cylindrical portion being located on a side of the second taper portion opposite from the second end, the second cylindrical portion being constant in diameter,
the turbo machine further comprising:
a second impeller that is located on a side of the first impeller opposite from the first fluid bearing in the axial direction of the rotating shaft, that is fixed to the rotating shaft, and that further compresses or expands the working fluid that has been compressed or expanded by the first impeller;
a second fluid bearing that is disposed on a side of the second impeller opposite from the first impeller in the axial direction of the rotating shaft, that rotatably supports the second taper portion both in the radial direction and the axial direction of the rotating shaft via a lubricating liquid, and that rotatably supports the second cylindrical portion in the radial direction of the rotating shaft via the lubricating liquid;
a second holder that is disposed outside the second fluid bearing in a radial direction of the second fluid bearing, the second fluid bearing being attached to the second holder;
a second lubricating liquid casing that is disposed adjacent to the second holder and that forms a second storing space, the second storing space being capable of storing the lubricating liquid, which is to be supplied to the second fluid bearing;
a second supplying passage through which the lubricating liquid is supplied to the second storing space; and
a second squeeze film damper that is a space located between the second fluid bearing and the second holder in the radial direction of the second fluid bearing, the second squeeze film damper communicating with the second supplying passage.

5. The turbo machine according to claim 1 , wherein:
the turbo machine comprises the working fluid, and
the working fluid is a fluid whose saturated vapor pressure at a normal temperature is a negative pressure, and a part of the working fluid that is in a liquid state outside of the turbo machine is supplied, as the lubricating liquid, to the first fluid bearing through the first supplying passage.

6. The turbo machine according to claim 4 , wherein:
the turbo machine comprises the working fluid, and
the working fluid is a fluid whose saturated vapor pressure at a normal temperature is a negative pressure, and a part of the working fluid that is in a liquid state outside of the turbo machine is supplied, as the lubricating liquid, to the first fluid bearing through the first supplying passage and is supplied, as the lubricating liquid, to the second fluid bearing through the second supplying passage.

Assignees

• Panasonic Ip Man Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ogata Takeshi
• Shoyama Tadayoshi
• Hiwata Akira
• Taguchi Hidetoshi
• Kouda Kazuyuki
• Hasegawa Hiroshi

Classifications

• F04D29/668 Primary

  damping or preventing mechanical vibrations · CPC title

• F16C17/24

  with devices affected by abnormal or undesired positions, e.g. for preventing overheating, for safety · CPC title

• F16C2360/00

  Engines or pumps · CPC title

• F16C17/10

  for both radial and axial load · CPC title

• F16C27/02

  Sliding-contact bearings · CPC title