US3902827A - Screw compressor - Google Patents

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US3902827A
US3902827A US487145A US48714574A US3902827A US 3902827 A US3902827 A US 3902827A US 487145 A US487145 A US 487145A US 48714574 A US48714574 A US 48714574A US 3902827 A US3902827 A US 3902827A
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Lauritz Benedictus Schibbye
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04C—ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
    • F04C18/00—Rotary-piston pumps specially adapted for elastic fluids
    • F04C18/08—Rotary-piston pumps specially adapted for elastic fluids of intermeshing-engagement type, i.e. with engagement of co-operating members similar to that of toothed gearing
    • F04C18/12—Rotary-piston pumps specially adapted for elastic fluids of intermeshing-engagement type, i.e. with engagement of co-operating members similar to that of toothed gearing of other than internal-axis type
    • F04C18/14—Rotary-piston pumps specially adapted for elastic fluids of intermeshing-engagement type, i.e. with engagement of co-operating members similar to that of toothed gearing of other than internal-axis type with toothed rotary pistons
    • F04C18/16—Rotary-piston pumps specially adapted for elastic fluids of intermeshing-engagement type, i.e. with engagement of co-operating members similar to that of toothed gearing of other than internal-axis type with toothed rotary pistons with helical teeth, e.g. chevron-shaped, screw type

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  • the present invention relates to a screw compressor of the type comprising two intermeshing rotors having helical lands and grooves and mounted in a casing, generally composed of'a low pressure end platemember, a barrel member and a high pressure end plate member, enclosing a'working space having low pressure and high pressure ports disposed generally diagonally thereof.
  • the aim of the present invention is to avoid those disadvantages of earlier types of compressors.
  • a sealing ring is inserted between the high pressure end plane of the rotor and the surface of the high pressure end plate member to practically or completely bridge the clearance therebetween.
  • This sealing ring should be arranged on as large a radius as possible just to be sure that it never extends out into the area of the rotor grooves.
  • the sealing ring might either be fixed to one of the members or carried by one of them and axially biased against the other. Preferably it is shaped as a thin annular edge projecting from the end plane of the rotor.
  • the pressure within the volume comprised of the clearance between the rotor and the casing and radially limited by the sealing ring and the rotor shaft should further be kept as low as possible.
  • this volume should preferably communicate with an area of the working space located within the low pressure phase of the compressor, i.e. within an area thereof where the pressure is the same as the inlet pressure or only somewhat higher which can easily be obtained as the pressure rise is rather slow during the first part of the compression.
  • the channel is formed as a relieved portion in the surface of the high pressure end plate member. The channel can then easily be produced during the casting of the high pressure end plate member.
  • FIG. 1 is a vertical, longitudinal section through a compressor according to the invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a cross-section taken along line 2 2 in FIG. 1.
  • the screw compressor shown comprises a casing 5 comprised of a low pressure end plate member 10, a barrel member 12 and high pressure end plate member 14 in which casing a working space 16 is provided substantially in the form of two intersecting cylindrical bores of the same size having parallel axes.
  • a low pressure channel 18 is provided which communicates with the working space 16 through a low pressure port 20.
  • a high pressure channel 22 is provided in the high pressure end plate member 14 which high pressure channel 22 communicates with the working space through a high pressure port 24.
  • Two intermeshing rotors one male rotor 26 and one female rotor 28, are provided in the working space 16.
  • the male rotor 26 is provided with four helical lands 30 which have a wrap angle of about 300.
  • the lands have flanks the major portions of which are convex and located outside the pitch circle 32 of the rotor.
  • the female rotor 28 is provided with six helical lands 34 which have a wrap angle of about 200.
  • the grooves have flanks the major portions of which are concave and located inside the pitch circle 36 of the rotor.
  • the rotors 26, 28 are mounted in the low pressure end plate member 10 by radial bearings 38 ofthe roller bearing type and in the high pressure end plate member 14 by combined radial and thrust bearings 40 of the ball bearing type.
  • the male rotor if further provided with a stub shaft 42 extending outside the low pressure end plate member 10 for connection to a driving motor, not shown.
  • the main part of the low pressure port lieson one side of the plane of the axes of the bores and the high pressure port 24 is completely located on the other side of said plane.
  • the barrel member 12 is provided with an pressure oil chamber 44 having a supply opening 46 for communication with a pressure oil source, not shown.
  • This pressure oil source is normally a pump supplied with oil from an oil separator connected to the outlet channel of the compressor. From the oil chamber 44 oil is in conventional manner supplied to the working space 16 through injection nozzles 48. Oil is further delivered from the oil chamber 44 to the low pressure end radial bearings 38 through a channel 50. Oil is also delivered from the chamber 44 to the high pressure end radial and thrust bearings 40 through two channels 52.
  • the rotors 26, 28 are further at the high pressure ends thereof provided with annular axially projecting sealing rings 54, 56 located just inside the bottoms of the rotor grooves.
  • the sealing rings 54, 56 are practically in contact with the facing surface of the high pressure end plate member 14.
  • a relieved portion 58, 60 is cut out within an area cooperating with each rotor 26, 28.
  • This relieved portion 58, 60 has such a radial and peripheral extent that it forms a communication between the volume enclosed inside the sealing ring 54, 56 and an area of the working space 16 located within the low pressure phase of the compressor, i.e. within an area thereof where the pressure is the same as the inlet pressure or somewhat higher as the pressure rise during the first part of the compression is practically negligible.
  • the special function according to the invention is that any gas leaking along the high pressure end plane of a rotor 26, 28 towards the shaft thereof is considerably reduced by the sealing ring 54, 56 and that any possibility to build up a high pressure between the rotor 26, 28 and the high pressure end plate member 14 resulting in an increased thrust force on the rotor 26, 28 is completely eliminated as the gas is immediately drained to the low pressure side through the relieved portion 58, 60.
  • the lubricating oil supplied to the bearing 40 in the high pressure end plate member 14 is drained along the rotor shaft and through the relieved portion 58, 60 to the low pressure side of the compressor which simplifies the circulation of the bearing lubri' cating oil and positively eliminates the risk for the oil to produce a thrust force on the rotors 26, 28.
  • Screw compressor of the type comprising two intermeshing rotors having helical lands and grooves disposed within a working space having low pressure and high pressure ports disposed generally diagonally thereof and adjacent to a low pressure and a high pressure end wall of the Working space, respectively, characterized by a sealing ring surrounding the shaft of each rotor and disposed between the end plane of the rotor and the high pressure end wall of the working space, and by a drainage channel in said high pressure end wall forming a communication between the volume surrounded by said sealing ring and an area of the working space located within the low pressure phase of the compressor.
  • Screw compressor as defined in claim 1 comprising a bearing chamber along the rotor shaft housing a rotor shaft bearing and having bearing lubricating oil supplied thereto, and wherein said volume surrounded by the sealing ring communicates with said bearing chamber whereby said bearing lubricating oil is drained through said drainage channel.
  • Screw compressor as defined in claim 4 comprising a bearing chamber along the rotor shaft housing a rotor shaft bearing and having bearing lubricating oil supplied thereto, and wherein said volume surrounded by the sealing ring communicates with said bearing chamber whereby said bearing lubricating oil is drained through said drainage channel.
  • Screw compressor as defined in claim 8, comprising a bearing chamber along the rotor shaft housing a rotor shaft bearing and having bearing lubricating oil supplied thereto, and wherein said volume surrounded by the sealing ring communicates with said bearing chamber whereby said bearing lubricating oil is drained through said drainage channel.

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US4291547A (en) * 1978-04-10 1981-09-29 Hughes Aircraft Company Screw compressor-expander cryogenic system
US4311021A (en) * 1978-04-10 1982-01-19 Hughes Aircraft Company Screw compressor-expander cryogenic system with mist lubrication
US4328684A (en) * 1978-04-10 1982-05-11 Hughes Aircraft Company Screw compressor-expander cryogenic system with magnetic coupling
USD258063S (en) 1978-07-14 1981-01-27 Chicago Pneumatic Tool Company Globoid-worm compressor
US4684330A (en) * 1980-08-28 1987-08-04 Stal Refrigeration Ab Drive for rotary compressor
US4478054A (en) * 1983-07-12 1984-10-23 Dunham-Bush, Inc. Helical screw rotary compressor for air conditioning system having improved oil management
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