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Centrifugal compressor

US5165849A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 5, 1991
Grant dateNov 24, 1992
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Expiry dateSep 5, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF05D2250/52
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A centrifugal compressor including a vaned diffuser provided with a plurality of stationary vanes disposed around an impeller for converting into kinetic energy of a discharged fluid into pressure. The diffuser further includes rotatable vanes unevenly distributed in the stationary vanes.

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