Compressor with cooling function
The inner wall surfaces on the discharge sides of a cooling area have arc-like curved surfaces. The curvature of upper-side inner wall surfaces above a boundary part and the curvature of lower-side inner wall surfaces below the boundary part are set to be different from one another, the boundary part being located above the center line of cooling devices.
1. A compressor with cooling function, comprising:
a compressing device to be rotationally driven by a drive unit; and
a cooler configured to cool compressed air ejected from the compressing device,
wherein the cooler comprises:
a case having a cooling area inside;
an inlet provided in an upper surface of the case, the inlet allowing compressed air ejected from the compressing device to flow in;
an outlet provided in the upper surface of the case, the outlet allowing the compressed air to be discharged outside;
a cooling device housed in the cooling area and configured to cool the compressed air;
a partitioning wall partitioning a space around the cooling device in the cooling area into an inlet-side cooling area having the inlet and an outlet-side cooling area having the outlet; and
a drain space configured to store condensed water produced from the compressed air cooled when passing through the cooling device,
wherein the outlet-side cooling area has an inner wall surface formed of an arc-like curved surface,
wherein the inner wall surface includes a first inner wall surface and a second inner wall surface defined by a boundary line being offset toward the inlet and the outlet from a center plane of the cooling device extending in a direction perpendicular to the partitioning wall, the first inner wall surface being an inner wall surface located on the same side as the inlet and the outlet, the second inner wall surface being an inner wall surface located on the same side as the drain space,
wherein the first inner wall surface and the second inner wall surface have different curvatures, and
wherein a lower surface of the inlet-side cooling area is provided with a flow-smoother protrusion at a position facing a lower edge portion of the cooling device, the flow-smoother protrusion protruding to have a tip thereof located close to the lower edge portion of the cooling device.
2. The compressor with cooling function according to claim 1 ,
wherein the curvature of the curved surface of the first inner wall surface is set to 0, and
wherein an outlet passage leading from the outlet to an outside is formed to extend along the first inner wall surface and to extend in a direction oblique to an extending direction of the partitioning wall.
3. The compressor with cooling function according to claim 1 ,
wherein the curvature of the curved surface of the first inner wall surface is set larger than that of the curved surface of the second inner wall surface, and
wherein the outlet passage leading from the outlet to an outside is formed to extend along an extending direction of the partitioning wall.