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US 10,519,959 B2Granted
Compressor end head heating arrangement
AssigneeNuovo Pignone Tecnologie Srl
InventorsGiusepe Sassanelli, Manuele Bigi, Suresh Devenbu
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Abstract
A compressor end head for providing a thermal barrier to a mechanical seal includes an inner end head having an inner end head opening, inner end head grooves in the inner end head opening, configured to place and seal an end portion of a compressor shaft; and an outer end head having an outer end head opening configured to enclose the inner end head.
Claims14
A compressor end head for providing a thermal barrier to a mechanical seal, the compressor end head comprising:
- an inner end head having a first end surface and a second end surface with an inner end head opening extending therebetween and having inner end head grooves therein, configured to place and seal an end portion of a compressor shaft, the first end surface of the inner end head having an inlet formed therein;
- an outer end head having a first end surface and a second end surface with an outer end head opening extending therebetween and configured to enclose the inner end head, the first end surface of the outer end head having an outlet formed therein;
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- a flow path extending between the inner end head and the outer end head and connecting the inlet and the outlet.
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A compressor, comprising:
- a shaft;
- an inner end head having:
- an inner end head opening extending along an axis;
- a first surface comprising an inlet, wherein the first surface is transverse to the axis;
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- a plurality of inner end head grooves adjacent the inner end head opening configured to place and seal an end portion of the shaft;
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- an outer end head having an outer end head opening extending along the axis and configured to enclose the inner end head, and a second surface comprising an outlet, wherein the second surface is transverse to the axis;
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- a flow path on an outer surface of the inner end head connecting the inlet and the outlet.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.