Patent ID: 11365740

Abstract:
A centrifugal compressor is configured to be used for compressing a low global warming potential (GWP) refrigerant. The centrifugal compressor comprises a casing, an impeller, and a motor for rotating the impeller. The impeller is equipped with blades having a fully nonlinear shape in a quasi-orthogonal cross-sectional view. A hub-side blade angle delta of each of the blades from a hub portion of the first impeller to a mid-span position of the blade varies along a streamwise direction such that the hub-side blade angle delta is largest at a position closer to a leading edge of the first blade than to a trailing edge of the first blade. The casing is configured such that the low global warming potential (GWP) refrigerant enters the impeller from the inlet portion along an axial direction of the impeller and exits the impeller to the outlet portion in a radial direction of the impeller.