Danfoss A/s

Tianli Zhang

Jin Yan

Kevin Patrick Hartzog

Jose Manuel Urcia

In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a refrigerant compressor, including: a shrouded impeller including a passageway permitting refrigerant to flow from a location radially outside a shroud of the shrouded impeller to a location radially inside the shroud.

Refrigerant compressor with impeller having slotted shroud

A refrigerant compressor according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a diffuser including grooves configured to resist backflow of refrigerant. The compressor is used in a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) chiller system, for example.

Refrigerant compressor including diffuser with grooves

In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a refrigerant compressor, including: an impeller; a shaft; a motor configured to rotate the impeller via the shaft, wherein the motor includes a stator and a rotor; and a housing surrounding the motor, wherein the housing includes a first inlet configured to permit fluid to enter the housing and flow along a stator cooling line and a second inlet configured to permit fluid to enter the housing and flow a rotor cooling line, and wherein the first inlet is separate from the second inlet.

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Ann Arbor, MI, United States of America

Tianli Zhang