Centrifugal compressor
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
InventorsRyosuke FUKUYAMA, Shogo ITO
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Abstract
A centrifugal compressor includes a housing that accommodates an impeller. The housing includes a motor housing, a speed-increasing gear housing, and a compressor housing. The compressor housing has a suction port through which air is drawn in. The compressor housing includes a cylindrical main body, a cylindrical boss, and a fitting portion having a shape of a truncated cone. The cylindrical boss projects from the main body. The boss includes an injection port for spraying water that is generated through power generation by a fuel cell to air flowing through the suction port toward an impeller chamber.
Claims4
A centrifugal compressor that supplies air to a fuel cell, the centrifugal compressor comprising:
- an impeller including blades;
- and
- a housing accommodating the impeller, wherein
- the housing includes
- a suction port through which air is drawn in,
- an impeller chamber accommodating the impeller, and
- an introduction chamber that connects the suction port to the impeller chamber and introduces air to the impeller chamber,
- the housing includes an introduction chamber defining portion that defines the introduction chamber, and
- the introduction chamber defining portion includes an injection port through which water is sprayed to air flowing through the suction port toward the impeller chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.