ARRANGEMENT FOR SEPARATION OF LUBRICANT FLOWS AND EXHAUST GAS TURBOCHARGER COMPRISING SUCH ARRANGEMENT

• Main Authors: VACCA, Andrea, RECHIN, Thomas, SCHMID, Andreas
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 20.05.2020
• Subjects: AIR INTAKES FOR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS; BLASTING; COMBUSTION ENGINES; CONTROLLING FUEL SUPPLY IN AIR-BREATHING JET-PROPULSION PLANTS; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; GAS-TURBINE PLANTS; HEATING; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS; LIGHTING; MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAMTURBINES; STEAM ENGINES; WEAPONS

The device is used to separate lubricating oil streams within a bearing housing (10), which receives lubricating oil, of a turbocharger, which comprises an axial turbine and which has a shaft (11) that is led from a compressor housing to a turbine housing through the bearing housing, two radial bearings (12, 13) arranged along the shaft, and a shaft axial bearing (14) which can be found between the radial bearings. The device comprises at least one wall projection (40) which projects from an inner wall of the bearing housing radially inwards in the direction of the shaft into an intermediate space (17) of the bearing housing. The intermediate space (17) extends between the axial bearing (14) and the turbine-side radial bearing (13) and tapers in the axial direction towards the turbine side. Lubricating oil which is transported from the axial bearing (14) and which strikes bearing housing wall sections surrounding the axial bearing is redirected by the wall protrustion and is guided in the direction of the space which can be found below the shaft. In this manner, large quantities of lubricating oil transported from the axial bearing (14) are prevented from flowing to the seat of the turbine-side radial bearing (13) and there, at the location of the sharpest taper of the intermediate space (17), blocking the discharge of the smaller oil quantities transported through the turbine-side radial bearing. The invention likewise relates to a turbocharger comprising such a device.