Centrifugal radial turbine
AssigneeExergy S.P.A.
InventorsClaudio SPADACINI, Dario RIZZI
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Abstract
A centrifugal radial turbine includes at least one support disc having a first face bearing at least one radial rotor stage formed by an array of blades arranged in succession along a respective circular path. The disc has through induction channels situated in a position radially external with respect to a respective shaft and radially internal with respect to the radial rotor stage. At the respective through induction channels, the disc includes a plurality of induction rotor blades of at least one respective axial rotor stage.
Claims15
Centrifugal radial turbine, comprising:
- a fixed containment case (2);
- at least one support disc (3, 4) having a first face (9, 15) bearing at least one radial rotor stage (10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19) formed by an array of blades (14, 20) arranged in succession along a respective circular path;
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- at least one rotation shaft (5, 7) integral with the respective disc (3, 4);
- wherein said at least one radial rotor stage (10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19) is situated in an expansion volume (31) for a work fluid,
- wherein said at least one disc (3, 4) has through induction channels (25, 28) situated in radially external position with respect to the respective shaft (5, 7) and radially internal position with respect to said at least one radial rotor stage (10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19),
- wherein said at least one disc (3, 4) is free to rotate together with the respective shaft (5, 7) around a rotation axis (X-X) under the action of the work fluid entering through the through induction channels (25, 28), and
- wherein, at the respective through induction channels (25, 28), said at least one disc (3, 4) comprises a plurality of induction rotor blades (26, 29) of at least one respective axial rotor stage (27, 30).
The turbine according to 1, wherein the ratio between the radial height of each induction rotor blade (26, 29) and the diameter of said at least one support disc (3, 4) is comprised between about 0.007 and about 0.05.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.