JP2008283812A - Motor-integrated magnetic bearing device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a motor-integrated magnetic bearing device in which the long term durability of rolling bearings for a thrust load can be improved, which is compact and can cope with high-speed rotation, and in which the motor can be highly efficiently cooled by a simple structure. <P>SOLUTION: The rolling bearing and a magnetic bearing support a main shaft 13 on which a rotor 28a of the motor 28, a compressor impeller and a turbine impeller are installed. An electromagnet 17 forming the magnetic bearing is attached to a spindle housing so as to contactlessly oppose a thrust plate 13a provided on the main shaft 13. A motor stator 28b is installed on the spindle housing so as to oppose the motor rotor 28a. A motor cooling path penetrating through a portion where the motor 28 is provided is provided in the spindle housing. A refrigerant passing groove 44 is provided on the electromagnet 17 so as to face the motor cooling flow path. The motor cooling flow path 41 is interposed on a refrigerant flow path of a refrigeration cycle device where a compressor and an expansion turbine are interposed. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a magnetic bearing device used in an air cycle refrigeration cooling turbine unit or the like, and in particular, a rolling bearing and a magnetic bearing are used together so that the magnetic bearing supports one or both of an axial load and a bearing preload. The present invention relates to a motor-integrated magnetic bearing device.

  Since the air cycle refrigeration cooling system uses air as a refrigerant, energy efficiency is insufficient as compared with the case of using chlorofluorocarbon or ammonia gas, but it is preferable in terms of environmental protection. In addition, in facilities where refrigerant air can be directly blown into, such as a refrigerated warehouse, the total cost may be reduced by omitting the internal fan and defrost, etc. In such applications, the air cycle refrigeration cooling system Has been proposed (for example, Patent Document 1).

Further, it is known that the theoretical efficiency of air cooling is equal to or higher than that of Freon or ammonia gas in a deep coal region of -30 ° C to -60 ° C. However, it is also stated that obtaining the theoretical efficiency of the air cooling is not possible until there is an optimally designed peripheral device. The peripheral device is a compressor, an expansion turbine, or the like.
As the compressor and the expansion turbine, a turbine unit in which a compressor impeller and an expansion turbine impeller are attached to a common main shaft is used (Patent Document 1).

In addition, as a turbine compressor which processes process gas, a turbine impeller is attached to one end of the main shaft, a compressor impeller is attached to the other end, and the main shaft is supported by a journal and a thrust bearing that is controlled by an electromagnet current. A compressor has been proposed (Patent Document 2).
In addition, although it is a proposal for a gas turbine engine, in order to avoid the thrust load acting on the rolling bearing for supporting the main shaft from shortening the bearing life, the thrust load acting on the rolling bearing should be reduced by the thrust magnetic bearing. Has been proposed (Patent Document 3).
Japanese Patent No. 2623202 Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-91760 JP-A-8-261237

As described above, as the air cycle refrigeration cooling system, in order to obtain the theoretical efficiency of air cooling that is highly efficient in the deep coal region, an optimally designed compressor and expansion turbine are required.
As the compressor and the expansion turbine, a turbine unit in which the compressor wheel and the expansion turbine wheel are attached to a common main shaft as described above is used. In this turbine unit, the compressor impeller can be driven by the power generated in the expansion turbine, thereby improving the efficiency of the air cycle refrigerator.

However, in order to obtain practical efficiency, it is necessary to keep the gap between each impeller and the housing minute. The fluctuation of the gap hinders stable high-speed rotation and causes a decrease in efficiency.
Further, a thrust force acts on the main shaft by air acting on the compressor impeller and the turbine impeller, and a thrust load is applied to the bearing that supports the main shaft. The rotation speed of the main shaft of the turbine unit in the air cycle refrigeration cooling system is 80,000 to 100,000 rotations per minute, which is very high compared with a bearing for general use. For this reason, the thrust load as described above causes a decrease in long-term durability and life of the bearing supporting the main shaft, and decreases the reliability of the turbine unit for air cycle refrigeration cooling. Unless such a problem of long-term durability of the bearing is solved, it is difficult to put the air cycle refrigeration cooling turbine unit into practical use. However, the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1 has not yet been solved for the deterioration of the long-term durability of the bearing against the load of the thrust load under the high-speed rotation.

  In the case where the main shaft is supported by a journal bearing made of a magnetic bearing and a thrust bearing, such as the magnetic bearing type turbine compressor of Patent Document 2, the journal bearing does not have a restriction function in the axial direction. Therefore, if there is an unstable factor in controlling the thrust bearing, it is difficult to perform stable high-speed rotation while maintaining a minute gap between the impeller and the diffuser. In the case of a magnetic bearing, there is also a problem of contact when the power is stopped.

Accordingly, a motor-integrated magnetic bearing device has been proposed in which a rolling bearing and a thrust-supporting magnetic bearing are used together to support the main shaft, and the thrust plate of the magnetic bearing is used as a motor rotor (for example, Japanese Patent Application No. 2005-356035).
According to this, since the thrust force applied to the main shaft is supported by the magnetic bearing, the thrust force acting on the rolling bearing can be reduced while suppressing an increase in torque without contact. As a result, the minute gaps between the respective impellers and the housing can be kept constant, and the long-term durability of the rolling bearing against the thrust load can be improved. Moreover, a compact configuration can be achieved by integrating the magnetic bearing and the motor rotor.

However, the motor cooling performance was not enough. In the motor-integrated magnetic bearing device, a magnetic bearing and a motor are provided, and heat generated by a coil or the like in the magnetic bearing and heat generated by the motor are generated, so that it is difficult to obtain a sufficient cooling effect. In particular, as shown in FIG. 7, if the thrust plates 53a and 53b of the main shaft 53 are used for mounting the electromagnet target of the magnetic bearing 57 and the permanent magnet 68aa for the motor rotor 68a, it is excellent in terms of compactness. The amount of heat generated by the motor 68 is very large. Insufficient cooling of the motor not only reduces the motor efficiency and limits the rotation speed, but also relates to safety, so effective cooling measures are required. In addition, providing the means for circulating the coolant complicates the configuration.
7A is a cross-sectional view of the motor arrangement portion, and FIG. 7B is a cross-sectional view taken along the line VII-VII in FIG. 7A.

In the motor-integrated magnetic bearing device having the above-described configuration, the motor 68 in the housing is provided.
It is considered that a motor cooling flow path that penetrates the arrangement portion of the motor 68 is provided and a part of the turbine inflow air or outflow air is used for cooling the motor 68.

  However, even in such a configuration, a large portion of the cooling air that has flowed into the arrangement portion of the motor 68 flows along the outer periphery of the motor rotor 68a and does not flow to the inner diameter portion of the motor rotor 68a. It cannot be cooled sufficiently.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to improve the long-term durability of a rolling bearing against a thrust load, to be able to cope with downsizing and high-speed rotation, and to perform efficient motor cooling with a simple configuration and a motor-integrated magnetic bearing device. Is to provide.
Another aspect of the present invention is to enable forced feeding of the refrigerant to the motor without requiring a dedicated blower for cooling the motor.

  A motor-integrated magnetic bearing device according to the present invention includes a rolling bearing and a magnetic bearing that support a main shaft provided with a compressor impeller and a turbine impeller, and a motor that rotationally drives the main shaft, and the rolling bearing is a radial load. The magnetic bearing supports one or both of an axial load and a bearing preload, and the electromagnet constituting the magnetic bearing is in contact with a flange-like thrust plate made of a ferromagnetic material provided on the main shaft. A motor-integrated magnetic bearing device in which a motor stator having a motor coil facing the motor rotor is mounted on the spindle housing, and is mounted on the spindle housing. A motor cooling flow path penetrating the motor placement portion in the spindle housing. The motor is provided in the refrigerant flow path of the refrigeration cycle apparatus in which a refrigerant passage groove is provided in the electromagnet facing the motor cooling flow path, and the compressor having the compressor impeller and the expansion turbine having the turbine impeller are interposed. A cooling flow path is interposed.

According to this configuration, the rolling bearing and the magnetic bearing are used together, the rolling bearing supports the radial load, and the magnetic bearing supports one or both of the axial load and the bearing preload. Good support can be achieved, long-term durability of the rolling bearing can be ensured, and damage when the power supply is stopped in the case of supporting only the magnetic bearing can be avoided.
In addition, a motor cooling flow path that penetrates the arrangement portion of the motor in the spindle housing is provided, and the refrigerant flow path of the refrigeration cycle apparatus in which the compressor having the compressor impeller and the expansion turbine having the turbine impeller are interposed. Since the motor cooling flow path is interposed, the necessary motor cooling can be performed with a simple configuration having only the motor cooling flow path, and the refrigerant supply to the motor is not required without using a dedicated refrigerant supply source such as blowers. Forced feeding can be performed.
In particular, since the refrigerant passage groove is provided in the electromagnet disposed in the motor cooling flow path, the flow rate of the refrigerant that takes away the amount of heat on the rotor surface while passing through the refrigerant passage groove is increased, and the motor cooling is performed efficiently. Can do.

In the present invention, the coolant passage groove may be a straight line that is orthogonal to the axis of the main shaft and extends in parallel with the coolant flow direction of the motor cooling channel. If it is straight, the coolant passage groove can be easily processed, the coolant passage resistance is small, and the coolant flows efficiently.
A plurality of the linear refrigerant passage grooves may be provided in parallel. In this case, the electromagnet can be cooled over a wide area, and the flow rate of the refrigerant passing through the surface of the motor rotor is increased, thereby improving the cooling efficiency.

  In this invention, the refrigerant passage groove continues to an arc-shaped groove portion that bypasses the main shaft, and both ends of the arc-shaped groove portion, and is orthogonal to the axis of the main shaft and the refrigerant flow direction of the motor cooling channel And a pair of linear grooves extending in parallel with each other. By providing the arc-shaped groove portion that bypasses the main shaft as described above, the coolant passage groove can have a wide groove width that passes over the diameter of the electromagnet, and efficient coolant passage is possible.

  In this invention, the motor is an axial gap type motor, and the rotor of the motor is composed of the thrust plate and a plurality of permanent magnets provided at equal pitches in the circumferential direction of the thrust plate. It is also good. In the case of an axial gap type motor, the main shaft can be configured to be short, the natural frequency of the main shaft can be increased accordingly, and the main shaft can be rotated at high speed without causing resonance problems. On the other hand, it is difficult to perform efficient cooling of the motor. However, the necessary cooling of the motor can be performed by providing the motor cooling flow path as described above.

In this invention, the refrigeration cycle device performs air conditioning or refrigeration by sequentially performing compression by the compressor, cooling by another heat exchanger, and adiabatic expansion by the expansion turbine with respect to the inflow air serving as the refrigerant. It may be a cycle refrigeration cooling system.
When the refrigeration cycle apparatus is such an air cycle refrigeration cooling system, in the compression / expansion turbine system, stable high-speed rotation of the main shaft can be obtained while maintaining an appropriate gap between the impellers, and the long-term durability of the bearing can be improved. Since the improvement and the improvement of the service life can be obtained, the reliability is improved as a whole of the compression / expansion turbine system and also as a whole of the air cycle refrigeration cooling system. In addition, stable high-speed rotation, long-term durability, and reliability of the main shaft bearing of the compression / expansion turbine system, which is the bottleneck of the air cycle refrigeration cooling system, improve the practical use of the air cycle refrigeration cooling system. .

  A motor-integrated magnetic bearing device according to the present invention includes a rolling bearing and a magnetic bearing that support a main shaft provided with a compressor impeller and a turbine impeller, and a motor that rotationally drives the main shaft, and the rolling bearing is a radial load. The magnetic bearing supports one or both of an axial load and a bearing preload, and the electromagnet constituting the magnetic bearing is in contact with a flange-like thrust plate made of a ferromagnetic material provided on the main shaft. A motor-integrated magnetic bearing device in which a motor stator having a motor coil facing the motor rotor is mounted on the spindle housing, and is mounted on the spindle housing. A motor cooling flow path penetrating the motor placement portion in the spindle housing. The motor is provided in the refrigerant flow path of the refrigeration cycle apparatus in which a refrigerant passage groove is provided in the electromagnet facing the motor cooling flow path, and the compressor having the compressor impeller and the expansion turbine having the turbine impeller are interposed. Since the cooling flow path is interposed, the long-term durability of the rolling bearing against the thrust load can be improved, it is possible to cope with compactness and high-speed rotation, and efficient motor cooling can be performed with a simple configuration. In particular, the refrigerant can be forcibly fed without requiring a dedicated blower for supplying the refrigerant, and efficient motor cooling can be performed with a simple configuration.

  An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 shows a cross-sectional view of a turbine unit 5 incorporating a motor-integrated magnetic bearing device of this embodiment. The turbine unit 5 constitutes a compression / expansion turbine system, and includes a compressor 6 and an expansion turbine 7. The compressor impeller 6 a of the compressor 6 and the turbine impeller 7 a of the expansion turbine 7 are fitted to both ends of the main shaft 13. Fixed together. The material of the main shaft 13 is low carbon steel with good magnetic properties.

In FIG. 1, a compressor 6 has a compressor housing 6b facing the compressor impeller 6a via a gap d1, and compresses the air sucked in the axial direction from the suction port 6c in the center with the compressor impeller 6a. As shown by the arrow 6d, it discharges | emits from the exit (not shown) of an outer peripheral part.
The expansion turbine 7 has a turbine housing 7b that is opposed to the turbine impeller 7a via a minute gap d2, and the air sucked from the outer peripheral portion as indicated by an arrow 7c is adiabatically expanded by the turbine impeller 7a, It discharges in the axial direction from the outlet 7d of the part.

The motor-integrated magnetic bearing device in the turbine unit 5 supports the main shaft 13 with a plurality of rolling bearings 15 and 16 in the radial direction, and either or both of an axial load and a bearing preload applied to the main shaft 13 are respectively provided. An axial gap motor 28 is provided that is supported by two electromagnets 17 and 17 serving as magnetic bearings and that rotationally drives the main shaft 13. The turbine unit 5 includes a sensor 18 that detects a thrust force acting on the main shaft 13, a magnetic bearing controller 19 that controls the supporting force of the electromagnet 17 in accordance with the output of the sensor 18, and the electromagnet 17. A motor controller 29 for controlling the motor 28;
Two flange-shaped thrust plates 13a and 13b made of a ferromagnetic material are provided in the axial direction intermediate portion of the main shaft 13 so as to be perpendicular to the main shaft 13 and coaxial with each other in the axial direction. The electromagnet 17 which is a component of one of the magnetic bearings is configured such that, of the two thrust plates 13a and 13b, one surface facing the compressor 6 of the thrust plate 13a located near the compressor 6 is used as an electromagnet target. It is installed in the spindle housing 14 so as to face each other by contact. The electromagnet 17 which is a component of the other magnetic bearing is a spindle housing 14 so as to face the one surface of the thrust plate 13b located near the expansion turbine 7 toward the expansion turbine 7 with the electromagnet target as a noncontact contact. Is installed.

  The motor 28 includes a motor rotor 28a provided on the main shaft 13 and a motor stator 28b facing the motor rotor 28a in the axial direction. Specifically, the motor rotor 28a that constitutes one part of the motor 28 is arranged at equal pitches in the circumferential direction on each side of the main shaft 13 opposite to the side of the thrust plates 13a and 13b opposite to the electromagnet 17 side. By arranging the permanent magnets 28aa arranged side by side, a pair of left and right are configured. Thus, the permanent magnets 28aa opposed to each other in the axial direction are set so that their magnetic poles are different from each other. Since the main shaft 13 is made of low carbon steel having good magnetic properties, the thrust plates 13a and 13b provided so as to be integrated with the main shaft 13 are also used as the back yoke and the electromagnet target of the permanent magnet 28aa. it can.

  The motor stator 28b, which is another part of the motor 28, is arranged in a state where there is no core so as to face each surface of both the motor rotors 28a in a non-contact manner at a central position in the axial direction between the pair of left and right motor rotors 28a. The motor coil 28ba is covered and held by a ring-shaped partition wall 42 concentric with the main shaft 13, and is installed in the spindle housing 14 via the partition wall 42. The motor 28 rotates the main shaft 13 by Lorentz force acting between the motor rotor 28a and the motor stator 28b. Thus, since this axial gap type motor 28 is a coreless motor, the negative rigidity due to the magnetic coupling between the motor rotor 28a and the motor stator 28b is zero.

  As a cooling means for the motor 28, a motor cooling channel 41 that penetrates the arrangement portion of the motor 28 is provided in the spindle housing 14. The motor cooling channel 41 is provided in the refrigerant channel 1 of the refrigeration cycle apparatus 50 (described later) in FIG. 6 in which the compressor 6 having the compressor impeller 6a and the expansion turbine 7 having the turbine impeller 7a are interposed. Intervene. In this case, the motor cooling flow path 41 is installed so that the two thrust plates 13a and 13b and the gap generated between the thrust plates 13a and 13b and the electromagnet 17 are located therein.

2A shows an enlarged cross-sectional view of the arrangement portion of the motor 28, and FIG. 2B shows a cross-sectional view taken along the line II-II in FIG. The electromagnet 17 which is a component of the magnetic bearing is a ring-shaped component in which a coil 17a wound concentrically with the main shaft 13 is housed in a yoke 17b. In the yoke 17b, an annular opening 43 is formed concentrically with the main shaft 13 so as to open on the side facing the motor rotor 28a and form a magnetic gap between the inner diameter portion and the outer diameter portion of the yoke 17b. ing. Further, on one side of the electromagnet 17 facing the motor rotor 28a, that is, on one side of the yoke 17b facing the motor cooling channel 41 (FIG. 1), a linear shape extending in parallel with the refrigerant flow direction of the motor cooling channel 41 is provided. A coolant passage groove 44 is formed.
As shown in FIG. 2 (B), for example, the groove forming range is indicated by cross diagonal lines, and a plurality of refrigerant passage grooves 44 having a narrow groove width are arranged side by side so as to penetrate from a part of the periphery of the electromagnet 17 to the other part of the periphery. You may form in.
Further, the refrigerant passage groove 44 may have one wide groove width extending on the diameter of the electromagnet 17 as shown in FIG. In this case, the coolant passage groove 44 includes an arcuate groove portion 44a that bypasses the main shaft 13 and a pair of linear groove portions 44b extending in the diametrical direction respectively at both ends of the arcuate groove portion 44a. Two arcuate grooves 44 a are provided on both sides of the main shaft 13. In this example, the arc-shaped groove 44a is a recessed portion in which the entire portion of the yoke 17b on the inner diameter side of the annular opening 43 is retracted from the outer diameter side portion. The pair of linear grooves 44 b are opened from a part of the periphery of the electromagnet 17 to the annular opening 43. In other words, the linear groove portion 44b is a portion that is orthogonal to the axis of the main shaft 13 and extends in parallel with the refrigerant flow direction of the motor cooling passage 41. 3B is a cross-sectional view taken along the line III-III in FIG. 3A showing an enlarged cross-sectional view of the arrangement portion of the motor 28. FIG.

When a plurality of refrigerant passage grooves 44 are formed side by side as shown in FIG. 2B, the cooling medium that has flowed from the motor cooling flow path 41 into the arrangement portion of the motor 28 is indicated by a chain line arrow in FIG. By passing through each refrigerant passage groove 44 as described above, the one surface of the electromagnet 17 facing the motor rotor 28a flows evenly distributed.
Further, as shown in FIG. 3B, when one refrigerant passage groove 44 is formed, the cooling medium flows from one linear groove portion 44b as shown by a chain line arrow in FIG. Branching into the arcuate groove 44a and flowing out from the other straight groove 44b. Thus, the cooling medium flows over the entire circumference of the inner diameter portion of one surface of the electromagnet 17 facing the motor rotor 28a.

  The bearings 15 and 16 that support the main shaft 13 are rolling bearings and have a function of restricting the position in the axial direction. For example, a deep groove ball bearing or an angular ball bearing is used. In the case of a deep groove ball bearing, it has a thrust support function in both directions, and has the effect of returning the axial position of the inner and outer rings to the neutral position. These two rolling bearings 15 and 16 are disposed in the vicinity of the compressor impeller 6a and the turbine impeller 7a in the spindle housing 14, respectively.

  The main shaft 13 is a stepped shaft having a large-diameter portion 13c at an intermediate portion and small-diameter portions 13d at both ends. The bearings 15 and 16 on both sides have their inner rings 15a and 16a fitted into the small diameter portion 13d in a press-fit state, and one of the width surfaces engages with a stepped surface between the large diameter portion 13c and the small diameter portion 13d. Seals 21 and 22 for sealing a gap with the main shaft 13 are provided at portions of the spindle housing 14 that are closer to the impellers 6a and 7a than the bearings 15 and 16 on both sides.

  The sensor 18 is provided on the stationary side in the vicinity of the bearing 16 on the turbine impeller 7 a side, that is, on the spindle housing 14 side, and also serves as a bearing housing that supports the outer ring 16 b of the bearing 16. The sensor 18 is fitted to the spindle housing 14 so as to be movable in the axial direction. A preload in the axial direction is applied to the sensor 18 by a sensor preload spring 25.

  The preload by the sensor preload spring 25 is for the sensor 18 that detects the thrust force by the pressing force to detect any movement of the main shaft 13 in the axial direction. The magnitude is greater than the average thrust force acting on the main shaft 13 in the operating state.

  The bearing 15 on the non-arrangement side of the sensor 18 is installed so as to be movable in the axial direction with respect to the spindle housing 14 and is elastically supported by a bearing preload spring 26. In this example, the outer ring 15 b of the bearing 15 is fitted to the inner diameter surface of the spindle housing 14 via the bearing housing 27 so as to be movable in the axial direction. Is intervening. The bearing preload spring 26 biases the outer ring 15 b so as to face the step surface of the main shaft 13 with which the width surface of the inner ring 15 a is engaged, and applies a preload to the bearing 15. The bearing preload spring 26 has a smaller spring constant than the sensor preload spring 25.

The dynamic model of the motor-integrated magnetic bearing device in the turbine unit 5 can be constituted by a simple spring system. That is, the spring system includes a combined spring formed by the bearings 15 and 16 and a support system for these bearings (sensor preload spring 25, bearing preload spring 26, bearing housing 27, etc.) and a motor unit (electromagnet 17 and motor 28). And a synthetic spring formed in parallel). In this spring system, the composite spring formed by the bearings 15 and 16 and the support system of these bearings has rigidity acting in proportion to the amount of displacement in the direction opposite to the displaced direction, while the electromagnet 17 and The combined spring formed by the motor 28 has a negative stiffness that acts in proportion to the amount of displacement in the displaced direction.
For this reason, the magnitude relationship between the stiffnesses of the two composite springs described above is
If the stiffness value of the composite spring by the bearing etc. <the negative stiffness value of the composite spring by the electromagnet / motor ... (1), the phase of the mechanical system is delayed by 180 ° and the system becomes unstable, so the electromagnet 17 is controlled. In the magnetic bearing controller 19, the phase compensation circuit needs to be added in advance, and the configuration of the controller 19 becomes complicated.

Therefore, in the motor-integrated magnetic bearing device of this embodiment, the above-described rigidity relationship of the two composite springs is expressed as follows:
Rigidity value of the combined spring by the bearing or the like> Negative rigidity value of the combined spring by the electromagnet / motor (2). In particular, in this motor-integrated magnetic bearing device, since the axial gap type motor 28 is a coreless motor as described above, the negative rigidity value acting on the motor 28 can be made zero, and the motor 28 is high. Even in the state where the load operation is performed and an excessive axial load is applied, the magnitude relationship of the above equation (2) can be maintained.
As a result, since the phase of the mechanical system can be prevented from being delayed by 180 ° in the control band, the controlled object of the magnetic bearing controller 19 can be stabilized even when the motor 28 is operated at a high load and an excessive axial load is applied. The circuit configuration of the controller 19 can be configured as a simple one using proportional or proportional integration as shown in FIG.

  In the magnetic bearing controller 19 of FIG. 4 shown in the block diagram, the detection outputs P1 and P2 of the sensor 18 are added and subtracted by the sensor output calculation circuit 30, and the calculation result is compared with the reference value of the reference value setting means 32 by the comparator 31. Then, the deviation is calculated, and the calculated deviation is subjected to proportional integration (or proportional) processing appropriately set according to the turbine unit 5 by the PI compensation circuit (or P compensation circuit) 33, whereby the control signal of the electromagnet 17 is obtained. Is calculated. The output of the PI compensation circuit (or P compensation circuit) 33 is input to power circuits 36 and 37 that drive the electromagnets 171 and 172 in each direction via diodes 34 and 35, respectively. The electromagnets 171 and 172 are a pair of electromagnets 17 opposed to the thrust plates 13a and 13b shown in FIG. 1, and only the attractive force acts. Therefore, the current direction is determined by the diodes 34 and 35 in advance, and the two electromagnets 171 172 is selectively driven.

  In the motor controller 29 of FIG. 5 also shown in the block diagram, the phase adjustment circuit 38 adjusts the phase of the motor drive current using the rotation angle of the motor rotor 28a as a feedback signal based on the rotation synchronization command signal. Constant rotation control is performed by supplying a corresponding motor drive current from the motor drive circuit 39 to the motor stator 28b. The rotation synchronization command signal is calculated according to the output of a rotation angle detection sensor (not shown) provided in the motor rotor 28a.

The turbine unit 5 having this configuration is used in, for example, an air cycle refrigeration cooling system shown as a refrigeration cycle apparatus 50 in FIG.
In such a use example, the turbine unit 5 includes a compressor impeller 6a and a turbine impeller 7a fitted on the main shaft 13 common to the thrust plates 13a and 13b and the motor rotor 28a, and the power of the motor 28 and the turbine impeller The compressor impeller 6a is driven by either one or both of the power generated in the vehicle 7a. For this reason, stable high-speed rotation of the main shaft 13 can be obtained while maintaining appropriate gaps d1 and d2 between the impellers 6a and 7a, and the long-term durability and life of the bearings 15 and 16 can be improved.

  In order to ensure the efficiency of compression and expansion of the turbine unit 5, it is necessary to keep the gaps d1 and d2 between the impellers 6a and 7a and the housings 6b and 7b minute. For example, when this turbine unit 5 is applied to an air cycle refrigeration cooling system, ensuring this efficiency is important. On the other hand, since the main shaft 13 is supported by rolling type bearings 15 and 16, the axial direction position of the main shaft 13 is regulated to some extent by the restriction function of the axial direction position of the rolling bearing, and each impeller 6a, 7a and The gaps d1 and d2 between the housings 6b and 7b can be kept constant.

However, a thrust force is applied to the main shaft 13 of the turbine unit 5 by the pressure of air acting on the impellers 6a and 7a. Further, the turbine unit 5 used in the air cooling system rotates at a very high speed of about 80,000 to 100,000 rotations per minute, for example. Therefore, when the thrust force acts on the rolling bearings 15 and 16 that rotatably support the main shaft 13, the long-term durability of the bearings 15 and 16 decreases.
In this embodiment, since the thrust force is supported by the electromagnet 17, the thrust force acting on the rolling bearings 15 and 16 for supporting the main shaft 13 can be reduced while suppressing an increase in torque without contact. In this case, since the sensor 18 for detecting the thrust force acting on the main shaft 13 and the magnetic bearing controller 19 for controlling the supporting force by the electromagnet 17 according to the output of the sensor 18 are provided, the rolling bearings 15 and 16 are provided. Can be used in an optimum state against the thrust force according to the bearing specifications.
In particular, two electromagnets 17 are arranged on the axially outer side of two thrust plates 13a and 13b provided on the main shaft 13 side by side in the axial direction to constitute a magnetic bearing unit and sandwiched between the thrust plates 13a and 13b. By arranging the axial gap type motor 28 at the position where the motor unit is configured, the magnetic bearing unit and the motor unit are made into a compact integrated structure, so that the shaft length of the main shaft 53 can be shortened, and the main shaft 13 can be made unique. The frequency becomes high, and the main shaft 13 can be rotated at high speed.

  Further, according to this configuration, as a cooling means for the motor 28, the motor cooling channel 41 penetrating the arrangement portion of the motor 28 in the spindle housing 14 is provided, and the compressor 6 having the compressor impeller 6a and the turbine impeller 7a are provided. Since the motor cooling flow path 41 is interposed in the refrigerant flow path 1 of the refrigeration cycle apparatus 50 (FIG. 6) in which the expansion turbine 7 is included, a simple configuration in which the motor cooling flow path 41 is provided is necessary. Motor cooling can be performed. In this case, since the cooling medium (air) flowing through the refrigerant flow path 1 of the refrigeration cycle apparatus 50 is used as the refrigerant flowing through the motor cooling flow path 41, a dedicated refrigerant supply source such as a blower is not required. The refrigerant can be forcedly circulated, and the motor can be efficiently cooled with a simple configuration.

  In particular, since the electromagnet 17 is provided with a coolant passage groove 44 facing the motor cooling channel 41, the motor stator is shown in FIG. 2B or FIG. The cooling medium (air) from the motor cooling passage 41 easily flows into the gap between the motor rotor 28a and the inner diameter portion of the motor rotor 28a, and the motor 28 can be cooled more efficiently.

  Since the motor 28 is an axial gap motor, the main shaft 13 can be configured to be short, and the main shaft 13 can be rotated at high speed without causing a resonance problem. However, it is difficult to efficiently cool the motor 28. However, as described above, the refrigerant flowing in the refrigerant flow path 1 of the refrigeration cycle apparatus 50 in which the compressor 6 and the expansion turbine 7 of the turbine unit 5 in which the motor-integrated magnetic bearing device is incorporated is used as the motor in the spindle housing 14. Since it is introduced into the 28 arrangement portions, an excellent cooling effect by forced circulation of the refrigerant can be obtained with a simple configuration.

  Further, the motor cooling channel 41 is installed so that the two thrust plates 13a and 13b and a gap generated between the thrust plates 13a and 13b and the electromagnet 17 are located in the motor cooling channel 41. Air, which is a cooling medium flowing into the cooling flow path 41, reaches the two thrust plates 13a and 13b, which are constituent members of the motor rotor 28a, and the arrangement portion of the motor stator 28b, and passes through the gap to reach the inner diameter portion of the motor 28. As a result, the motor can be cooled more efficiently.

FIG. 6 shows the overall configuration of a refrigeration system apparatus 50 using the turbine unit 5. The refrigeration system device 50 is a system that directly cools air in a space 10 to be cooled, such as a freezer, as a refrigerant. have. The refrigerant flow path 1 is an air circulation path. The refrigerant flow path 1 includes a first heat exchanger 3, a compressor 6 of an air cycle refrigeration cooling turbine unit 5, a second heat exchanger 8, and intermediate heat. An exchanger 9 and an expansion turbine 7 of the turbine unit 5 are provided in this order. The middle of the path from the first heat exchanger 3 to the second heat exchanger 8 is the above-described motor cooling flow path 41 that penetrates the arrangement portion of the motor 28. If the motor cooling flow path 41 is arranged in this way, the air discharged from the compressor 6 and cooled by the first heat exchanger 3 is supplied to the motor 28 via the motor cooling flow path 41. Good motor cooling.
The intermediate heat exchanger 9 exchanges heat between the inflow air in the vicinity of the intake port 1a in the same refrigerant flow path 1 and the air that has been heated by the subsequent compression and cooled. The air in the vicinity of 1a passes through the heat exchanger 9a.

  The first heat exchanger 3 and the second heat exchanger 8 have heat exchangers 3a and 8a for circulating a cooling medium, respectively, and a cooling medium such as water and a refrigerant flow path in the heat exchangers 3a and 8a. Heat exchange with 1 air. Each of the heat exchangers 3 a and 8 a is connected to the cooling tower 11 by piping, and the cooling medium whose temperature is increased by heat exchange is cooled by the cooling tower 11.

  The refrigeration cycle apparatus 50 is a system that keeps the space 10 to be cooled at about 0 ° C. to −60 ° C., and has an atmospheric pressure of about 1 ° C. from 0 ° C. to −60 ° C. Air flows in. Note that the numerical values of temperature and atmospheric pressure shown below are examples that serve as a rough standard. The air that has flowed into the intake port 1a is used for cooling the subsequent air in the refrigerant flow path 1 by the intermediate heat exchanger 9, and the temperature is raised to 30 ° C.

The air at 30 ° C. and 1 atm that has passed through the intermediate heat exchanger 9 is compressed to 1.8 atm by the compressor 6 of the turbine unit 5, and the temperature is raised to about 80 ° C. by this compression. Cooled to 30 ° C. by vessel 3. The 30 ° C. air is cooled to −20 ° C. by the second heat exchanger 8 and the intermediate heat exchanger 9 while being heated to about 50 ° C. for cooling the motor 28. The atmospheric pressure is maintained at 1.8 atmospheric pressure discharged from the compressor 6.
The air cooled to −20 ° C. by the intermediate heat exchanger 9 is adiabatically expanded by the expansion turbine 7 of the turbine unit 5, cooled to −50 ° C., and discharged from the outlet 1 b to the cooled space 10. The refrigeration cycle apparatus 50 performs such a refrigeration cycle.

  In the refrigeration cycle apparatus 50, in the turbine unit 5, stable high-speed rotation of the main shaft 13 is obtained while maintaining appropriate gaps d1 and d2 between the impellers 6a and 7a, and long-term durability of the bearings 15 and 16 is improved. By improving the life, the long-term durability of the bearings 15 and 16 is improved. Therefore, the reliability of the turbine unit 5 as a whole, and the refrigeration cycle apparatus 50 as a whole, is improved. As described above, stable high-speed rotation, long-term durability, and reliability of the main shaft bearings 15 and 16 of the turbine unit 5 that are the bottleneck of the air cycle refrigeration cooling system are improved. It becomes possible.

1 is a cross-sectional view of a turbine unit in which a motor-integrated magnetic bearing device according to an embodiment of the present invention is incorporated. (A) is an expanded sectional view of the motor arrangement | positioning part in the magnetic bearing apparatus, (B) is one structural example of the electromagnet shown as II-II arrow sectional drawing in (A). (A) is an expanded sectional view of the motor arrangement | positioning part in the magnetic bearing apparatus, (B) is the other structural example of the electromagnet shown as a III-III arrow sectional view in (A). It is a block diagram which shows an example of the controller for magnetic bearings used for a motor integrated magnetic bearing apparatus. It is a block diagram which shows an example of the controller for motors used for a motor-integrated magnetic bearing apparatus. It is a systematic diagram of the refrigeration cycle apparatus to which the turbine unit of FIG. 1 is applied. (A) is an expanded sectional view of the motor arrangement | positioning part in a proposal example, (B) is VII-VII arrow sectional drawing in (A).

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Refrigerant flow path 3 ... 1st heat exchanger 5 ... Turbine unit 6 ... Compressor 6a ... Compressor impeller 7 ... Expansion turbine 7a ... Turbine impeller 8 ... Second heat exchanger 9 ... Intermediate heat exchanger 13 ... Spindles 13a, 13b ... thrust plate 14 ... spindle housings 15, 16 ... rolling bearings 17 ... electromagnets (magnetic bearings)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 28 ... Axial gap motor 28a ... Motor rotor 28aa ... Permanent magnet 28b ... Motor stator 28ba ... Motor coil 41 ... Motor cooling flow path 43 ... Annular opening 44 ... Refrigerant passage groove 44a ... Arc-shaped groove 44b ... Linear groove 50 ... Refrigeration cycle device

Claims (5)

A rolling bearing and a magnetic bearing that support a main shaft provided with a compressor wheel and a turbine wheel, and a motor that rotationally drives the main shaft; the rolling bearing supports a radial load; and the magnetic bearing is an axial load. The electromagnet that supports either or both of the bearing preloads and that constitutes the magnetic bearing is attached to the spindle housing so as to face the flange-shaped thrust plate made of a ferromagnetic material provided on the main shaft in a non-contact manner, A motor-integrated magnetic bearing device in which a rotor of the motor is provided on the main shaft, and a motor stator having a motor coil facing the motor rotor is installed in the spindle housing,
A motor cooling passage that passes through the motor arrangement portion in the spindle housing is provided, a refrigerant passage groove is provided in the electromagnet so as to face the motor cooling passage, the compressor having the compressor wheel, and the turbine blade A motor-integrated magnetic bearing device, wherein the motor cooling passage is interposed in a refrigerant passage of a refrigeration cycle device in which an expansion turbine having a vehicle is interposed.   2. The motor-integrated magnetic bearing device according to claim 1, wherein the coolant passage groove has a linear shape that is orthogonal to the axis of the main shaft and extends in parallel with a coolant flow direction of the motor cooling passage.   2. The refrigerant flow path according to claim 1, wherein the coolant passage groove continues to an arc-shaped groove portion that bypasses the main shaft, and both ends of the arc-shaped groove portion, and is orthogonal to the axis of the main shaft and flows in the motor cooling channel. A motor-integrated magnetic bearing device comprising a pair of linear grooves extending in parallel with a direction.   4. The motor according to claim 1, wherein the motor is an axial gap type motor, and a plurality of rotors of the motor are provided at equal pitches in a circumferential direction of the thrust plate and the thrust plate. Motor-integrated magnetic bearing device composed of a permanent magnet.   The refrigeration cycle apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the refrigeration cycle apparatus compresses the inflow air serving as the refrigerant by the compressor, cooling by another heat exchanger, adiabatic expansion by the expansion turbine, Motor-integrated magnetic bearing device that is an air cycle refrigeration cooling system that performs air conditioning or refrigeration in sequence.

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