Rotor for a compressor
AssigneeJohnson Controls Technology Company
InventorsTianshi Wu, Jian Xu, John Lloyd Neel
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Abstract
A system includes a compressor configured to compress a vapor, or a vapor and liquid mixture, and a first rotor of the compressor disposed on a first shaft, where the first rotor includes a first plurality of pockets in a first body portion to form a first semi-hollow internal volume or a plurality of flanks and/or a first plurality of flutes on a first external surface of the first rotor, where the plurality of flanks or the first plurality of flutes comprises a first pitch to form first variable leads.
Claims20
A system, comprising:
- a compressor configured to compress a vapor, or a vapor and liquid mixture;
- and
- a first rotor of the compressor disposed on a first shaft, wherein the first rotor comprises a first plurality of pockets in a first body portion to form a first semi-hollow internal volume of the first rotor.
A system, comprising:
- a compressor configured to compress a vapor, or a vapor and liquid mixture;
- and
- a first rotor of the compressor disposed on a first shaft, wherein the first rotor comprises a plurality of flanks and a plurality of flutes on a first external surface of the first rotor, wherein the plurality of flanks and the plurality of flutes comprises a first pitch to form first variable leads, and wherein the first rotor comprises a first plurality of pockets in a first body portion to form a first semi-hollow internal volume of the first rotor.
A method of manufacturing compressor rotors, comprising:
- forming a first rotor using an additive manufacturing technique, wherein the first rotor comprises a first plurality of pockets within a first body portion, or first variable leads, or both;
- and
- forming a second rotor using the additive manufacturing technique, wherein the second rotor comprises a second plurality of pockets within a second body portion, or second variable leads, or both.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.