Turbomachine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9863272-B2
Application number	US-201514680044-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 6, 2015
Priority date	Apr 18, 2014
Publication date	Jan 9, 2018
Grant date	Jan 9, 2018

Abstract

A turbomachine of this disclosure includes a rotation shaft, a first impeller, a first bearing, and a second bearing. The first impeller is fixed to the rotation shaft and includes a low-pressure-side surface. The first bearing is adjacent to the low-pressure-side surface of the first impeller and supports the rotation shaft. The second bearing is disposed on an opposite side of the first impeller from the first bearing and supports the rotation shaft. The rotation shaft includes a first tapered portion gradually increasing in diameter toward the first impeller. The first bearing includes a first support surface supporting the first tapered portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A turbomachine for a refrigeration cycle apparatus, the turbomachine comprising:
a rotation shaft;
a first impeller fixed to the rotation shaft, the first impeller including a first low-pressure-side surface and a first high-pressure-side surface;
a first bearing disposed on a first low-pressure-side of the first impeller, the first bearing supporting the rotation shaft; and
a second bearing disposed on a first high-pressure-side of the first impeller from the first bearing, the second bearing supporting the rotation shaft, wherein:
the rotation shaft includes a first tapered portion at least within an area supported by the first bearing, the first tapered portion gradually increasing in diameter toward the first low-pressure-side surface of the first impeller,
the first bearing includes a first support surface gradually increasing in diameter toward the first low-pressure-side surface of the first impeller, the first support surface supporting the first tapered portion, and
the first bearing, the first impeller, and the second bearing are disposed in a longitudinal direction of the rotation shaft such that the first impeller is disposed between the first bearing and the second bearing.

2. The turbomachine according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a second impeller fixed to the rotation shaft, wherein
the first bearing, the first impeller, the second impeller, and the second bearing are disposed in the longitudinal direction of the rotation shaft such that the second impeller is disposed between the first impeller and the second bearing.

3. The turbomachine according to claim 2 , wherein:
the second impeller includes a second low-pressure-side surface and a second high-pressure-side surface, and
the second low-pressure-side surface of the second impeller is closer to the second bearing than the second high-pressure-side surface of the second impeller.

4. The turbomachine according to claim 2 , wherein:
the second impeller includes a second low-pressure-side surface and a second high-pressure-side surface, and
the second high-pressure-side surface of the second impeller is closer to the second bearing than the second low-pressure-side surface of the second impeller.

5. The turbomachine according to claim 1 , wherein
an inclination angle of the first support surface with respect to a center axial line of a tapered hole defined by the first support surface is larger than an inclination angle of the first tapered portion with respect to a center axial line of the rotation shaft.

6. The turbomachine according to claim 1 , wherein
the first bearing includes a first supply hole through which a lubricant is supplied to the first support surface.

7. The turbomachine according to claim 6 , wherein
the first supply hole is disposed closer to a smallest-diameter end of the first tapered portion than to a largest-diameter end of the first tapered portion.

8. The turbomachine according to claim 6 , wherein
the first bearing includes a first porous member constituting at least a part of the first support surface.

9. The turbomachine according to claim 1 , wherein
the rotation shaft extends in the gravity direction, and
the first low-pressure-side of the first impeller is disposed in the gravity direction above the first high-pressure-side surface of the first impeller.

10. The turbomachine according to claim 1 , wherein
the rotation shaft includes a second tapered portion at a position corresponding to the second bearing, the second tapered portion gradually increasing in diameter toward the first impeller, and
the second bearing includes a second support surface gradually increasing in diameter toward the first impeller, the second bearing supporting the second tapered portion.

11. The turbomachine according to claim 10 , wherein
an inclination angle of the second support surface with respect to a center axial line of a tapered hole defined by the second support surface is larger than an inclination angle of the second tapered portion with respect to a center axial line of the rotation shaft.

12. The turbomachine according to claim 10 , wherein
the second bearing includes a second supply hole through which a lubricant is supplied to the second support surface.

13. The turbomachine according to claim 12 , wherein
the second supply hole is disposed closer to a smallest-diameter end of the second tapered portion than to a largest-diameter end of the second tapered portion.

14. The turbomachine according to claim 12 , wherein
the second bearing includes a second porous member constituting at least a part of the second support surface.

15. The turbomachine according to claim 1 , wherein
the refrigeration cycle apparatus uses a refrigerant as a working fluid having a negative saturated vapor pressure at a normal temperature range which is 20° C.±15° C.

Assignees

• Panasonic Ip Man Co Ltd

Inventors

• Shoyama Tadayoshi

Classifications

• F01D5/12

  Blades ({specially adapted for radial flow machines or engines F01D5/04}; blade roots F01D5/30; rotors with blades adjustable in operation F01D7/00; stator blades F01D9/02) · 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

• F04D29/057

  hydrostatic; hydrodynamic · CPC title

• F01D25/16 Primary

  Arrangement of bearings; Supporting or mounting bearings in casings (bearings per se F16C) · CPC title

• F01D11/005

  Sealing means between non relatively rotating elements · CPC title