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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2023
Ihi Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Yonemura, Tokyo, JP;
Ryota Sakisaka, Tokyo, JP;
Yoichi Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Taiki Kanzawa, Tokyo, JP;
IHI Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A centrifugal compressor includes: a housing including an intake flow path; a compressor impeller arranged in the intake flow path and including a plurality of blades; an accommodation chamber formed upstream of the blades in a flow of intake air in the housing; a movable member arranged in the accommodation chamber and movable to a protruding position where the movable member protrudes into the intake flow path and to a retracted position where the movable member is retracted from the intake flow path; a plurality of slits formed closer to the blades with respect to the accommodation chamber in the housing and connected to the intake flow path; a plurality of compartment walls circumferentially separating the plurality of slits; and an outer circumferential wall connecting radially outer ends of the plurality of compartment walls.