Biased passages for turbomachinery
US10774842B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 29, 2016 |
| Grant date | Sep 15, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 29, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF05D2260/961
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Turbomachines having one or more flow guiding features designed to increase the performance of the turbomachine (3400, 3700, 4000, 4800). In some examples, flow guiding features are designed and configured to bias a circumferential pressure distribution at a diffuser inlet (2210, 2310, 3410, 4204, 4810, 5208, 808) toward circumferential uniformity, otherwise account for such low-frequency spatial pressure variations, increase the controllability of spatial flow field variations, or modifying flow field variations, etc. In some examples, a diffuser (1000, 1100, 1200, 1300, 1500, 1600, 1700, 1800, 1900, 2000, 2100, 2200, 2300, 2400, 2500, 2600, 2700, 2800, 2900, 3000, 3200, 3300, 3404, 4004, 4700, 4804, 5000, 5200, 602, 800, 900) having a row (802) of vanes (2102, 5218, 802) that include a plurality of first vanes (1002, 1102, 1202, 1302, 1402, 1502, 1602, 1702, 1802, 1902, 2002, 2204, 2304, 2402, 2502, 2602, 2702, 2802, 2902, 3002, 3102, 3202, 3302, 812, 902) and at least one second vane (1004, 1104, 1204, 1304, 1404, 1504, 1604A, 1604B, 2206, 2306, 2404, 2504, 2604, 2704, 2804, 2904A, 2904B, 814, 908) having a different characteristic than the first vanes (1002, 1102, 1202, 1302, 1…
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