Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Centrifugal compressor return passages using splitter vanes
- Patent Title (中): 使用分流叶片的离心式压缩机回流通道
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Application No.: US11750050Application Date: 2007-05-17
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Publication No.: US07905703B2Publication Date: 2011-03-15
- Inventor: Joseph Cruickshank , Shreekant Shah
- Applicant: Joseph Cruickshank , Shreekant Shah
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: Potomac Patent Group PLLC
- Main IPC: F04D29/44
- IPC: F04D29/44
Abstract:
A return section in a multistage centrifugal compressor includes a plurality of circumferentially positioned flow vanes, and a plurality of splitter vanes disposed between the flow vanes. The splitter vanes serve to minimize or eliminate regions of reverse or separated flow, resulting in improved compressor performance.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080286095A1 Centrifugal Compressor Return Passages Using Splitter Vanes Public/Granted day:2008-11-20
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