Impeller and centrifugal compressor
View Patent ↗The impeller includes a disc having a main surface extending outward in a radial direction toward one side in an axial direction, a plurality of blades defining a flow path extending to an outlet on one side from an inlet on the other side in the axial direction, and a cover disposed to cover the plurality of blades. At least one of an inlet side region and an outlet side region which are a connection portion between the blade and the main surface and a connection portion between the blade and the cover has a small fillet portion curved in an arc shape and having a small radius of curvature. An intermediate region formed between the inlet side region and the outlet side region has a large fillet portion having a large radius of curvature.
1. An impeller comprising:
a disc rotatable around an axis, the disc having a main surface extending outward in a radial direction toward one side in an axial direction;
blades disposed on the main surface at an interval in a circumferential direction, and defining a flow path extending from an inlet side of the impeller to an outlet side of the impeller; and
a cover disposed to face the main surface to cover the blades, wherein
an inlet side region of the impeller includes an end portion on the inlet side, and an outlet side region of the impeller includes an end portion on the outlet side,
the inlet side region and the outlet side region each comprise first fillet portions between each of the blades and the main surface and between each of the blades and the cover,
an intermediate region formed between the inlet side region and the outlet side region comprises second fillet portions between each of the blades and the main surface and between each of the blades and the cover,
the first fillet portions have a first arc shape in a cross section of the flow path,
the second fillet portions have a second arc shape in the cross section of the flow path,
a radius of curvature of the first arc shape in the cross section of the flow path is smaller than a radius of curvature of the second arc shape in the cross section of the flow path,
the intermediate region is provided in a predetermined length along a direction of the flow path,
the radius of curvature of each of the second fillet portions in the intermediate region is constant along the direction of the flow path,
the inlet side region and the outlet side region are provided in a predetermined length along the direction of the flow path, and
the radius of curvature of each of the first fillet portions in the inlet side region and the outlet side region are constant along the direction of the flow path.
2. The impeller according to claim 1 , further comprising:
transition regions formed in a portion between the inlet side region and the intermediate region and in a portion between the outlet side region and the intermediate region, wherein radii of curvature of arc shapes of fillets between each of the blades and the main surface and between each of the blades and the cover gradually increase from the first fillet portions toward the second fillet portions.
3. The impeller according to claim 1 , wherein a length of the inlet side region and the outlet side region is 3% to 5% when a length of the flow path is defined as 100%.
4. The impeller according to claim 2 , wherein a length of each of the transition regions is 10% or smaller when a length of the flow path is defined as 100%.
5. The impeller according to claim 1 , wherein the radius of curvature of the second fillet portions is 1.2 times to 3 times the radius of curvature of the first fillet portions.
6. A centrifugal compressor comprising:
a rotary shaft extending along an axis;
the impeller according to claim 1 , which is fixed to the rotary shaft; and
a casing that covers the rotary shaft and the impeller from an outer peripheral side.