CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSOR AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSOR TO PRODUCE A UNIFORM INLET FLOW OF PROCESS GAS

• Main Authors: QUERCIA, Marco, CORBO, Simone, GRIMALDI, Angelo, SASSANELLI, Giuseppe
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 08.06.2023
• Subjects: BLASTING; HEATING; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT PUMPS; POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS; WEAPONS

The centrifugal compressor has a housing with two or more compressor inlets for process gas to be compressed; an impeller is located inside the housing so to receive an inlet flow of process gas from the two compressor inlets through a plenum chamber and increases gas pressure as process gas flows i...