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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2022
Applicant:
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Compressor Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Miku Kuroda, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 29/28 (2006.01); F04D 17/10 (2006.01); F04D 29/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 17/10 (2013.01); F04D 29/284 (2013.01); F04D 29/444 (2013.01);
Abstract
A centrifugal compressor includes: an impeller which is allowed to rotate around an axis; a casing in which the impeller is accommodated and a guide flow path guiding fluid to the impeller is formed; and a guide vane which is disposed in the guide flow path and is extended from a hub side wall surface of the guide flow path, which is continued to a hub side of the impeller, to a shroud side wall surface of the guide flow path to a shroud side of the impeller, wherein the guide vane is twisted forward the impeller in a rotating direction thereof as close to the shroud side wall surface from the hub side wall surface.