Turbo compressor and method of controlling the same
US5312226A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 9, 1992 |
| Grant date | May 17, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 9, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF16C2360/44
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A turbo compressor in which a rotor having impellers is supported by a magnetic bearing is constructed such that a control valve is provided in a thrust balancing line connecting a suction line of the compressor to a balancing chamber formed outside a balancing drum provided at one end side of a rotor. The control valve serves to regulate a rate at which a gas flows through the thrust balancing line, and is adapted to be controlled in relation to a load imposed upon the magnetic thrust bearing.
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