Patent ID: 8926264
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: F04D,F05D

Abstract:
1. Turbo compressor comprising a compressor housing, an incoming gas volume flow being supplied in said housing to an impeller channel through an inlet channel, being compressed in the impeller channel by an impeller and being discharged from the impeller channel via an outlet channel, and a flow diversion channel provided in the compressor housing and extending outside of the impeller channel and the inlet channel, said flow diversion channel opening into the inlet channel with an opening on the inlet side and into the impeller channel with an opening on the impeller side and conveying a diversion volume flow between the openings as a function of a difference in pressure, the flow diversion channel having a cross-sectional flow area increasing in size up to the opening on the inlet side proceeding from the opening on the impeller side, the flow diversion channel being adapted to be closed by a closure unit, said closure unit comprising a spring-loaded valve element.