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- Patent Title: Centrifugal compressors with integrated intercooling
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Application No.: US15507623Application Date: 2015-08-27
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Publication No.: US10731664B2Publication Date: 2020-08-04
- Inventor: Giuseppe Iurisci , Christian Aalburg , Giuseppe Sassanelli , Luciano Mei , Simon Schoewel , Pawel Twarowski , Marek Watrobski
- Applicant: Nuovo Pignone Srl
- Applicant Address: IT Florence
- Assignee: NUOVO PIGNONE TECHNOLOGIE SRL
- Current Assignee: NUOVO PIGNONE TECHNOLOGIE SRL
- Current Assignee Address: IT Florence
- Agency: Baker Hughes Patent Organization
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@6646bb94
- International Application: PCT/EP2015/069621 WO 20150827
- International Announcement: WO2016/030453 WO 20160303
- Main IPC: F04D29/58
- IPC: F04D29/58 ; F04D29/44 ; F01D25/08

Abstract:
A compressor comprising: a casing; an upstream impeller and a downstream impeller for rotation in the casing; a diaphragm comprised of an internal portion and an external portion; an upstream diffuser fluidly coupled to an outlet of the upstream impeller; a return channel fluidly coupled to the upstream diffuser and to an inlet of the downstream impeller, the return channel has a plurality of return-channel blades connecting the internal and external diaphragm portions; and a downstream diffuser fluidly coupled to an outlet of the downstream impeller is disclosed. A first coolant passage is in the internal diaphragm portion and extends around an inner core, the first coolant passage being in heat-exchange relationship with the upstream diffuser and the return channel. A second coolant passage and third coolant passage are separated by a second inner core in the external diaphragm portion and in a heat-exchange relationship with the return channel and the downstream diffuser.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170306979A1 CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSORS WITH INTEGRATED INTERCOOLING Public/Granted day:2017-10-26
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