Patent Application
20220403845
The present invention relates to a liquid-feeding rotary-screw compressor in which a liquid such as an oil or water is supplied into working chambers, particularly to a liquid-feeding rotary-screw compressor that delivers a compressed gas containing the liquid within the working chambers through a delivery port.
A rotary-screw compressor is widely spread as an air compressor and a compressor for refrigeration and air conditioning, and in recent years is strongly required to save energy. Therefore, it is more and more important for rotary-screw compressors to achieve a high energy efficiency.
A rotary-screw compressor includes a pair of male and female screw rotors with a plurality of helical lobes (grooves), and a casing that accommodates both the screw rotors in a mutually meshed state. The volumes of the working chambers formed by both the screw rotors and the inner wall of the casing are increased and decreased with rotation of both screw rotors, whereby a gas is taken in and compressed. The rotary-screw compressors include those of the liquid-feeding type in which a liquid such as an oil and water is supplied into the working chambers. The purpose of supplying the liquid into the working chambers is to cool the gas within the working chambers, to seal off a clearance between the screw rotors and the casing, and to lubricate both the screw rotors, thereby achieving enhancement of energy efficiency.
In the liquid-feeding rotary-screw compressor, it is known that power loss is caused by the liquid being trapped between both the screw rotors in a delivery process in which the compressed gas is delivered from a working chamber. Specifically, a crescent-shaped working chamber that opens in only the axial direction at the delivery ends and that is reduced in volume with rotation of the screw rotors is periodically formed by the meshing of both the screw rotors. The working chamber is in the state of partly opening relative to the delivery port formed at the inner wall surface of the casing opposed to the delivery ends of both the screw rotors, and the region opening to the delivery port becomes narrowed with the rotation of both the screw rotors. In the working chamber, since the volume is gradually reduced and the opening region relative to the delivery port is also narrowed with rotation of both the screw rotors, a state in which the liquid remaining within the working chamber is nipped by both the screw rotors is generated. As a result, the pressure in the working chamber is raised, and a torque for driving the screw rotors is increased. In other words, the pressure rise in the working chamber by the liquid being trapped between both screw rotors leads to power loss of the rotary-screw compressor.
As a countermeasure against this problem, for example, there is proposed a rotary-screw compressor described in Patent Document 1. The rotary-screw compressor is configured such that a pair of male and female rotors are rotatably accommodated under a meshed state within a casing including a suction port and a delivery port to compress gas in the state of mixing a liquid through pouring of the liquid to the gas confined within working chambers formed with both rotors and the casing. In the rotary-screw compressor, a recessed part is provided on a wall surface of the casing opposed to the rotor delivery ends and the working chamber is made to communicate with the recessed part immediately before being isolated from the delivery port, and this communication is maintained until the volume of the working chamber becomes substantially 0.
However, it is considered that the rotary-screw compressor described in Patent Document 1 cannot sufficiently obtain an effect of reducing power loss due to trapping of the liquid by both the screw rotors. The inventors of the present application has found out the following. It has been found out that in the aforementioned working chamber that opens in only the axial direction by meshing of both the screw rotors and is reduced in volume with the rotation of both the screw rotors, pressure rise is already started before immediately before the working chamber being isolated from the delivery port. From this point of view, in the rotary-screw compressor described in Patent Document 1, the working chamber opening in the axial direction in the delivery process comes to communicate with the recessed part immediately before being isolated from the delivery port, and therefore, it is considered that pressure rise already starts when the working chamber communicates with the recessed part. Therefore, in the rotary-screw compressor described in Patent Document 1, a pressure rise restraining effect by the recessed part is limitative.
In addition, Patent Document 1 discloses a rotary-screw compressor configured such that when the working chamber communicates with the recessed part, the recessed part communicates also with the suction side. In the case of this configuration, since the high pressure gas on the delivery-side leaks to the suction side of low pressure through the recessed part, energy efficiency is lowered by the amount of the leakage.
In the rotary-screw compressor, by meshing at the three contact points on the delivery ends of the screw rotors, a crescent-shaped working chamber that opens only in the axial direction at the delivery ends and that is expanded in volume with rotation of the screw rotors is periodically formed adjacent to and simultaneously with the aforementioned working chamber. The crescent-shaped working chamber expanded in volume communicates with the suction side of low pressure. To achieve a high energy efficiency, communication of the working chamber, which communicates with the suction side, with the delivery-side (delivery port) must be restrained as much as possible.
The present invention has been made to solve the above mentioned problem. It is an object of the present invention to provide a liquid-feeding rotary-screw compressor capable of achieving both a reduction in power loss due to trapping of the liquid by male and female rotors in the delivery process and restraint of communication between the delivery-side and the suction side.
The present application includes a plurality of means for solving the above problem. One example thereof is a liquid-feeding rotary-screw compressor including: a male rotor having a delivery end on one side in an axial direction; a female rotor having a delivery end on the one side in the axial direction; and a casing having an accommodating chamber that rotatably accommodates the male rotor and the female rotor in a mutually meshed state, and a delivery port that opens in the axial direction and is formed at a delivery inner wall surface of the accommodating chamber, the delivery inner wall surface being opposed to the delivery end of the male rotor and the delivery end of the female rotor. The delivery port includes: a first opening having a profile configured to interrupt communication with a second working chamber that is increased in volume with rotation of the male rotor and the female rotor, of a first working chamber and the second working chamber that open only in the axial direction and are formed by meshing of the male rotor and the female rotor at the delivery end; a second opening connected to the first opening; and a third opening connected to the first opening and the second opening. The profile of the first opening includes: when a point obtained by projecting an intersection of a reference line passing through an axis of the male rotor and an axis of the female rotor, an tip circle of the male rotor, and a root circle of the female rotor onto the delivery inner wall surface is made to be a reference point, a first profile line that constitutes one of a pair of lateral edges of a lingulate protrusion configured to close off the second working chamber and extends toward the reference point; a second profile line that constitutes another one of the pair of lateral edges of the protrusion; a first connection line that constitutes a tip edge of the protrusion and connects the first profile line and the second profile line to each other; a third profile line that extends toward the reference point along a part of a curve obtained by projecting the root circle of the female rotor onto the delivery inner wall surface; and a second connection line that connects the first profile line and the third profile line to each other. The second opening includes a first groove that is formed on the delivery inner wall surface so as to open into the first opening at a position of the second connection line and to extend from the position of the second connection line toward the reference line in such a range as not to exceed the reference line. The third opening includes a second groove that is formed on the delivery inner wall surface so as to have a one-side end portion opening into the first groove, to open into the first opening at a position of the first profile line, and to extend along the first profile line.
According to the present invention, the delivery port includes the second groove that opens into the first working chamber decreasing in volume from the initial stage of formation of the first working chamber, and this allows a further discharge of the liquid from the first working chamber through the second groove at the initial stage of formation of the first working chamber and pressure rise in the first working chamber can be restrained. In addition, since the second groove is configured so as to extend along the first profile line of the first opening having a profile configured to interrupt communication with the second working chamber communicating with the suction space, the opening area of the second working chamber into the second groove can be suppressed to be small. Therefore, the configuration can achieve both a reduction in power loss arising from the trapping of the liquid by the male and female rotors in the delivery process and restraint of communication between the delivery space and the suction space.
The other problems, configurations and effects than the aforementioned will be made clear by the following description of the embodiments.
An embodiment of a liquid-feeding rotary-screw compressor according to the present invention will be exemplified and described below using the drawings.
The configuration and operation of the liquid-feeding rotary-screw compressor according to a first embodiment will be described using
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The male rotor 2 includes a rotor lobe section 21 formed with a plurality of helical male lobes 21a, and a suction-side shaft section 22 and a delivery-side shaft section 23 provided respectively at both side ends in the axial direction of the rotor lobe section 21. The rotor lobe section 21 has a suction end 21b and a delivery end 21c orthogonal to the axial direction (axis A1) respectively at an one side end (left end, in
The female rotor 3 includes a rotor lobe section 31 formed with a plurality of helical female lobe 31a (see
The casing 4 includes a main casing 41, and a delivery-side casing 42 attached to the delivery-side (right side, in
Inside the casing 4, an accommodating chamber (bore) 45 that accommodates the rotor lobe section 21 of the male rotor 2 and the rotor lobe section 31 of the female rotor 3 in a mutually meshed state is formed. The accommodating chamber 45 is configured by closing, by the delivery-side casing 42, the opening on one side in the axial direction (right side, in
In a suction-side end portion of the main casing 41, the suction-side bearing section 5 on the male rotor 2 side and the suction-side bearing section 7 on the female rotor 3 side are disposed. In the delivery-side casing 42, the delivery-side bearing section 6 on the male rotor 2 side and the delivery-side bearing section 8 on the female rotor 3 side are disposed. To the delivery-side casing 42, a delivery-side cover 43 is attached so as to cover the delivery-side bearing section 6 and the delivery-side bearing section 8.
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In addition, the casing 4 is provided with a delivery passage 52 for delivering a compressed gas from the working chambers C to the exterior of the casing 4. The delivery passage 52 is for establishing communication between the accommodating chamber 45 (working chambers C) and the exterior of the casing 4, and is connected to the external liquid feeding system 90. The delivery passage 52 has an axial delivery port 60 formed at the delivery inner wall surface 49 of the casing 4 and opens in the axial direction. Details of the structure of the axial delivery port 60 will be described later.
The casing 4 is provided with a liquid feeding passage 53 for supplying the liquid supplied from the exterior (external liquid feeding system 90) of the rotary-screw compressor 1 into the working chambers C. The liquid feeding passage 53, for example, opens to a region of the inner wall surface of the accommodating chamber 45 where the working chambers C become a compression process.
In the rotary-screw compressor 1 of the present embodiment having the aforementioned configuration, the male rotor 2 depicted in
The rotary-screw compressor 1 is supplied with the liquid in the inside, so that a liquid is mixed in the delivered compressed gas. This liquid contained in the compressed gas is separated from the compressed gas by the gas-liquid separator 91. The compressed gas from which the liquid has been removed in the gas-liquid separator 91 is supplied to an external apparatus as required.
On the other hand, the liquid separated from the compressed gas in the gas-liquid separator 91 is cooled by the liquid cooler 92 of the external liquid feeding system 90, and is then charged into the working chambers C through a liquid feeding system (liquid feeding passage 53) of the rotary-screw compressor 1. The flow amount of the liquid cooler 92 is adjusted by the adjusting valve 93. The supply of the liquid to the rotary-screw compressor 1 can be conducted not by use of a power source such as a pump, but by use of the pressure of the compressed gas flowing into the gas-liquid separator 91 as a power source.
Next, the working chambers formed by meshing of the male and female rotors in the liquid-feeding rotary-screw compressor of the first embodiment will be described using
In the present invention, with a lobe tip of the male rotor 2 as a boundary, a flank on a rotating direction side is defined as a leading flank of the male rotor 2, and a flank on the side opposite to the rotating direction is defined as a trailing flank of the male rotor 2. In addition, with a root of the female rotor 3 as a boundary, a flank on a rotating direction side is defined as an leading flank of the female rotor 3, and a flank on the side opposite to the rotating direction is defined as a trailing flank of the female rotor 3.
As depicted in
The first working chamber C1 is gradually reduced in volume as the rotational positions of the male and female rotors 2 and 3 advance from the positions depicted in
As depicted in
Next, the structure of the axial delivery port in the liquid-feeding rotary-screw compressor according to the first embodiment will be described.
In
when a point obtained by projecting the intersection of the reference line L, the tip circle Mdt of the male rotor 2, and the root circle Fdb of the female rotor 3 onto the delivery inner wall surface 49 of the casing 4 is made to be the reference point P, the profile of the first opening 61 of the axial delivery port 60 includes a first profile line 71 which constitutes one of a pair of lateral edges of a lingulate protrusion 50 capable of closing off the aforementioned moving second working chamber C2 (see
Note that the lingulate protrusion 50 is located in a region on one side (the lower side, in
In addition, the profile of the first opening 61 includes, for example, the third profile line 73 which extends toward the reference point P along a part of a curve obtained by projecting the root circle Fdb of the female rotor 3 onto the delivery inner wall surface 49 of the casing 4, a fourth profile line 74 which extends along a part of a curve obtained by projecting the second inner circumferential surface 47 on the female rotor 3 side of the accommodating chamber 45 onto the delivery inner wall surface 49 of the casing 4 and is opposed to the third profile line 73, and the fifth profile line 75 which extends along a curve obtained by projecting the shape of the leading flank of the delivery end 31c of the female rotor 3 onto the delivery inner wall surface 49 of the casing 4. The third profile line 73 has an end on the reference point P side thereof smoothly connected to an end on the reference point P side of the first profile line 71 by a second connection line 82. The third profile line 73 and the fifth profile line 75 are smoothly connected to each other by a third connection line 83. The fourth profile line 74 and the fifth profile line 75 are smoothly connected to each other by a fourth connection line 84. The second connection line 82, the third connection line 83, and the fourth connection line 84 are each, for example, an arc or a curved line in shape.
Besides, the profile of the first opening 61 includes, for example, a sixth profile line 76 which extends along a part of a curve obtained by projecting the root circle Mdb of the male rotor 2 onto the delivery inner wall surface 49 of the casing 4, a seventh profile line 77 which extends along a part of a curve obtained by projecting the first inner circumferential surface 46 on the male rotor 2 side of the accommodating chamber 45 onto the delivery inner wall surface 49 of the casing 4 and is opposed to the sixth profile line 76, and an eighth profile line 78 which extends along a curve obtained by projecting the shape of the trailing flank of the delivery end 21c of the male rotor 2 onto the delivery inner wall surface 49 of the casing 4. The sixth profile line 76 has an end near the reference line L smoothly connected to an end near the reference line L of the second profile line 72 by a fifth connection line 85. The sixth profile line 76 and the eighth profile line 78 are smoothly connected to each other by a sixth connection line 86. The seventh profile line 77 and the eighth profile line 78 are smoothly connected to each other by a seventh connection line 87. The fifth connection line 85, the sixth connection line 86, and the seventh connection line 87 are each, for example, an arc or a curved line in shape.
As aforementioned, the first opening 61 is formed in such a shape as to be able to interrupt communication with the second working chamber C2 in the suction process (see
The first groove 62 as the second opening of the axial delivery port 60 is configured so as to open into the first opening 61 at the second connection line 82 and extend from the second connection line 82 toward the reference line L in such a range as not to exceed the reference line L. The first groove 82 maintains communication between the first working chamber C1 (see, for example,
The first working chamber C1 in the delivery process, which opens in only the axial direction by meshing of the male and female rotors 2 and 3 on the delivery ends 21c and 31c, finally disappears with its volume becoming 0 at a certain rotational position. If the axial delivery port is composed only of the first opening 61, pressure in the first working chamber C1 is raised due to the influence of the remaining liquid when the area opening into the first opening 61 is reduced as the male and female rotors 2 and 3 rotate. In other words, if the liquid remains in the first working chamber C1 of which the volume is gradually reduced, the male and female rotors 2 and 3 finally come into a state of nipping the liquid. When the pressure in the first working chamber C1 is raised, torque for driving the male and female rotors 2 and 3 increases correspondingly to the pressure rise, and power of the rotary-screw compressor 1 is lost.
In view of this, the first working chamber C1 at the final stage of the delivery process is made to communicate with the first opening 61 through the first groove 62, whereby the liquid remaining in the first working chamber C1 at the final stage of the delivery process is discharged to the first opening 61 (the delivery passage 52) through the first groove 62. As a result, a reduction in the loss of power of the rotary-screw compressor 1 due to nipping of the liquid by the male and female rotors 2 and 3 at the final stage of the delivery process is achieved.
Next, the structure of the second groove of the axial delivery port in the liquid-feeding rotary-screw compressor according to the present embodiment will be described using
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In
Of the part of the connection of the second groove 63 to the first groove 62, the position 64 nearest to the reference line L is, as depicted in
In addition, the second groove 63 is configured such that the other side end (the lower side end, in
The groove width W of the second groove 63 is preferably set to be, as depicted in
Next, the operation and effect of the liquid-feeding rotary-screw compressor according to the first embodiment will be described, in comparison to a liquid-feeding rotary-screw compressor of a comparative example, using
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When the pressure inside the first working chamber C1 was actually measured, it was confirmed that an effect of reducing the power loss of the rotary-screw compressor of the comparative example arising from nipping of the liquid by the male and female rotors 2 and 3 is obtained by the presence of the first groove 62. However, it was found that a pressure rise is still generated in the first working chamber C1 in the latter half of the delivery process. This means that, for further reducing the loss due to trapping of the liquid generated in the first working chamber C1, it is necessary and important to discharge the liquid from the initial stage at which the first working chamber C1 is formed.
On the other hand, in the liquid-feeding rotary-screw compressor 1 according to the present embodiment, as depicted in
As aforementioned,
On the other hand, when the rotational positions of the male and female rotors 2 and 3 are progressed from the positions depicted in
Thus, the opening area of the first working chamber C1 relative to the axial delivery port 60 at the initial stage (see
As aforementioned,
On the other hand, the second working chamber C2, upon progressing from the rotational position depicted in
As aforementioned,
On the other hand, the second working chamber C2 depicted in
Note that the first working chamber C1 depicted in
In addition, in the case of tooth specification of the male and female rotors 2 and 3 such that the degree of volume expansion of the second working chamber C2 relative to rotation of the male and female rotors 2 and 3 is small, the opening area of the second working chamber C2 relative to the second groove 63 becomes small, and thus leakage loss of the compressed gas due to communication of the second groove 63 relative to the second working chamber C2 becomes small. On the other hand, in the case of such a tooth specification, the rotational positions of the male and female rotors 2 and 3 where the first working chamber C1 opens into the second groove 63 becomes earlier, and thus the liquid remaining within the first working chamber C1 can be discharged from an early stage.
In the present embodiment, the groove width W (see FIG. 7) of the second groove 63 is configured so as to be 1/100 to 2/100 times the outside diameter (diameter of the tip circle Mdt) of the male rotor 2. According to this configuration, as depicted in
As aforementioned, the rotary-screw compressor 1 according to the first embodiment includes: the male rotor 2 having the delivery end 21c on the one side of the axial direction; the female rotor 3 having the delivery end 31c on the one side of the axial direction; and the casing 4 that has the accommodating chamber 45 and the axial delivery port 60, the accommodating chamber 45 rotatably accommodating the male rotor 2 and the female rotor 3 in a mutually meshed state, and the axial delivery port 60 being formed at the delivery inner wall surface 49 of the accommodating chamber 45 opposed to the delivery end 21c of the male rotor 2 and the delivery end 31c of the female rotor 3 and opening in the axial direction. The axial delivery port 60 includes: the first opening 61 having a profile configured to interrupt communication with the second working chamber C2 increased in volume with rotation of the male rotor 2 and the female rotor 3, of the first working chamber C1 and the second working chamber C2 which are formed by meshing of the male rotor 2 and the female rotor 3 at the delivery ends 21c and 31c and open in only the axial direction; the second opening connected to the first opening 61; and the third opening connected to the first opening 61 and the second opening. The profile of the first opening 61, when a point obtained by projecting the intersection of the reference line L passing the axis A1 of the male rotor 2 and the axis a2 of the female rotor 3, the tip circle Mdt of the male rotor 2, and the root circle Fdb of the female rotor 3 onto the delivery inner wall surface 49 is the reference point P, includes the first profile line 71 that constitutes one of the pair of lateral edges of the lingulate protrusion 50 configured to close off the second working chamber C2 and extends toward the reference point P; the second profile line 72 constituting the other of the pair of lateral edges of the protrusion 50; the first connection line 81 that constitutes the tip edge of the protrusion 50 and connects the first profile line 71 and the second profile line 72 to each other; the third profile line 73 extending toward the reference point P along a part of a curve obtained by projecting the root circle Fdb of the female rotor 3 onto the delivery inner wall surface 49; and the second connection line 82 connecting the first profile line 71 and the third profile line 73 to each other. The second opening includes the first groove 62 formed on the delivery inner wall surface 49 so as to open into the first opening 61 at the position of the second connection line 82 and to extend from the position of the second connection line 82 toward the reference line L in a range not to exceed the reference line L. The third opening includes the second groove 63 formed on the delivery inner wall surface 49 so as to have one-side end opening into the first groove 62, to open into the first opening 61 at the position of the first profile line 71, and to extend along the first profile line 71.
According to this configuration, the axial delivery port 60 includes the second groove 63 that opens into the first working chamber C1 decreasing in volume from the initial stage of formation of the first working chamber C1, and this allows a further discharge of the liquid from the first working chamber C1 through the second groove 63 in the initial stage of formation of the first working chamber C1, and can restrain a pressure rise in the first working chamber C1. In addition, since the second groove 63 is configured so as to extend along the first profile line 71 of the first opening 61 having a profile configured to interrupt communication with the second working chamber C2 communicating with the suction space (suction passage 51), the opening area of the second working chamber C2 relative to the second groove 63 can be suppressed to be small. Therefore, this configuration can achieve both a reduction in power loss arising from the trapping of the liquid by the male and female rotors 2 and 3 in the delivery process and restraint of communication between the delivery space and the suction space.
In addition, in the present embodiment, the second groove 63 is configured so as to extend over the whole of the first profile line 71. According to this configuration, even in the state in which only a part of the first working chamber C1 is opening into the second groove 63, the liquid having passed from the first working chamber C1 through an opening at a part of the second groove 63 is discharged to the first opening 61 from the whole length of the second groove 63. Therefore, as compared to the case where the second groove 63 extends only to an intermediate position of the first profile line 71, this configuration can reduce the resistance to discharge of the liquid at the axial delivery port 60.
Besides, in the present embodiment, the connection position 64 which is a part of the connection of the second groove 63 to the first groove 62 and is closest to the reference line L is set so as to be a position of the side edge that the flank of the delivery end 21c of the male rotor 2 projected onto the delivery inner wall surface 49 initially reaches by rotation, of the side edges 62a of the first groove 62. According to this configuration, an opening area of the first working chamber C1 at the initial stage of formation relative to the second groove 63 can be secured, and on the other hand, the opening area of the second working chamber C2 relative to the second groove 63 can be suppressed to be small. Therefore, a reduction in power loss arising from nipping of the liquid by the male and female rotors 2 and 3 and restraint of leakage loss of the compressed gas through the second working chamber C2 can be achieved, and a high energy efficiency of the rotary-screw compressor 1 can be maintained.
In addition, in the present embodiment, the first profile line 71 of the first opening 61 is configured so as to extend toward the reference point P along a part of a curve obtained by projecting the tip circle Mdt of the male rotor 2 onto the delivery inner wall surface 49. According to this configuration, the first profile line 71 is located on the outer side of the second working chamber C2 relative to a curve obtained by projecting the locus of the contact point S2 which is the boundary between the first working chamber C1 and the second working chamber C2 onto the delivery inner wall surface 49 of the casing 4, and therefore, the opening area of the second groove 63 extending along the first profile line 71 relative to the second working chamber C2 can be suppressed to be small.
Next, a liquid-feeding rotary-screw compressor according to a second embodiment will be exemplified and described using
The liquid-feeding rotary-screw compressor according to the second embodiment depicted in
According to the aforementioned second embodiment, like the first embodiment, the axial delivery port 60A includes the second groove 63A that opens into the first working chamber C1 decreasing in volume from the initial stage of formation of the first working chamber C1, and this allows a further discharge of the liquid from the first working chamber C1 through the second groove 63A at the initial stage of formation of the first working chamber C1, and can restrain a pressure rise in the first working chamber C1. In addition, since the second groove 63A is configured so as to extend along the first profile line 71 of the first opening 61 having a profile configured to interrupt communication with the second working chamber C2 communicating with the suction space (suction passage 51), the opening area of the second working chamber C2 relative to the second groove 63A can be suppressed to be small. Therefore, this configuration can achieve both a reduction in power loss arising from trapping of the liquid by the male and female rotors 2 and 3 in the delivery process and restraint of communication between the delivery space and the suction space.
In addition, in the present embodiment, the second groove 63A is configured so as to extend from the first groove 62 to an intermediate position of the first profile line 71. According to this configuration, it is possible to retard the start of opening of the second groove 63A into the second working chamber C2. Besides, in the case of tooth specification of the male and female rotors 2 and 3 in which the degree of volume expansion of the second working chamber C2 relative to rotation of the male and female rotors 2 and 3 is large, the opening area of the second working chamber C2 relative to the second groove 63A becomes small, and thus leakage loss of the compressed gas due to opening of the second groove 63A relative to the second working chamber C2 can be suppressed to be smaller than that in the case of the first embodiment. Therefore, a high energy efficiency of the rotary-screw compressor 1 can be maintained.
Further, in the present embodiment, the second groove 63A is configured such that the intermediate position of the first profile line 71 to which the second groove 63A extends is the intersection 65A of the first profile line 71 with a projection of the line segment V onto the delivery inner wall surface 49 of the casing 4. The line segment V connects the axis A1 of the male rotor 2 with a lobe tip of the delivery end 21c of the male rotor 2 at the rotational position where the first working chamber C1 and the second working chamber C2 start to be formed. According to this configuration, the start of opening of the second groove 63A into the second working chamber C2 can be securely retarded. Therefore, the opening area of the second working chamber C2 relative to the second groove 63A can be securely suppressed to be small, and leakage loss of the compressed gas due to opening of the second groove 63A relative to the second working chamber C2 can be securely suppressed to be small.
Note that the present invention is not limited to the aforementioned embodiments, and includes various modifications. The aforementioned embodiments have been described in detail for easily understandably describing the present invention, and are not limited to those necessarily including all the configurations described. In other words, a part of the configuration of a certain embodiment may be replaced by the configuration of other embodiment, and to the configuration of a certain embodiment, the configuration of other embodiment may be added. Besides, in regard of a part of each embodiment, addition of other configuration, deletion, or replacement with other configuration may be performed.
For example, in the aforementioned first and second embodiments, an example in which the profile of the first opening 61 of the axial delivery ports 60 and 60A is configured so as to include the first profile line 71 extending toward the reference point P along a part of a curve obtained by projecting the tip circle Mdt of the male rotor 2 onto the delivery inner wall surface 49 of the casing 4 has been shown. However, the first profile line 71 may be configured so as to extend toward the reference point P along a part of a curve obtained by projecting the locus of the contact point S2, which is a boundary between the first working chamber C1 and the second working chamber C2, of the three contact points S1, S2, and S3 generated by meshing of the male and female rotors 2 and 3 on the delivery ends 21c and 31c, onto the delivery inner wall surface 49 of the casing 4. In addition, the first profile line 71 may be configured as a curve based on both the curve obtained by projecting the tip circle Mdt of the male rotor 2 onto the delivery inner wall surface 49 of the casing 4 and the curve obtained by projecting the locus of the contact point S2 onto the delivery inner wall surface 49 of the casing 4, or a curve approximate to the curve.
Besides, in the present embodiment, an example in which the profile of the first opening 61 includes the second profile line 72 extending along a curve obtained by projecting the locus of the contact point S3, which is a boundary on the other side of the second working chamber C2, of the three contact points S1, S2, and S3 generated by meshing of the male and female rotors 2 and 3 on the delivery ends 21c and 31c, onto the delivery inner wall surface 49 of the casing 4, has been shown. However, the second profile line 72 may be configured as a curve or a polygonal line approximate to the curve obtained by projecting the locus of the contact point S3 onto the delivery inner wall surface 49 of the casing 4.
In addition, in the present embodiment, an example in which the profile of the first opening 61 includes: the third profile line 73 extending toward the reference point P along a part of a curve obtained by projecting the root circle Fdb of the female rotor 3 onto the delivery inner wall surface 49 of the casing 4; the fourth profile line 74 that extends along a part of a curve obtained by projecting the second inner circumferential surface 47 on the side of the female rotor 3 of the accommodating chamber 45 onto the delivery inner wall surface 49 of the casing 4 and that is opposed to the third profile line 73; and the fifth profile line 75 extending along a curve obtained by projecting the shape of the leading flank of the delivery end 31c of the female rotor 3 onto the delivery inner wall surface 49 of the casing 4, has been shown. It is to be noted, however, that the third profile line 73 is defined as a concept including a curve or a polygonal line approximate to the curve obtained by projecting the root circle Fdb of the female rotor 3 onto the delivery inner wall surface 49 of the casing 4. Similarly, the fourth profile line 74 is defined as a concept including a curve or a polygonal line approximate to the curve obtained by projecting the second inner circumferential surface 47 on the female rotor 3 side of the accommodating chamber 45 onto the delivery inner wall surface 49 of the casing 4. Similarly, the fifth profile line 75 is defined as a concept including a curve or a polygonal line approximate to the curve obtained by projecting the shape of the leading flank of the delivery end 31c of the female rotor 3 onto the delivery inner wall surface 49 of the casing 4.
Besides, in the present embodiment, an example in which the profile of the first opening 61 includes: the sixth profile line 76 extending along a part of a curve obtained by projecting the root circle Mdb of the male rotor 2 onto the delivery inner wall surface 49 of the casing 4; the seventh profile line 77 that extends along a part of a curve obtained by projecting the first inner circumferential surface 46 on the male rotor 2 side of the accommodating chamber 45 onto the delivery inner wall surface 49 of the casing 4 and that is opposed to the sixth profile line 76; and the eighth profile line 78 extending along a curve obtained by projecting the shape of the trailing flank of the delivery end 21c of the male rotor 2 onto the delivery inner wall surface 49 of the casing 4, has been shown. It is to be noted, however, that the sixth profile line 76 is defined as a concept including a curve or a polygonal line approximate to the curve obtained by projecting the root circle Mdb of the male rotor 2 onto the delivery inner wall surface 49 of the casing 4. Similarly, the seventh profile line 77 is defined as a concept including a curve or a polygonal line approximate to the curve obtained by projecting the first inner circumferential surface 46 on the male rotor 2 side of the accommodating chamber 45 onto the delivery inner wall surface 49 of the casing 4. Similarly, the eighth profile line 78 is defined as a concept including a curve or a polygonal line approximate to the curve obtained by projecting the shape of the trailing flank of the delivery end 21c of the male rotor 2 onto the delivery inner wall surface 49 of the casing 4.
In addition, in the present embodiment, an example in which the first connection line 81 includes an arc or a curve has been shown, but the first connection line may include a straight line.
Besides, in the present embodiment, an example in which the male and female rotors 2 and 3 are configured such that the flanks of the male and female rotors 2 and 3 on the delivery ends 21c and 31c make line contact with each other between the second contact point S2 and the third contact point S3 constituting both ends of the second working chamber C2, at a rotational position where the second working chamber C2 is initially formed by meshing of the male and female rotors 2 and 3 on the delivery ends 21c and 31c, has been shown. However, at a rotational position where the second working chamber C2 is initially formed by meshing of the male and female rotors 2 and 3 on the delivery ends 21c and 31c, the flanks of the male and female rotors 2 and 3 on the delivery ends 21c and 31c may be configured such that the second contact point S2 and the third contact point S3 constituting both ends of the second working chamber C2 coincide with each other.
In addition, in the present embodiment, an example of a constitution in which the delivery passage 52 has only the axial delivery port 60 opening in the axial direction has been shown. However, the delivery passage may be configured so as to have a radial delivery port opening in the radial direction, in addition to the axial delivery port 60.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-197820 | Oct 2019 | JP | national |
| Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| PCT/JP2020/034230 | 9/10/2020 | WO |
