Patent ID: 8522549

Claim:
A radial compressor, particularly for an exhaust gas turbocharger of an internal combustion engine, said radial compressor having a compressor housing ( 10 ) with an inflow channel ( 14 ), an outflow channel ( 16 ), and a compressor wheel ( 12 ) disposed within the compressor housing ( 10 ) for compressing air inducted from the inflow channel ( 14 ) of the compressor housing ( 10 ) and for guiding the air into the outflow channel ( 16 ) of the compressor housing ( 10 ), the compressor housing ( 10 ) including a bypass channel ( 18 ) having at least a first flow opening ( 20 a ) upstream of an axial compressor wheel inlet ( 22 ) and a second flow opening ( 20 b ) disposed downstream of the compressor wheel inlet ( 22 ), the compressor housing ( 10 ) being formed at least in one flow region (II-II) upstream of the outflow channel ( 16 ) with radially inner and radially outer channel walls ( 26 a , 26 b ) forming an annular bypass channel ( 18 ) which is circumferentially asymmetric with regard to a rotational axis (D) of the compressor wheel ( 12 ).