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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 13, 1998
Kazuki Takahashi, Ibaraki-ken, JP;
Haruo Miura, Ibaraki-ken, JP;
Hideo Nishida, Ibaraki-ken, JP;
Naohiko Takahashi, Ibaraki-ken, JP;
Yasuo Fukushima, Ibaraki-ken, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A low pressure-side first-stage compressor impeller and a high pressure-side second-stage compressor impeller are mounted respectively on opposite ends of a rotation shaft. A rotor of an electric motor for driving the two impellers is formed at a central portion of the rotation shaft. A stator of the motor is held by a motor casing. The motor casing, a first-stage compressor casing, which cooperates with the first-stage compressor impeller to form a first-stage compressor, and a second-stage compressor casing, which cooperates with the second-stage compressor impeller to form a second-stage compressor, are cast into an integral construction. This integral casing is further formed integrally with an intermediate cooler, disposed downstream of the first-stage compressor, and a discharge cooler disposed downstream of the second-stage compressor. The intermediate cooler and the discharge cooler are disposed below the motor casing in generally parallel relation to the rotation shaft, and the main portions of the two-stage centrifugal compressor are combined into a compact, generally rectangular parallelepiped configuration.