Centrifugal rotary machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11041497-B1
Application number	US-201716074281-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Feb 8, 2017
Priority date	Feb 8, 2016
Publication date	Jun 22, 2021
Grant date	Jun 22, 2021

Abstract

A centrifugal rotary machine includes: an impeller which includes a disk, blades, and a cover; and a sealing device which seals the gap, in which the casing includes an end wall surface which defines a radial flow path between the end wall surface and a cover end surface, an inlet-side inner peripheral surface which is connected to a radially inner side of the end wall surface and extends to the one side in the axial direction so as to define an introduction flow path of a fluid to the impeller, and a circulation flow path which is formed in the casing and is open to an end portion on a radially outer side of the end wall surface and the inlet-side inner peripheral surface to cause the radial flow path and the introduction flow path to communicate with each other.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A centrifugal rotary machine comprising:
an impeller which includes a disk which is formed in a disk shape to be rotated around an axis, blades which are provided on a surface of the disk toward one side in an axial direction with an interval in a circumferential direction so as to define a flow path radially outward from the one side in the axial direction between the blades, and a cover which covers the blades from a radially outer side;
a casing which accommodates the impeller inside the casing in a radial direction and has a gap formed between an outer peripheral surface of the cover and the casing; and
a sealing device which seals the gap,
wherein the casing includes:
an end wall surface which is disposed to face one side of a cover end surface in an axial direction toward one side of the cover in an axial direction to extend in a radial direction and defines a radial flow path between the end wall surface and the cover end surface,
an inlet-side inner peripheral surface which is connected to a radially inner side of the end wall surface and extends to the one side in the axial direction so as to define an introduction flow path of a fluid to the impeller,
a circulation flow path which is formed in the casing and is open to an end portion on a radially outer side of the end wall surface and the inlet-side inner peripheral surface to cause the radial flow path and the introduction flow path to communicate with each other, and
a jet passage which is open at a position of the end wall surface facing the gap and communicates with the circulation flow path.

2. The centrifugal rotary machine according to claim 1 ,
wherein the jet passage extends radially inward from the end wall surface toward the one side in the axial direction.

3. The centrifugal rotary machine according to claim 2 ,
wherein the circulation flow path is formed in a continuously annular shape about the axis of the disk when viewed in the axial direction of the disk.

4. The centrifugal rotary machine according to claim 3 ,
wherein the circulation flow path includes a joined portion which is inclined toward the other side of the disk in the axial direction along a direction approaching the axis of the disk.

5. The centrifugal rotary machine according to claim 2 ,
wherein the circulation flow path is formed at each of a plurality of locations which are separated from each other in the circumferential direction about the axis of the disk when viewed in the axial direction of the disk.

6. The centrifugal rotary machine according to claim 5 ,
wherein the circulation flow path includes a joined portion which is inclined toward the other side of the disk in the axial direction along a direction approaching the axis of the disk.

7. The centrifugal rotary machine according to claim 2 ,
wherein the circulation flow path includes a joined portion which is inclined toward the other side of the disk in the axial direction along a direction approaching the axis of the disk.

8. The centrifugal rotary machine according to claim 1 ,
wherein the circulation flow path is formed in a continuously annular shape about the axis of the disk when viewed in the axial direction of the disk.

9. The centrifugal rotary machine according to claim 8 ,
wherein the circulation flow path includes a joined portion which is inclined toward the other side of the disk in the axial direction along a direction approaching the axis of the disk.

10. The centrifugal rotary machine according to claim 1 ,
wherein the circulation flow path is formed in a continuously annular shape about the axis of the disk when viewed in the axial direction of the disk.

11. The centrifugal rotary machine according to claim 10 ,
wherein the circulation flow path includes a joined portion which is inclined toward the other side of the disk in the axial direction along a direction approaching the axis of the disk.

12. The centrifugal rotary machine according to claim 1 ,
wherein the circulation flow path is formed at each of a plurality of locations which are separated from each other in the circumferential direction about the axis of the disk when viewed in the axial direction of the disk.

13. The centrifugal rotary machine according to claim 12 ,
wherein the circulation flow path includes a joined portion which is inclined toward the other side of the disk in the axial direction along a direction approaching the axis of the disk.

14. The centrifugal rotary machine according to claim 1 ,
wherein the circulation flow path includes a joined portion which is inclined toward the other side of the disk in the axial direction along a direction approaching the axis of the disk.

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Heavy Ind Compressor Corp

Inventors

• Nakaniwa Akihiro
• Tokuyama Shinichiro

Classifications

• F04D29/701

  especially adapted for elastic fluid pumps · CPC title

• F04D29/164 Primary

  of an axial flow wheel · CPC title

• F04D17/122 Primary

  the individual rotor discs being, one for each stage, on a common shaft and axially spaced, e.g. conventional centrifugal multi- stage compressors · CPC title

• F04D29/441

  especially adapted for elastic fluid pumps · CPC title

• F04D29/4206

  especially adapted for elastic fluid pumps · CPC title