# US 10,871,164 B2 · Centrifugal compressor

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- Number: US 10,871,164 B2
- Document ID: US10871164B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/088,365
- Filed: 2017-03-23
- Published: 2020-09-24
- Granted: 2020-12-22
- Earliest claimed: 2016-03-30
- Assignees: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Compressor Corporation
- Applicants: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Compressor Corporation
- Inventors: Shuichi Yamashita; Akihiro Nakaniwa; Hirofumi Higuchi
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10871164B2

## CPC

- F04D 17/122: {the individual rotor discs being, one for each stage, on a common shaft and axially spaced, e.g. conventional centrifugal multi- stage compressors}
- F04D 17/125: {the casing being vertically split}
- F04D 29/4206: {especially adapted for elastic fluid pumps}
- F04D 29/441: {especially adapted for elastic fluid pumps}
- F04D 29/284: {for compressors}
- F04D 29/4213: {suction ports}
- F05D 2250/36: in inner-outer relationship, e.g. shaft-bearing arrangements
- F05D 2250/51: Inlet
- F05D 2250/52: Outlet
- F04D: NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS (engine fuel-injection pumps F02M; ion pumps H01J41/12; electrodynamic pumps H02K44/02)
- F05D: INDEXING SCHEME FOR ASPECTS RELATING TO NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, GAS-TURBINES OR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS

## Abstract

The present invention provides a centrifugal compressor (1) including: a first casing (19); a second casing (20) which is disposed on a downstream side of the first casing (19) and has an outer diameter larger than an outer diameter of the first casing; a first impeller (3a) which is disposed on a radially inner side of the first casing; a first return flow path (29a) which is disposed on a radially inner side of the first casing; a second impeller (3b) which is disposed on a radially inner side of the second casing and connected to a downstream side of the first return flow path (29a); an intermediate suction flow path (10) which is disposed on the radially inner side of the second casing and additionally supplies the fluid to a flow path between the first return flow path (29a) and the second impeller (3b); and a second return flow path (29b) which is disposed on the radially inner side of the second casing (20), wherein an outer diameter of the intermediate suction flow path (10) and an outer diameter of the second return flow path (29b) are larger than the outer diameter of the first casing (19).

## Claims

### Claim 1

A centrifugal compressor comprising:
a rotating shaft;
a first casing which forms a cylindrical shape;
a second casing which forms a cylindrical shape, is disposed on a downstream side of the first casing to be coaxial with the first casing, and has an outer diameter larger than an outer diameter of the first casing;
a first impeller which is provided on the rotating shaft and disposed on a radially inner side of the first casing;
a first return flow path which is disposed on a radially inner side of the first casing and guides a fluid flowing to a radially outer side from the first impeller toward a radially inner side;
a second impeller which is provided on the rotating shaft, disposed on a radially inner side of the second casing, and connected to a downstream side of the first return flow path;
an intermediate suction flow path which is disposed on the radially inner side of the second casing and additionally supplies the fluid to a flow path between the first return flow path and the second impeller; and
a second return flow path which is disposed on the radially inner side of the second casing and guides the fluid flowing to the radially outer side from the second impeller toward the radially inner side,
wherein an outer diameter of the intermediate suction flow path and an outer diameter of the second return flow path are larger than the outer diameter of the first casing.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The centrifugal compressor according to claim 1, further comprising:
a third impeller which is provided on the rotating shaft, disposed on the radially inner side of the second casing, and connected to a downstream side of the second return flow path; and
a discharge scroll which is disposed on the radially inner side of the second casing and in which the fluid flowing to the radially outer side from the third impeller is introduced,
wherein an outer diameter of the discharge scroll is larger than the outer diameter of the first casing.