IP Library Granted Patent US 9,556,884
Granted Patent B2
US 9,556,884 · App. 14/901,146 · Granted Jan 31, 2017

Propeller pump for pumping liquid

Inventor: Jörgen Burman (Järfälla, SE)
Assignee: XYLEM IP MANAGEMENT S.À.R.L.
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Patent No.
US 9,556,884
App. No.
14/901,146
Granted
Jan 31, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

Propeller pump for pumping liquid, including: an axially extending tubular pump housing having an inner surface, an axially extending pump core having an envelope surface, at least one axial portion of the pump core enclosed in the pump housing. The pump core includes a propeller having a hub and at least one blade, and at least one guide vane that includes an upstream leading edge and a downstream trailing edge, and that in the circumferential direction includes a pressure side and a suction side. The guide vane extends between the inner surface of the pump housing and the envelope surface of the pump core. At the leading edge of the guide vane a connection angle between the suction side of the guide vane and the envelope surface of the pump core is larger than 90 degrees.

Claims (15)

1. A propeller pump for pumping liquid, comprising:

an axially extending tubular pump housing having an inner surface,

an axially extending pump core having an envelope surface, at least one axial portion of the pump core enclosed in said pump housing, and the pump core comprising a propeller having a hub and at least one blade,

at least one guide vane having an upstream located leading edge and a downstream located trailing edge, the at least one guide vane in a circumferential direction having a pressure side and a suction side, said at least one guide vane extending between the inner surface of the pump housing and the envelope surface of the pump core,

a connection angle between the suction side of the guide vane and the envelope surface of the pump core greater than 90 degrees at the leading edge of said at least one guide vane, and

a maximum diameter (dmax) of the pump core located downstream of the propeller, the leading edge of said at least one guide vane connected to the envelope surface of the pump core at a location downstream of the maximum diameter (dmax) of the pump core.

2. The propeller pump according to claim 1 , wherein the connection angle between the suction side of the guide vane and the envelope surface of the pump core is larger than 120 degrees at the leading edge of the guide vane.

3. The propeller pump according to claim 1 , wherein the connection angle between the suction side of the guide vane and the envelope surface of the pump core; is larger than 90 degrees along an entire axial length of the guide vane.

4. The propeller pump according to claim 3 , wherein the connection angle between the suction side of the guide vane and the envelope surface of the pump core, is larger than 120 degrees along the entire axial length of the guide vane.

5. The propeller pump according to claim 1 ,

wherein the propeller pump comprises an axially extending channel extending from an inlet opening of the pump housing to an outlet opening of the pump housing, which channel in a radial direction is delimited by the inner surface of the pump housing and the envelope surface of the pump core, respectively,

said channel having a cross sectional area adjacent the leading edge of said at least one guide vane less than or equal to a cross sectional area of said channel adjacent the trailing edge of said at least one guide vane, and

the cross sectional area of said channel adjacent the trailing edge of said at least one guide vane is less than a factor of 1.2 times the cross sectional area of said channel adjacent the leading edge of said at least one guide vane.

6. The propeller pump according to claim 1 , wherein the pump core and the pump housing are concentrically arranged.

7. The propeller pump according to claim 1 , wherein the propeller comprises five blades, and the propeller pump comprises nine guide vanes.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 26, 2019
From: XYLEM INDUSTRIES S.A R.L.
To: XYLEM EUROPE GMBH
Reel/Frame 049592/0097 →
MERGER Recorded Jun 26, 2019
From: XYLEM IP MANAGEMENT S.À R.L.
To: XYLEM INDUSTRIES S.À R.L.
Reel/Frame 049592/0104 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 29, 2015
From: BURMAN, JÖRGEN
To: XYLEM IP MANAGEMENT S.Á R.L.
Reel/Frame 037377/0037 →
Continuity (1)
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