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Centrifugal or mixed flow turbomachines

US5685696A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 1, 1995
Grant dateNov 11, 1997
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Expiry dateFeb 1, 2015

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02T50/60
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An impeller in a turbomachine has blades designed such that a reduced static pressure difference .DELTA.Cp between a hub and a shroud on a suction surface of a blade has a tendency to remarkably decrease in the vicinity of an impeller exit as it approaches the impeller exit from an inlet.

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