EP0237868A2 - Pompe centrifuge à roue radiale ou axiale - Google Patents

Pompe centrifuge à roue radiale ou axiale Download PDF

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EP0237868A2
EP0237868A2 EP87103057A EP87103057A EP0237868A2 EP 0237868 A2 EP0237868 A2 EP 0237868A2 EP 87103057 A EP87103057 A EP 87103057A EP 87103057 A EP87103057 A EP 87103057A EP 0237868 A2 EP0237868 A2 EP 0237868A2
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    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04DNON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
    • F04D13/00Pumping installations or systems
    • F04D13/02Units comprising pumps and their driving means
    • F04D13/021Units comprising pumps and their driving means containing a coupling
    • F04D13/024Units comprising pumps and their driving means containing a coupling a magnetic coupling
    • F04D13/027Details of the magnetic circuit
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04DNON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
    • F04D29/00Details, component parts, or accessories
    • F04D29/04Shafts or bearings, or assemblies thereof
    • F04D29/041Axial thrust balancing
    • F04D29/0416Axial thrust balancing balancing pistons
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F05INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04
    • F05BINDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO WIND, SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA OR LIKE MOTORS, TO MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS COVERED BY SUBCLASSES F03B, F03D AND F03G
    • F05B2260/00Function
    • F05B2260/40Transmission of power
    • F05B2260/404Transmission of power through magnetic drive coupling
    • F05B2260/4041Transmission of power through magnetic drive coupling the driven magnets encircling the driver magnets

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  • the present invention relates to a radial centrifugal pump, the working side of which is completely tightly separated from the drive side by a canned pot, in which, in addition, the pump impeller, which is mounted on a shaft between two axial end stops, is driven via a magnetic coupling acting through the wall of the canned pot and is in operation the impeller act axial thrust, caused by different pressure ratios on the impeller front and impeller rear, means being provided to compensate for these thrust forces.
  • Centrifugal pumps of this type are generally known. Their field of application is very wide, but due to the lack of seals, it is mainly in the field of chemistry, where particularly toxic or otherwise aggressive liquids have to be pumped.
  • centrifugal pumps in the form of so-called canned motor pumps or magnetic coupling pumps was the collection and balancing of the hydraulic forces inside the pump, in particular the thrust forces acting on the pump wheel.
  • the previously known solutions were unsatisfactory in the sense that complex constructions were required, which were also associated with relatively high energy losses (friction losses, efficiency reductions). This is all the more regrettable, since today's materials have made it possible to build the actual drive system more compactly and thus to keep the outer dimensions small.
  • the purpose of the present invention was to find in radial or axial centrifugal pumps of the type described at the outset a structurally simple solution for compensating for the axial thrust acting on the impeller, which further simplifies the actual pump construction and helps to reduce the internal forces that previously occurred that in particular the canned tube can be made with a further reduced wall thickness, which in turn can improve the overall efficiency.
  • the solution to this problem is characterized according to the invention in that the actual pump impeller, on its front side, i.e. on the side facing the suction, the delivery channels are provided, an auxiliary delivery wheel is assigned, which serves to reduce the pressure in the room or the rooms on the rear of the impeller.
  • the spaces on the rear of the impeller usually consist of a so-called hub space and an inner and outer drive space.
  • the latter two spaces are separated from one another by the flange of the carrier of one magnetic coupling part, which flange-like protrudes from the rear of the impeller.
  • control means preferably in the form of control slots or channels, are preferably provided on the pump housing, specifically in relation to the periphery of the delivery channels of the auxiliary delivery wheel, so that the medium conveyed by the auxiliary delivery wheel from the space behind the impeller as a function of the to promote the pressure conditions prevailing on the front or rear of the impeller into the pressure chamber of the pump.
  • the auxiliary conveyor wheel is preferably arranged or formed on the rear side of the actual pump impeller, for example directly on the rear wall of the pump impeller.
  • the conveying channels of the auxiliary conveying wheel are preferably designed such that they communicate with one or more of the spaces on the rear of the impeller. For example, a number of separate conveying channels of the auxiliary conveying wheel can be assigned to each of the spaces to be relieved. Depending on the magnitude of the thrust forces that arise in each case, the output of the delivery channels of the auxiliary feed wheel is more or less covered by the control means, caused by an oscillating axial displacement of the pump impeller, which ensures permanent automatic thrust compensation.
  • thrust compensation enables impellers with open or closed blading to be used as desired.
  • the bearing journal or the support shaft for the impeller can e.g. be integrated into the end face of the containment shell, or, in the case of larger embodiments, be supported in a suitable manner in the intake manifold.
  • pumps of any desired type can be built without complex control channels.
  • the rooms on the rear of the impeller can also be rinsed with cleaning fluid with little effort.
  • only a supply line for cleaning fluid into the rear hub space is required, from which certain delivery channels of the auxiliary feed wheel lead the rinsing fluid into the outer drive space.
  • the flushing liquid could also be supplied directly to the outer drive compartment.
  • the construction according to the invention is particularly suitable for pumps in which the driven part is designed as an external rotor, since on the one hand modern materials allow the construction of rotors with a low mass and on the other hand practically no friction losses occur. Nevertheless, the inevitable gaps can be made very narrow, since the risk of clogging is greatly reduced in the construction according to the invention.
  • Fig. L of the drawing shows purely schematically a radial centrifugal pump with magnetic coupling in section, wherein in the lower half of the picture a variant of the upper half of the picture is shown both with respect to the canned pot and the impeller. However, the variants have no influence on the basic structure of the pump.
  • the pump essentially consists of a housing 1 with intake port 2, a bearing pin 3 arranged in the example shown in the intake port 2 (which in the lower variant is also formed in one piece with the canned pot bottom) for a pump impeller 4 and one for the working side (pump side) completely sealed from the drive side (motor side) separating canned pot 5. Also shown is internal magnetic rotor 6 of a drive motor, not shown, the housing of which is flanged to the pump housing 1.
  • the bearing journal 3 for the pump impeller 4 is seated in a hub cover 3 ⁇ , which is supported and fastened in the intake flange 2 via supports 7, 8.
  • the medium to be conveyed reaches the pressure chamber 8 via the suction port 2 and the pump impeller 4 (in the example shown a closed impeller) and from there into the pressure line (not shown).
  • the impeller 4 with closed blades 4 ⁇ is overhung on the bearing journal 3, it being able to move freely between the stops 9 and 10 under the axial thrust forces that occur. As will be shown, the impeller does not come to rest against the stops 9, 10, which essentially serve to position the wheel.
  • This ring flange l2 divides the pump-side drive space l3, which is located on the rear side of the impeller 4, into an outer and an inner space A or B. Also on the impeller rear side is a so-called hub space C.
  • the core of the present invention now lies in this pressure or thrust compensation:
  • the pressure acting on the impeller from rooms A, B and C is greater than the pressure on the suction or front side of the impeller 4, so that the impeller would be pressed in the suction direction without special precautions. However, this should be avoided.
  • auxiliary conveyor wheel 4 which usually consists of one piece with the actual pump impeller 4, the pressure on the back of the impeller is now reduced and the axial movement of the impeller 4 in the direction of the intake is thereby stopped. So that there is no opposite movement of the impeller 4, i.e. a shift in the direction of the drive side, the delivery rate of the auxiliary conveyor wheel 4 ⁇ is controlled:
  • one or more bores 17 are preferably provided between the pressure space 8 of the pump and the drive space A.
  • the auxiliary conveyor wheel 4 ⁇ can be designed such that from the different rooms A, B and C inlet openings 18, l9 and 20, respectively, to the individual delivery channels l6 of the auxiliary conveyor wheel 4 ⁇ are provided, with a different design that for each room A, B and C a number of separate delivery channels (e.g. 2l for room C in the lower variant) are provided.
  • a mixed construction is also conceivable.
  • a rinsing liquid can be conveyed into the space C via a line 22 and a bore 23 in the journal 3 in order to from there to be promoted via the delivery channels 2l of the auxiliary feed wheel 4 ⁇ not in the pressure chamber 8 of the pump, but in room A (and from here in room B). Excellent cleaning of the pump can thus be carried out in a simple manner.
  • a rinsing or cleaning liquid could, however, also be introduced directly into space A, for example via an inlet 24.
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 show purely schematically how the control of the delivery rate of the auxiliary feed wheel 4 ⁇ via control slots on the housing, relative to the feed channels of the auxiliary feed wheel.
  • the delivery channels are covered and the pressure in room A will increase
  • Fig. 3 shows the situation with delivery channels open via the control slots, in which the pressure in room A decreases.
  • Fig. 4 finally shows a purely schematic plan view of the rear of the impeller, i.e. on the auxiliary feed wheel, with different inlet openings in the feed channels.
EP87103057A 1986-03-21 1987-03-04 Pompe centrifuge à roue radiale ou axiale Expired - Lifetime EP0237868B1 (fr)

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AT87103057T ATE60411T1 (de) 1986-03-21 1987-03-04 Radial- oder axialkreiselpumpe.

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WO1996032592A1 (fr) * 1995-04-14 1996-10-17 Ceramiques & Composites S.A. Pompe centrifuge a entrainement magnetique
EP0982499A1 (fr) * 1998-08-21 2000-03-01 CP Pumpen AG Pompe centrifuge à entrainement magnétique
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ES2020520B3 (es) 1991-08-16
ATE60411T1 (de) 1991-02-15
JP2535004B2 (ja) 1996-09-18
JPS62233493A (ja) 1987-10-13
EP0237868B1 (fr) 1991-01-23

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