Diffuser having detachable vanes with positive lock
First Claim
1. A system, comprising:
- a centrifugal compressor diffuser, comprising;
a base portion; and
a plurality of detachable vanes attached to the base portion, the plate having a plurality of receptacles for receipt of each of the detachable vanes, and an interface formed between the receptacles and the vanes when the detachable vanes are engaged with the receptacles of the plate, wherein each detachable vane comprises a cross-sectional profile that varies along a span of the detachable vane, wherein each of the plurality of receptacles comprises a plurality of first two-dimensional mounts that engage along the interface with a plurality of second two-dimensional mounts of the respective plurality of detachable vanes, the first two-dimensional mounts and the second two-dimensional mounts extending along the length of the interface and having a projection in a direction transverse to the interface.
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Abstract
A system, in certain embodiments, includes a centrifugal compressor diffuser that includes an elliptical plate including multiple vane receptacles disposed about an axis of the plate and multiple detachable vanes attached to the plate. Each vane receptacle includes a first two dimensional (2D) projection along a plane of the elliptical plate and each detachable vane includes a second two dimensional (2D) projection along a base portion of the vane, where each detachable vane is disposed in a respective vane receptacle with the first and second 2D projections blocking movement of the detachable vane in at least a first axial direction relative to the elliptical plate. In certain embodiments, the first and second 2D projections may include a first tab to fit in a recess between a pair of second tabs, respectively, or vice versa. However, in other embodiments, the first and second 2D projections may include alternative mating surfaces.
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20 Claims
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1. A system, comprising:
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a centrifugal compressor diffuser, comprising; a base portion; and a plurality of detachable vanes attached to the base portion, the plate having a plurality of receptacles for receipt of each of the detachable vanes, and an interface formed between the receptacles and the vanes when the detachable vanes are engaged with the receptacles of the plate, wherein each detachable vane comprises a cross-sectional profile that varies along a span of the detachable vane, wherein each of the plurality of receptacles comprises a plurality of first two-dimensional mounts that engage along the interface with a plurality of second two-dimensional mounts of the respective plurality of detachable vanes, the first two-dimensional mounts and the second two-dimensional mounts extending along the length of the interface and having a projection in a direction transverse to the interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system, comprising:
- a centrifugal compressor diffuser vane protruding from a base, the base oriented transverse to the vane, wherein the centrifugal compressor diffuser vane comprises a cross-sectional profile that varies along a span of the centrifugal compressor diffuser vane, and the centrifugal compressor diffuser vane comprises a first two dimensional mount formed at an outer edge of the base and configured to couple to a second two dimensional mount of a base portion of a centrifugal compressor diffuser.
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19. A system, comprising:
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a plate comprising a plurality of first circumferentially extending mounts; and a plurality of detachable vanes comprising a respective plurality of second mounts, wherein each second mount of the plurality of second mounts engages with a mating first mount of the plurality of first mounts along an interface oriented in a radial direction to provide an interlocked connection along the interface, and the interlocked connection blocks separation of the first and second mounts in an axial direction crosswise to the radial direction. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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Specification