Patent ID: 9200567
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: F01D,F02C,F04D,F05B,F05D

Abstract:
1. A compressor for compressing a gas, the compressor comprising: a housing having an axial inlet and an annular outlet volute; an impeller wheel including a plurality of blades, the wheel being rotatably mounted within the housing between said inlet and outlet volute; the axial inlet being defined by a tubular inducer portion of the housing and the annular outlet volute being defined by an annular diffuser passage surrounding the impeller, the diffuser having an annular outlet communicating with the outlet volute; the housing having an inner wall defining a surface located in close proximity to radially outer edges of the impeller blades which sweep across said surface as the impeller wheel rotates; the compressor housing incorporating at least one section comprised of a deformable, energy absorbing material arranged to deform and absorb energy generated as a result of impeller wheel failure, wherein said deformable energy absorbing material comprises a cellular material.