Heater-integrated filter and rotating machine system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11318406-B2
Application number	US-201716467726-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 24, 2017
Priority date	Feb 24, 2017
Publication date	May 3, 2022
Grant date	May 3, 2022

Abstract

A heater-integrated filter includes: a casing in which are formed an intake port for taking in a portion of process gas from a compressor and a discharge port for discharging the process gas; a filter body which is provided inside the casing and through which the process gas from the intake port passes; and rod-like heaters which are disposed inside the casing and along which the process gas that has passed through the filter body is capable of flowing toward the discharge port along the extension direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A heater-integrated filter taking in a portion of a fluid of a rotating machine or an external fluid and generating a seal gas for performing sealing of the fluid in the rotating machine, the heater-integrated filter comprising:
a casing where an intake port and a discharge port are formed, the intake port taking in the portion of the fluid from the rotating machine or the external fluid and the discharge port discharging the fluid or the external fluid;
a filter body disposed in the casing, the fluid from the intake port or the external fluid passing through the filter body; and
rod-shaped heaters which are disposed inside the casing and along which the fluid or the external fluid that has passed through the filter body is capable of flowing toward the discharge port along an extension direction along an outer peripheral surface, wherein
the casing includes a body portion having a tubular shape about an axis and having a through-hole penetrating the body portion in the direction of the axis and a lid portion detachably covering the through-hole with respect to the body portion and supporting one end of the filter body, and
the heaters are disposed inside and outside the body portion such that the extension direction is along the axis, the heaters are provided so as to be spaced apart from each other in a circumferential direction of the casing, and the heaters are provided only in a region as a portion in the circumferential direction.

2. The heater-integrated filter according to claim 1 , wherein
the heater is provided with a tubular member spaced apart from the heater so as to cover the outer peripheral surface, and
the fluid or the external fluid is capable of flowing through a gap between the heater and the tubular member.

3. The heater-integrated filter according to claim 2 , wherein
the filter body has a tubular shape about an axis,
a pair of wall portions spaced apart from each other in the direction of the axis are provided in the casing and the wall portions partition an inner portion of the casing into a first space, a second space, and a third space isolated from one another toward one side in the direction of the axis,
the intake port is open to the third space,
the discharge port is open to the second space,
the filter body is disposed in the first space, an introduction path is connected to the filter body, the introduction path is open to the third space, and the fluid or the external fluid is capable of flowing through the introduction path, and
the gap between the tubular member and the heater allows the first space and the second space to communicate with each other.

4. The heater-integrated filter according to claim 3 , further comprising a power supply device supplying electric power to the heater, wherein
the number of the heaters is a multiple of three, and
the power supply device is a three-phase AC power supply and the heaters are provided so as to correspond to respective phases.

5. The heater-integrated filter according to claim 2 , further comprising a power supply device supplying electric power to the heater, wherein
the number of the heaters is a multiple of three, and
the power supply device is a three-phase AC power supply and the heaters are provided so as to correspond to respective phases.

6. The heater-integrated filter according to claim 1 , further comprising a power supply device supplying electric power to the heater, wherein
the number of the heaters is a multiple of three, and
the power supply device is a three-phase AC power supply and the heaters are provided so as to correspond to respective phases.

7. A rotating machine system comprising:
a rotating machine allowing a fluid to flow;
the heater-integrated filter according to claim 1 generating a seal gas by taking in a portion of the fluid from the rotating machine or an external fluid; and
a gas seal device provided in the rotating machine and performing sealing of the fluid in the rotating machine with the seal gas.

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Heavy Ind Compressor Corp

Inventors

• Watanabe Takuya
• Sano Yusaku

Classifications

• F04D29/104

  the sealing fluid being other than the working fluid or being the working fluid treated · CPC title

• B01D46/4263 Primary

  Means for active heating or cooling · CPC title

• B01D45/12

  by centrifugal forces (centrifuges B04B; cyclones B04C) · CPC title

• B01D50/20

  Combinations of devices covered by groups B01D45/00 and B01D46/00 · CPC title

• F04D17/10

  for compressing or evacuating · CPC title