Floating ring seal for refrigerant compressor

    公开(公告)号:US12281706B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-04-22

    申请号:US17791575

    申请日:2020-12-09

    Applicant: DANFOSS A/S

    Abstract: A refrigerant compressor according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a floating ring seal having a nose configured to contact a housing. Further, a low friction coating including carbon nanotubes (CNTs) is applied to one or both of the nose and the housing. In another aspect of this disclosure, the floating ring seal has first and second noses configured to contact the housing, and the first nose is radially spaced-apart from the second nose.

    Active unloading device for mixed flow compressors

    公开(公告)号:US11560901B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-24

    申请号:US17640536

    申请日:2020-11-11

    Applicant: Danfoss A/S

    Abstract: A compressor according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a mixed compression stage having both axial and radial components arranged along a main flow path, and a radial compression stage having an impeller with a plurality of vanes arranged in the main flow path downstream of the mixed compression stage. The impeller is configured to rotate about an axis and has an outlet downstream of the vanes. A movable diffuser is arranged at the outlet, and the movable diffuser is configured to vary an area of the outlet.

    ACTIVE UNLOADING DEVICE FOR MIXED FLOW COMPRESSORS

    公开(公告)号:US20220341437A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-27

    申请号:US17640536

    申请日:2020-11-11

    Applicant: Danfoss A/S

    Abstract: A compressor according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a mixed compression stage having both axial and radial components arranged along a main flow path, and a radial compression stage having an impeller with a plurality of vanes arranged in the main flow path downstream of the mixed compression stage. The impeller is configured to rotate about an axis and has an outlet downstream of the vanes. A movable diffuser is arranged at the outlet, and the movable diffuser is configured to vary an area of the outlet.

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