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US 4,907,945 AGranted
Side-channel compressor
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorSiegfried Schoenwald
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Abstract
A side-channel compressor includes a rotor having transport blades, and an injection nozzle for introducing a cooling liquid into a transport section of the compressor. Damage to the transport blades by droplets of liquid can be avoided by the providing the injection nozzle at the part of the compressor housing forming the side channel. The injection nozzle directs the coolant into a side channel space which is free of the transport blades.
Claims12
A side-channel compressor comprising:
- (a) a housing;
- (b) a rotor, disposed in said housing;
- (c) transport blades included on said rotor, said housing having a side-channel space free of said transport blades;
- (d) an injection nozzle introducing a cooling liquid into the transport section of the compressor, wherein said injection nozzle is disposed on a portion of said housing and wherein the injection nozzle directs a coolant into said side channel space.
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