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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2020
Nuovo Pignone Tecnologie—s.r.l., Florence, IT;
Manuele Bigi, Florence, IT;
Duccio Fioravanti, Florence, IT;
Massimiliano Ortiz Neri, Florence, IT;
Matteo Dozzini, Florence, IT;
Nuovo Pignone Tecnologie—S.R.L., Florence, IT;
Abstract
The centrifugal compressor comprises a casing and a rotor arranged in the casing and configured to rotate around a vertical rotation axis. The rotor comprises at least one impeller having an impeller suction side and an impeller delivery side. The compressor includes a gas inlet and a gas outlet, as well as a gas flow path extending from the gas inlet to the gas outlet. An inlet plenum extends from the gas inlet towards the impeller suction side. At least one suction tube having a lower suction end and an upper discharge end is arranged such that the lower suction end thereof is arranged at a bottom of the inlet plenum. The suction tube extends upwardly towards the impeller suction side.