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US 10,544,799 · App. 15/768,371 · Granted Jan 28, 2020

Centrifugal compressor gas-supplementing structure and compressor

Inventors: Nan Jiang (Guangdong, CN); Zhiping Zhang (Guangdong, CN); Ruixing Zhong (Guangdong, CN); Caiyun Jiang (Guangdong, CN); Rong Xie (Guangdong, CN); Jianfei Liu (Guangdong, CN); Yuhui Chen (Guangdong, CN); Baoqian Huang (Guangdong, CN); Jing Zhang (Guangdong, CN); Yi Zhou (Guangdong, CN)
Assignee: GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES, INC. OF ZHUHAI
F04D29/44F04D29/667
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Patent No.
US 10,544,799
App. No.
15/768,371
Granted
Jan 28, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are a centrifugal compressor gas-supplementing structure and a compressor using the foregoing gas-supplementing structure. The centrifugal compressor gas-supplementing structure includes a annular gas-supplementing passage ( 6 ) for introducing supplemented gas into a gas passage ( 5 ) of a compressor, and an airflow-guiding assembly is provided in the annular gas-supplementing passage ( 6 ). The gas-guiding assembly is used for adjusting a direction of the supplemented gas flowing into the gas passage ( 5 ), so that an angle between a direction of the supplemented gas flowing into the gas passage ( 5 ) and a direction of an airflow in the gas passage ( 5 ) falls within a preset range, and a turbulence loss generated when the two passages of gas merge is avoided to the greatest extent, thereby improving cycle efficiency.

Claims (12)

1. A centrifugal compressor gas-supplementing structure, comprising an annular gas-supplementing passage ( 6 ) for introducing supplemented gas into a gas passage ( 5 ) of a compressor, wherein an airflow-guiding assembly is provided in the annular gas-supplementing passage ( 6 ), and the airflow-guiding assembly is used for adjusting a direction of the supplemented gas flowing into the gas passage ( 5 ), so that an angle between a direction of the supplemented gas flowing into the gas passage ( 5 ) and a direction of an airflow in the gas passage ( 5 ) falls within a preset range, the airflow-guiding assembly comprises at least one group of guide vanes ( 7 ) provided in a circumferential direction of the annular gas-supplementing passage ( 6 ), wherein the preset range is −5° to 5°; wherein a thickness of each guide vane of the at least one group of guide vanes ( 7 ) is the same as a thickness of each return vane ( 41 ).

2. The centrifugal compressor gas-supplementing structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each guide vane of the at least one group of guide vanes ( 7 ) is of a flat plate shape, an inclined direction thereof is the same as an inclined direction of each return vane ( 41 ) of the compressor; or, each guide vane of the at least one group of guide vanes ( 7 ) is of a spiral shape, a spiral direction thereof is the same as an inclined direction of each return vane ( 41 ) of the compressor.

3. The centrifugal compressor gas-supplementing structure as claimed in claim 2 , wherein viewed from an axial direction of an impeller, each guide vane of the at least one group of the guide vanes ( 7 ) is provided radially outside of each return vane ( 41 ); and each guide vane of the at least one group of guide vanes ( 7 ) is provided on a spiral line extending outward in a spiral direction of each return vane ( 41 ), or the each guide vane of the at least one group of the guide vanes ( 7 ) is spaced from each corresponding return vane ( 41 ).

4. The centrifugal compressor gas-supplementing structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein two opposite side surfaces of each guide vane of the at least one group of guide vanes ( 7 ) are connected with an inner wall of the annular gas-supplementing passage ( 6 ) respectively.

5. The centrifugal compressor gas-supplementing structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the number of guide vanes in the at least one group of guide vanes ( 7 ) is the same as the number of return vanes ( 41 ).

6. The centrifugal compressor gas-supplementing structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a supplemented gas outlet ( 62 ) of the gas passage ( 5 ) is provided at an inlet bend of a returning device ( 4 ) and/or an inlet of a next-stage impeller, each of the at least one group of guide vanes ( 7 ) is provided closer to the supplemented gas outlet ( 62 ) relative to a supplemented gas inlet ( 61 ).

7. The centrifugal compressor gas-supplementing structure as claimed in claim 2 , wherein two opposite side surfaces of each guide vane of the at least one group of guide vanes ( 7 ) are connected to an inner wall of the annular gas-supplementing passage ( 6 ) respectively.

8. The centrifugal compressor gas-supplementing structure as claimed in claim 3 , wherein two opposite side surfaces of each guide vane of the at least one group of guide vanes ( 7 ) are connected to an inner wall of the annular gas-supplementing passage ( 6 ) respectively.

9. The centrifugal compressor gas-supplementing structure as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the number of guide vanes in the at least one group of guide vanes ( 7 ) is the same as the number of return vanes ( 41 ).

10. The centrifugal compressor gas-supplementing structure as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the number of guide vanes in the at least one group of guide vanes ( 7 ) is the same as the number of return vanes ( 41 ).

11. A centrifugal compressor gas-supplementing structure, comprising an annular gas-supplementing passage ( 6 ) for introducing supplemented gas into a gas passage ( 5 ) of a compressor, wherein an airflow-guiding assembly is provided in the annular gas-supplementing passage ( 6 ), and the airflow-guiding assembly is used for adjusting a direction of the supplemented gas flowing into the gas passage ( 5 ), so that an angle between a direction of the supplemented gas flowing into the gas passage ( 5 ) and a direction of an airflow in the gas passage ( 5 ) falls within a preset range, the airflow-guiding assembly comprises at least one group of guide vanes ( 7 ) provided in a circumferential direction of the annular gas-supplementing passage ( 6 ), wherein a thickness of each guide vane of the at least one group of guide vanes ( 7 ) is the same as a thickness of each return vane ( 41 ).

12. A centrifugal compressor gas-supplementing structure, comprising an annular gas-supplementing passage ( 6 ) for introducing supplemented gas into a gas passage ( 5 ) of a compressor, wherein an airflow-guiding assembly is provided in the annular gas-supplementing passage ( 6 ), and the airflow-guiding assembly is used for adjusting a direction of the supplemented gas flowing into the gas passage ( 5 ), so that an angle between a direction of the supplemented gas flowing into the gas passage ( 5 ) and a direction of an airflow in the gas passage ( 5 ) falls within a preset range, the airflow-guiding assembly comprises at least one group of guide vanes ( 7 ) provided in a circumferential direction of the annular gas-supplementing passage ( 6 ), wherein the preset range is −5° to 5°; wherein the number of guide vanes in the at least one group of guide vanes ( 7 ) is the same as the number of return vanes ( 41 ).

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 13, 2018
From: JIANG, NAN; ZHANG, ZHIPING; ZHONG, RUIXING; JIANG, CAIYUN; XIE, RONG; LIU, JIANFEI; CHEN, YUHUI; HUANG, BAOQIAN; ZHANG, JING; ZHOU, YI
To: GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES, INC. OF ZHUHAI
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 2015 1 0677318 · Oct 15, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
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