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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2019
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engine & Turbocharger, Ltd., Sagamihara, JP;
Kenichiro Iwakiri, Tokyo, JP;
Isao Tomita, Tokyo, JP;
MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD., Sagamihara, JP;
Abstract
A centrifugal compressor comprises: an impeller; an inlet pipe portion forming an intake passage to introduce air to the impeller; and a throttle mechanism capable of reducing a flow passage area of the intake passage upstream of the impeller. When PA is a throttle position where the throttle mechanism minimizes the flow passage area of the intake passage, PB is a tip position of a leading edge of a blade of the impeller, L is a distance between the throttle position PA and the tip position PB of the leading edge in an axial direction of the impeller, and D is a diameter of the impeller at the tip position PB of the leading edge, the distance L and the diameter D satisfy L/D≤0.2.