Industrial Technology Research Institute

Jenn-Chyi Chung

Chung-Che Liu

Kuo-Shu Hung

Kun-Yi Liang

Jun-Jie Lin

Hsu-Cheng Chiang

Shu-Er Huang

Ju-Chia Kuo

Kuo-Hsiang Yang

Chi-Hsing Chen

A centrifugal compressor includes a volute base block, a volute cover plate, an impeller, a diffuser-adjusting assembly, a radial constraint assembly, an axial constraint assembly and a driving assembly. A diffuser and a connected volute are formed between the cover plate and the base block. The impeller discharges gas to the centrifugal compressor through the diffuser and the volute. The diffuser adjustment assembly includes a driving ring, a driving rod, a pin and a diffuser ring. The radial constraint assembly is disposed on an inner circumference surface of the driving ring. The axial constraint assembly on an outer circumference surface of the driving ring is located between the top and bottom portions. The drive assembly is to rotate the driving ring. When the driving ring rotates, the pin slides along the pin track, and the driving rod displaces the diffuser ring to adjust a flow-path width of the diffuser.

Centrifugal compressor

A magnetic bearing centrifugal compressor includes a magnetic bearing spindle having a thrust disk, front and rear axial bearings, an impeller and at least one labyrinth seal. The front and the rear axial bearings are disposed individually to opposing sides of the thrust disk. First and second clearances exist axially between the rear and front axial bearings, respectively, and the thrust disk. The impeller connects a front end of the magnetic bearing spindle. The labyrinth seal pairs the magnetic bearing spindle into an oblique arrangement with respect to the axial direction, and each the labyrinth seal is spaced from the magnetic bearing spindle or the impeller by a labyrinth-seal clearance. By controlling the thrust disk axially, a clearance ratio of the first clearance to the second clearance can be varied to adjust the labyrinth-seal clearance. In addition, a magnetic bearing centrifugal compressor controlling method is also provided.

Magnetic bearing centrifugal compressor and controlling method thereof

An adjusting mechanism, adaptive to a main body of a centrifugal compressor, comprises a diffuser channel width adjusting assembly and a gas bypass assembly. The diffuser channel width adjusting assembly comprises a width adjusting annular plate and a first valve stem. The width adjusting annular plate is movably disposed in a diffuser channel of the main body. The first valve stem is connected to the width adjusting annular plate, and configured for driving the width adjusting annular plate to move to adjust the width of the diffuser channel. The gas bypass assembly comprises a gas bypass valve and a second valve stem. The gas bypass valve is movably disposed in a gas bypass passage of the main body. The second valve stem is connected to the gas bypass valve, and configured for driving the gas bypass valve to move to adjust the opening of the gas bypass port.

Adjusting mechanism for centrifugal compressors

An internal hot gas bypass device coupled with inlet guide vane for centrifugal compressor includes an inlet guide vane assembly, a driving motor assembly and a gas bypass valve assembly. The inlet guide vane assembly further includes a master vane, a plurality of slave vanes, a vane-front fixing ring, a vane-rear fixing ring, a vane-driving ring, a connecting pipe and a vane-opening indicating disk. The driving motor assembly further includes a motor, a driving unit and a motor fixing base. The gas bypass valve assembly further includes a valve, an external fixing-and-guiding ring, an internal fixing-and-guiding ring, a driven element, a spring, a sealing ring, a valve stud and a valve base. The driving motor assembly is connected with the driving unit and the master vane of the inlet guide vane assembly via a connecting rod, and is further connected with the slave vanes of the gas bypass valve assembly.

Internal hot gas bypass device coupled with inlet guide vane for centrifugal compressor

An inlet guide vane device having a central axis comprises a first base, a guide sleeve, a blade, a second base, a transmission disk, and an actuator. The first base has at least one first support groove and at least one guide groove. The first support groove extends along a radial direction of the central axis, and the at least one guide groove is located in the first support groove. The guide sleeve is disposed on the first support groove in a manner that the guide sleeve is capable of moving along the radial direction. The guide sleeve has a sliding sleeve, an upper guide post and a lower guide post, the sliding sleeve has a through hole extending along the radial direction. The upper guide post and the lower guide post pass through the sliding groove, and the lower guide post is movably disposed on the guide groove.

Inlet guide vane device

An inlet guide vane assembly is disclosed, which comprises: a housing, configured with a first penetration part and a plurality of first grooves; at least one fixing ring, each configured with a second penetration part and a plurality of second grooves; at least one rotary ring, each configured with a third penetration part and a plurality of sliding chutes, wherein the first, the second and the third penetration parts are arranged in communication with one another; a plurality of vane units, each vane unit is composed of a vane, a linkage and a sliding block; and at least one driving unit, for driving one vane of the plural vanes to swing, thus driving the rotary ring to rotate simultaneously, bringing along the other vanes to swing, enabling the sliding blocks to slide inside corresponding sliding chutes, and consequently flipping the vane from a first state to a second state.

Inlet guide vane assembly

An apparatus for controlling an electric equipment is provided. The apparatus includes an input unit for generating a digital control signal carried on a power line to be transmitted to a power socket according to an operation of a user. The power socket receives the digital control signal through the power line, and determines whether or not to provide a power source to the electric equipment according to the digital control signal.

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