# US 11,441,575 B2 · Axial compressor

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- Number: US 11,441,575 B2
- Document ID: US11441575B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/163,755
- Filed: 2021-02-01
- Published: 2021-10-14
- Granted: 2022-09-13
- Earliest claimed: 2020-02-26
- Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Yuuri Tsukioka
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11441575B2

## CPC

- F04D 29/322: {Blade mountings}
- F04D 29/684: {by fluid injection}
- F04D 19/00: Axial-flow pumps (F04D21/00 takes precedence; {pump comprising axial flow and radial flow stages F04D17/025})
- F04D 19/02: Multi-stage pumps
- F04D 27/00: Control, e.g. regulation, of pumps, pumping installations or pumping systems specially adapted for elastic fluids
- F04D 27/02: Surge control {(surge detection F04D27/001)}
- F04D 29/043: Shafts
- F04D 29/522: {especially adapted for elastic fluid pumps}
- F04D 29/685: {Inducing localised fluid recirculation in the stator-rotor interface}
- F04D: NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS (engine fuel-injection pumps F02M; ion pumps H01J41/12; electrodynamic pumps H02K44/02)

## Abstract

An axial compressor includes: a rotary shaft rotatably supported in a cylindrical casing such that an annular fluid passage is defined therebetween; a rotor blade row including rotor blades provided on an outer circumferential surface of the rotary shaft; a stator blade row including stator blades provided on an inner circumferential surface of the casing at a position adjacent to and behind the rotor blade row; and a recirculation passage provided in the casing and having a suction port and an ejection port on downstream and upstream sides of the fluid passage, respectively. The suction port is located rearward of leading edges of bases of the stator blades, and the ejection port is located at a position forward of centers of tips of the rotor blades and at least partially opposing the tips of the rotor blades.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An axial compressor comprising:
a cylindrical casing;
a rotary shaft rotatably supported in the casing such that an annular fluid passage is defined between the rotary shaft and the casing;
a rotor blade row including multiple rotor blades provided on an outer circumferential surface of the rotary shaft at a prescribed pitch around an axis of the rotary shaft;
a stator blade row including multiple stator blades provided on an inner circumferential surface of the casing at a position adjacent to and behind the rotor blade row with respect to an axial direction of the rotary shaft; and
a recirculation passage provided in the casing and having a suction port provided on a downstream side of the fluid passage and an ejection port provided on an upstream side of the fluid passage,
wherein the suction port is located rearward of leading edges of bases of the stator blades, and the ejection port is located at a position forward of centers of tips of the rotor blades and at least partially opposing the tips of the rotor blades.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The axial compressor according to claim 1, wherein a center of the ejection port is positioned rearward of leading edges of the tips of the rotor blades.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The axial compressor according to claim 2, wherein a front edge of the ejection port is positioned rearward of the leading edges of the tips of the rotor blades.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The axial compressor according to claim 2, wherein the center of the ejection port is positioned in a range from 0% chord position to 30% chord position with respect to the tips of the rotor blades.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The axial compressor according to claim 4, wherein the center of the ejection port is positioned in a range from 0% chord position to 20% chord position with respect to the tips of the rotor blades.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The axial compressor according to claim 5, wherein the center of the ejection port is positioned in a range from 0% chord position to 10% chord position with respect to the tips of the rotor blades.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The axial compressor according to claim 1, wherein a center of the suction port is located rearward of trailing edges of the bases of the stator blades.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The axial compressor according to claim 1, further comprising a flow control device capable of adjusting a flow rate of recirculation air that flows through the recirculation passage.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The axial compressor according to claim 8, wherein the recirculation passage includes an annular chamber formed in the casing to surround the fluid passage, a suction passage connecting the annular chamber and the suction port, and an ejection passage connecting the annular chamber and the ejection port, and
the flow control device includes a partition wall dividing the annular chamber into an upstream section on a side of the suction passage and a downstream section on a side of the ejection passage, and a flow control valve provided in the partition wall.