Centrifugal compressor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10876546-B2
Application number	US-201716087427-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 6, 2017
Priority date	Mar 28, 2016
Publication date	Dec 29, 2020
Grant date	Dec 29, 2020

Abstract

A centrifugal compressor that includes a rotor including a shaft rotatably supported in a casing and an impeller secured to an outer periphery of the shaft; a diaphragm surrounding the impeller from an outer peripheral side; a suction side casing head disposed so as to be spaced apart from the diaphragm on a side where a fluid is suctioned; a temperature adjusting mechanism that is provided in the suction side casing head and configured to adjust a temperature of environment by flow of a heat medium; a heat shield that is provided between the suction side casing head and the diaphragm and defines, together with the impeller, a suction flow path through which the fluid is introduced to the impeller; and a plurality of straightening vanes that are provided in the suction flow path and configured to straighten the fluid flowing through the suction flow path.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A centrifugal compressor comprising:
a rotor including a shaft rotatably supported in a casing and an impeller secured to an outer periphery of the shaft;
a diaphragm surrounding the impeller from an outer peripheral side;
a suction side casing head disposed so as to be spaced apart from the diaphragm on a side where a fluid is suctioned;
a temperature adjusting mechanism that is provided in the suction side casing head and configured to adjust a surrounding temperature by flow of a heat medium;
a heat shield that is provided between the suction side casing head and the diaphragm and defines, together with the impeller, a suction flow path through which the fluid is introduced to the impeller; and
a plurality of straightening vanes that are provided in the suction flow path and configured to straighten the fluid flowing through the suction flow path,
wherein the heat shield has an annular shape including an outer diameter side and an inner diameter side in a plan view, the inner diameter side of the heat shield is a free end, and a conical portion of the free end extends toward the impeller, and the conical portion is angled non-perpendicularly to an axis line of the shaft,
wherein even if the straightening vanes are displaced in a direction away from the heat shield, an interference state between the straightening vanes and the heat shield is maintained.

2. The centrifugal compressor according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of straightening vanes are secured to the diaphragm, and
the heat shield includes an interference maintaining groove in which top end sides of the straightening vanes move in a reciprocating manner.

3. The centrifugal compressor according to claim 2 , wherein a heat insulating space is provided between the suction side casing head and the heat shield.

4. The centrifugal compressor according to claim 2 , wherein
the outer diameter side is secured to the suction side casing head.

5. The centrifugal compressor according to claim 2 , wherein the plurality of straightening vanes include concave surfaces and convex surfaces facing the concave surfaces, and
the plurality of straightening vanes are arranged symmetrically with respect to the fluid flowing through the suction flow path, and the concave surfaces are arranged to face a flow direction of the fluid.

6. The centrifugal compressor according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of straightening vanes are integrally formed with the diaphragm, and
the heat shield includes a plurality of interference maintaining grooves in which top end sides of the plurality of straightening vanes move in a reciprocating manner respectively.

7. The centrifugal compressor according to claim 6 , wherein the top end sides of the straightening vanes are slidably inserted into the interference maintaining grooves respectively.

8. The centrifugal compressor according to claim 6 , wherein a heat insulating space is provided between the suction side casing head and the heat shield.

9. The centrifugal compressor according to claim 6 , wherein
the outer diameter side is secured to the suction side casing head.

10. The centrifugal compressor according to claim 6 , wherein the plurality of straightening vanes include concave surfaces and convex surfaces facing the concave surfaces, and
the plurality of straightening vanes are arranged symmetrically with respect to the fluid flowing through the suction flow path, and the concave surfaces are arranged to face a flow direction of the fluid.

11. The centrifugal compressor according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of straightening vanes include a sealing body having an annular shape and circumferentially connecting top ends, the plurality of straightening vanes are removably secured to the diaphragm and
the heat shield includes an interference maintaining groove having an annular shape in which the sealing body moves in a reciprocating manner.

12. The centrifugal compressor according to claim 11 , wherein the sealing body is slidably inserted into the interference maintaining groove.

13. The centrifugal compressor according to claim 11 , wherein the plurality of straightening vanes include concave surfaces and convex surfaces facing the concave surfaces, and
the plurality of straightening vanes are arranged symmetrically with respect to the fluid flowing through the suction flow path, and the concave surfaces are arranged to face a flow direction of the fluid.

14. The centrifugal compressor according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of the straightening vanes are secured to the heat shield via a seal material that seals between the straightening vanes and the heat shield.

15. The centrifugal compressor according to claim 14 , wherein a heat insulating space is provided between the suction side casing head and the heat shield.

16. The centrifugal compressor according to claim 14 , wherein
the outer diameter side is secured to the suction side casing head.

17. The centrifugal compressor according to claim 14 , wherein the plurality of straightening vanes include concave surfaces and convex surfaces facing the concave surfaces, and
the plurality of straightening vanes are arranged symmetrically with respect to the fluid flowing through the suction flow path, and the concave surfaces are arranged to face a flow direction of the fluid.

18. The centrifugal compressor according to claim 1 , wherein a heat insulating space is provided between the suction side casing head and the heat shield.

19. The centrifugal compressor according to claim 1 , wherein
the outer diameter side is secured to the suction side casing head.

20. The centrifugal compressor according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of straightening vanes include concave surfaces and convex surfaces facing the concave surfaces, and
the plurality of straightening vanes are arranged symmetrically with respect to the fluid flowing through the suction flow path, and the concave surfaces are arranged to face a flow direction of the fluid.

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Heavy Ind Compressor Corp

Inventors

• Okada Noriyuki
• Yanagisawa Eiichi
• Yoko Kazutoshi
• Masuda Yuji
• Tokuyama Shinichiro

Classifications

• F04D29/444 Primary

  Bladed diffusers · CPC title

• F04D29/46

  adjustable · CPC title

• F04D29/58

  Cooling (of machines or engines in general F01P); Heating; Diminishing heat transfer {(for the motor of air-pump units F04D25/082; cooling of shafts or bearings F04D29/04)} · CPC title

• F04D29/4213

  suction ports · CPC title

• F04D29/441

  especially adapted for elastic fluid pumps · CPC title