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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2007
Borislav Sirakov, Torrance, CA (US);
Thomas Booth, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Nicolas Deschatrettes, Wigan, GB;
Juniel Yin, Cranfield, GB;
Gary Vrbas, Torrance, CA (US);
Dennis Thoren, Torrance, TX (US);
Peter R. Davies, Grandvillers, FR;
Borislav Sirakov, Torrance, CA (US);
Thomas Booth, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Nicolas Deschatrettes, Wigan, GB;
Juniel Yin, Cranfield, GB;
Gary Vrbas, Torrance, CA (US);
Dennis Thoren, Torrance, TX (US);
Peter R. Davies, Grandvillers, FR;
Honeywell International, Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
A housing is disclosed for a compressor having a duct defining a main gas flow axis and blades that draw a fluid through the duct. The blades impart to the fluid a momentum along a main gas flow direction and a swirl. The housing includes a volute configured to extend substantially circumferentially around and fluidly communicate with the duct (at a first location). The volute may be configured to direct a fluid portion flowing thereinto from the duct to have a velocity with a component in a first circumferential direction generally aligned with the swirl. The housing may also include at least one conduit, such as a pipe, in fluid communication with the first volute. The conduit may be configured to redirect the fluid portion to have a velocity with a first component along the main gas flow axis in a direction opposite the main gas flow direction and a second component in a second circumferential direction opposite to the first circumferential direction.