Mixed-flow turbine wheel

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11619134-B2
Application number	US-201616326626-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 22, 2016
Priority date	Aug 22, 2016
Publication date	Apr 4, 2023
Grant date	Apr 4, 2023

Abstract

A mixed-flow turbine wheel includes: a plurality of rotor blades disposed on a circumferential surface of the hub at intervals in a circumferential direction and configured such that each of the plurality of rotor blades has a leading edge which includes, in a meridional view, an oblique edge portion where a distance between the leading edge and an axis of the rotational shaft decreases from a tip side toward a hub side, and a sensor detection surface having a flat shape and being applied with a marking which is detectable by an optical sensor device. The sensor detection surface is formed on at least one of the circumferential surface of the hub or an edge portion of a reference rotor blade being one of the plurality of rotor blades, such that, in the meridional view, a trailing-edge side angle of two angles formed between the axis of the rotational shaft and a normal of the sensor detection surface is smaller than a trailing-edge side angle of two angles formed between the axis of the rotational shaft and a normal of the oblique edge portion.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A mixed-flow turbine wheel, comprising:
a hub fixed to a rotational shaft;
a plurality of rotor blades disposed on a circumferential surface of the hub at intervals in a circumferential direction and configured such that each of the plurality of rotor blades has a leading edge which includes, in a meridional view, an oblique edge portion where a distance between the leading edge and an axis of the rotational shaft decreases from a tip side toward a hub side; and
a sensor detection surface having a flat surface and being applied with a marking which is detectable by an optical sensor device,
wherein the sensor detection surface is formed on a portion of the leading edge of a reference rotor blade being one of the plurality of rotor blades, such that, in the meridional view, a trailing-edge side angle formed between the axis of the rotational shaft and a normal of the sensor detection surface is smaller than a trailing-edge side angle formed between the axis of the rotational shaft and a normal of the oblique edge portion,
wherein the portion of the leading edge of the reference rotor blade includes, in the meridional view, a first parallel edge portion connecting to the oblique edge portion and extending in a direction parallel to the axis of the rotational shaft,
wherein the sensor detection surface is formed on the first parallel edge portion, and
wherein, in the meridional view, the first parallel edge portion on the leading edge of the reference rotor blade is formed on a position including a hub-side end of the leading edge.

2. The mixed-flow turbine wheel according to claim 1 ,
wherein, in the meridional view, the oblique edge portion on the leading edge of the reference rotor blade is formed to have a linear shape.

3. The mixed-flow turbine wheel according to claim 1 ,
wherein La/L is ⅓ or smaller, when defining L as a length of the leading edge of the reference rotor blade in the direction parallel to the axis of the rotational shaft and La as a length of the first parallel edge portion in the direction parallel to the axis of the rotational shaft.

4. The mixed-flow turbine wheel according to claim 1 ,
wherein the sensor detection surface applied with the marking has a refractive index which is different from a refractive index of the portion of the leading edge of the reference rotor blade other than the sensor detection surface.

5. The mixed-flow turbine wheel according to claim 1 , further comprising an unbalance correction portion comprising a cut-out portion formed on at least one of a back surface of the hub or a boss portion of the hub.

6. A turbo cartridge comprising:
a rotor comprising the mixed-flow turbine wheel according to claim 1 ,
a compressor wheel, and the rotational shaft; and
a bearing housing accommodating a bearing which supports the rotor rotatably.

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Heavy Ind Engine & Turbocharger Ltd

Inventors

• Wakashima Koji
• Ozaki Makoto
• Hatano Kimio
• Hashimoto Bumpei
• Saito Hiroshi
• Rikimaru Takuya

Classifications

• Y02T10/12

  Improving ICE efficiencies · CPC title

• F01D5/027 Primary

  Arrangements for balancing (for balancing rotating bodies in general F16F15/32; for compensating imbalance G01M1/36) · CPC title

• G01M1/16 Primary

  by oscillating or rotating the body to be tested · CPC title

• G01M1/28

  with special adaptations for determining imbalance of the body in situ, e.g. of vehicle wheels · CPC title

• F01D5/043

  of the axial inlet- radial outlet, or vice versa, type · CPC title