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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2021
Ihi Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Yonemura, Tokyo, JP;
Ryota Sakisaka, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Fujiwara, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiro Bamba, Tokyo, JP;
IHI Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A centrifugal compressor includes: a housing including an intake flow path; a compressor impeller disposed in the intake flow path; a circulation flow path provided radially outside the intake flow path and connected to the intake flow path at a downstream position that radially faces the compressor impeller and at an upstream position that is upstream of the downstream position with respect to the compressor impeller; and a movable member disposed at the upstream position and including a body portion having a protruding portion, the movable member being movable between a protruding position where the circulation flow path is closed by the body portion and the protruding portion is located in the intake flow path, and a retracted position where the protruding portion is retracted from the intake flow path and the circulation flow path is connected to the intake flow path.