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Compressor with large diameter shrouded three dimensional impeller

US7452187B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 9, 2005
Grant dateNov 18, 2008
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Expiry dateDec 19, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF04D29/30
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A compressor having a defined large diameter impeller having an integral shroud and having a three dimensional gas flow path defined by the impeller hub surface, blades and the shroud and having a large axially oriented inlet or inducer section with aggressive inducer blades, a defined outlet section geometry, and continuous blade geometries between the inlet and outlet sections.

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