Cylindrical symmetric volumetric machine with an inlet ventilator

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11384758-B2
Application number	US-201816635810-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 11, 2018
Priority date	Sep 21, 2017
Publication date	Jul 12, 2022
Grant date	Jul 12, 2022

Abstract

A cylindrical symmetric volumetric machine, includes a housing (2) with two co-operating rotors (6a, 6b) therein, namely an outer rotor (6a) mounted rotatably in the housing (2) and an inner rotor (6b) mounted rotatably in the outer rotor (6a), whereby a compression chamber (8) is located between the rotors (6a, 6b), which will move by rotation of the rotors (6a, 6b) from the inlet side (9a) of the rotors (6a, 6b) to the outlet side (9b) of the rotors (6a, 6b), wherein the inlet side (9a) of the outer rotor (6a) is provided with a ventilator (12), to supply air to the compression chamber (8).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A cylindrical symmetric volumetric machine comprising:
a housing ( 2 ) with two co-operating rotors ( 6 a , 6 b ) therein, including an outer rotor ( 6 a ) mounted rotatably in the housing ( 2 ) and an inner rotor ( 6 b ) mounted rotatably in the outer rotor ( 6 a );
a compression chamber ( 8 ) located between the inner rotor and the outer rotor, which will move by rotation of the inner rotor and the outer rotor from the inlet side ( 9 a ) of the inner rotor and the outer rotor to the outlet side ( 9 b ) of the inner rotor and the outer rotor; and
a ventilator ( 12 ) attached to the outer rotor ( 6 a ) at the inlet side thereof such that the blades rotate upon rotation of the outer rotor to supply air to the compression chamber ( 8 ).

2. The cylindrical symmetric volumetric machine according to claim 1 , wherein the outer rotor ( 6 a ) is provided with an attachment ( 13 ) on its inlet side ( 9 a ) in which the ventilator ( 12 ) is built in, and which is attached to the outer rotor ( 6 a ).

3. The cylindrical symmetric volumetric machine according to claim 2 , wherein the outer rotor ( 6 a ) is mounted rotatably in the housing ( 2 ) by means of a bearing ( 17 ) connected to said attachment ( 13 ).

4. The cylindrical symmetric volumetric machine according to claim 1 , wherein the ventilator ( 12 ) is a radial ventilator ( 12 ).

5. The cylindrical symmetric volumetric machine according to claim 4 , wherein an additional axial ventilator ( 12 a ) is provided in series with said radial ventilator ( 12 ).

6. The cylindrical symmetric volumetric machine according to claim 1 , wherein the ventilator ( 12 ) is an axial ventilator ( 12 ).

7. The cylindrical symmetric volumetric machine according to claim 1 , wherein the ventilator ( 12 ) is a mixed axial-radial ventilator ( 12 ), whereby the blades ( 15 ) have both an axial and radial section.

8. The cylindrical symmetric volumetric machine according to claim 1 , wherein the inner rotor ( 6 b ) and the outer rotor ( 6 a ) have a conical shape.

9. The cylindrical symmetric volumetric machine according to claim 1 , wherein the machine ( 1 ) is provided with an electric motor ( 20 ) with a motor rotor ( 21 ) and motor stator ( 22 ) to drive the inner and outer rotor ( 6 a , 6 b ), whereby the electric motor ( 20 ) is mounted around the outer rotor ( 6 a ), whereby the motor stator ( 22 ) directly drives the outer rotor ( 6 a ).

10. The cylindrical symmetric volumetric machine according to claim 9 , wherein the outer rotor ( 6 a ) serves as the motor rotor ( 21 ).

11. The cylindrical symmetric volumetric machine according to claim 10 , wherein the electric motor ( 20 ) is provided with permanent magnets ( 23 ) embedded in the outer rotor ( 6 a ).

Assignees

• Atlas Copco Airpower Nv

Inventors

• Fabry Erik Paul

Classifications

• F04C2/107 Primary

  with helical teeth · CPC title

• F04D25/08

  the working fluid being air, e.g. for ventilation · CPC title

• F04C2210/1005

  Air · CPC title

• F05B2210/12

  gaseous, i.e. compressible · CPC title

• F04C23/02

  Pumps characterised by combination with, or adaptation to, specific driving engines or motors · CPC title