Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Turbine housing and method of improving efficiency of a radial/mixed flow turbine
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Application No.: US16618051Application Date: 2018-06-01
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Publication No.: US11248483B2Publication Date: 2022-02-15
- Inventor: Alessandro Romagnoli , Srithar Rajoo , Ricardo Fernando Martinez-Botas Mateo , Hao Liu
- Applicant: Nanyang Technological University
- Applicant Address: SG Singapore
- Assignee: Nanyang Technological University
- Current Assignee: Nanyang Technological University
- Current Assignee Address: SG Singapore
- Priority: SG10201704491Y 20170601,SG10201803786P 20180504
- International Application: PCT/SG2018/050272 WO 20180601
- International Announcement: WO2018/222141 WO 20181206
- Main IPC: F01D11/10
- IPC: F01D11/10 ; F02B37/10 ; F02C6/08

Abstract:
A turbine housing for a radial/mixed flow turbine, the turbine having a rotor comprising a plurality of blades disposed about a hub, the turbine housing comprising: a shroud configured to at least partially enshroud the rotor wherein a clearance is provided between the shroud and blade tips of the plurality of blades, the shroud and the hub defining a main passage of fluid flow in the turbine; and at least one injection opening provided in the shroud, the at least one injection opening configured to allow injection of a secondary flow of fluid into at least the clearance between the shroud and the blade tips.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200173298A1 TURBINE HOUSING AND METHOD OF IMPROVING EFFICIENCY OF A RADIAL/MIXED FLOW TURBINE Public/Granted day:2020-06-04
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