Patent Grant
10830234
The invention relates to a pump having a rotor that is rotatable about a rotation axis and comprises a rotor hub and a rotor collar that extends from the rotor hub in the radial direction and encircles it in an undulating manner.
Such pumps are known as sinusoidal pumps. Provided in a pump housing is a common inlet and outlet chamber in which a blocking device is formed which engages around the rotor collar and prevents a backflow of fluid to be pumped within the common inlet and outlet chamber.
A first aspect of the invention relates to a pump having a rotor that is rotatable about a rotation axis and comprises a rotor hub and a rotor collar that extends from the rotor hub in the radial direction and encircles it in an undulating manner, a pump housing which forms a pump duct with the rotor, said pump duct connecting a first inlet/outlet space to a second inlet/outlet space, and a blocking device which is arranged between the first inlet/outlet space and the second inlet/outlet space and which comprises a blocking element which blocks the pump duct in the axial direction on both sides of the rotor collar. The blocking device has a first seat for the blocking element on the side of the first inlet/outlet space, against which the blocking element abuts by way of a first contacting face in a first operating direction for pumping from the first inlet/outlet space to the second inlet/outlet space, and has a second seat for the blocking element on the side of the second inlet/outlet space, against which the blocking element abuts by way of a second contacting face in a second operating direction for pumping from the second inlet/outlet space to the first inlet/outlet space. The spacing between the first seat and the second seat in the circumferential direction is greater than the spacing between the first contacting face and the second contacting face of the blocking element in the circumferential direction. This allows a simple and stable configuration of a blocking element and easy fitting of the blocking element in the pump housing, wherein it is possible in particular to change the operating direction without converting the pump.
A second aspect relates to a pump having a rotor that is rotatable about a rotation axis and comprises a rotor hub and a rotor collar that extends from the rotor hub in the radial direction and encircles it in an undulating manner, a pump housing which forms an annular pump duct with the rotor, said pump duct connecting a first inlet/outlet space to a second inlet/outlet space, and a blocking device. The blocking device comprises a chamber formed in the pump housing, said chamber being formed in a sector of the annular pump duct between the first inlet/outlet space and the second inlet/outlet space and extending on both sides in the axial direction and outwards beyond the cross section of the annular pump duct in the radial direction, and forming a seat for the blocking element, and a blocking element which blocks the pump duct in the axial direction on both sides of the rotor collar, wherein the chamber and the blocking element are configured such that an exchange duct is formed in the axial direction between an axially front fluid chamber and an axially rear fluid chamber on the opposite side of the rotor collar. This allows a compact configuration of the blocking device, since volume compensation between the axially front fluid chamber and the axially rear fluid chamber within the blocking device is allowed.
Preferably, the blocking element is formed in a mirror-symmetrical manner to a central plane, extending in the axial direction and radial direction, of the blocking element. In this way, it is not necessary to orient the blocking element in a particular way while it is being fitted in the blocking device, and fitting is simplified.
For example, the first and second contacting faces of the blocking element can be parallel to one another. This allows a compact form of the blocking element, in which for example the sealing faces on the rotor hub determine a thickness of the blocking element between the two contacting faces.
Alternatively, the first and second contacting faces can be arranged at an angle and can each be parallel to the radial direction of the rotor. In this way, the geometry of the blocking device can be simplified.
Preferably, the first and second seats are each formed in planes which are oriented at a predetermined angle to one another. This allows easy movement of the blocking element between the first and second seats.
According to a preferred exemplary embodiment, a ratio of a cross-sectional area of the at least one exchange duct to the cross-sectional area of the rotor collar and of the blocking element in the axial direction within the chamber is at least 0.2. In this way, sufficient volume compensation is allowed. Preferably, the ratio is in a range from 0.2 to 0.6, thereby allowing sufficient volume compensation with a compact construction of the blocking device.
The invention also relates to a blocking element for an above-described pump, wherein the blocking element comprises two opposite contacting faces for abutting against a seat of the pump, a slot for the passage of the rotor collar of the pump, having axial sealing faces on both sides, a radially internal contacting face for abutting against the rotor hub of the pump, and an exchange duct in the axial direction between the opposite sides of the rotor collar of the pump, said exchange duct being arranged between the two opposite contacting faces in the circumferential direction. Such a blocking element allows volume compensation during the axial movement within the blocking device.
Further features and advantages of the invention can be gathered from the following description and from the drawings to which reference is made. In the drawings:
Provided between the first axial housing component 18 and the shaft mounting unit 12 is a sealing element 24.
The shaft 14 projects into the pump housing 16 in a manner supported on one side. A rotor 26 comprises a rotor hub 28 and a rotor collar 30 that extends from the rotor hub 28 in the radial direction and encircles it in an undulating manner. The rotor 26 is fastened to the shaft 14 via a fastening bolt 36. The one-sided support allows a simple configuration of the pump housing 16, since it is in particular not necessary to support the shaft 14 in the second axial housing component 22.
In the following text, references to an axial direction relate to the rotation axis of the rotor 26 and references to a radial direction relate to a corresponding radial direction centered on the rotation axis. “Axially rearward” relates to the direction pointing towards the shaft mounting unit 12 and “axially forward” relates to the direction pointing towards the pump housing 16. The first axial housing component 18 is thus the axially rear housing component and the second axial housing component 22 is thus the axially front housing component.
Provided between the rotor 26 and the first axial housing component 18 is a mechanical face seal 34. Instead of the mechanical face seal, some other sealing element can also be provided.
The mounting of the shaft 14, the sealing element 24 and the mechanical face seal 34 and the fastening of the rotor 26 to the shaft 14 can also be configured in some other manner.
In the embodiment shown, the pump housing 16 is held together via four bolts 38, washers 40 and nuts 42, wherein the bolts 38 each extend from the shaft mounting unit 12 through all three housing components 18, 20, 22. However, some other fastening method can also be provided. For example, independent fastening of the housing components 18, 20, 22 to one another and of the pump housing 16 to the shaft mounting unit 12 can be provided or independent fastening of the second axial housing component 22 can be provided. This allows modular assembly and disassembly of the pump 10. Alternative ways of fastening the housing components 18, 20, 22 can also be provided. For example, the housing component 18 can be fastened to the shaft mounting unit 12 and the housing components 20 and 22 can be fastened to the housing component 18 via grub screws in the housing component 18.
The central annular housing component 20 has a first inlet/outlet space 44 and a second inlet/outlet space 46, which are each formed with a connection element 48 for connection to a pipeline.
A blocking device 50 comprises a blocking element 52 and is configured to block a pump duct in the axial direction on both sides of the rotor collar 30.
The blocking device 50 is arranged in an upper sector, in the embodiment shown, of the pump duct 32. The blocking element 52 abuts in a sealing manner against the two axial side faces of the rotor collar 30 and against the rotor hub 28. When the rotor 26 is rotated, the blocking element 52 can move in the axial direction within a chamber 54 along the undulating shape of the rotor collar 30.
The chamber 54 is formed by the pump housing 16 and comprises a seat which forms the transition between the chamber 54 and the annular pump duct 32. The blocking element 52 abuts against the seat of the chamber 54 by way of a contacting face in every axial position and thus blocks the annular pump duct 32.
In the embodiment shown, the blocking element 52 has an exchange duct 58 which extends in the axial direction between an axially front fluid chamber and an axially rear fluid chamber on the opposite side of the rotor collar 30. The exchange duct 58 thus allows fluid to flow in the axial direction between the axially front fluid chamber and the axially rear fluid chamber. In this way, compression of the fluid during an axial movement of the blocking element is avoided.
Sub-figures (a) to (c) of
The inlet and the outlet of the fluid to be pumped takes place via radially external inlet/outlet spaces 44, 46 which are each shown by way of dashed lines in
The pump duct 32 is formed in an annular manner and extends with a constant cross section from the first radially external inlet/outlet space 44 to the second radially external inlet/outlet space 46. The blocking device 50 is between the two inlet/outlet spaces 44, 46 in the annular pump duct 32 and prevents a backflow of the fluid to be pumped counter to the operating direction of the pump. In the region of the radially external inlet/outlet spaces 44, 46, fluid to be pumped can flow in the radial direction into the fluid chambers 55 formed by the rotor 26 and the pump housing. When the rotor 26 is rotated, the fluid chambers are moved further along the annular pump duct 32, wherein one respective fluid chamber 56 closes and allows fluid transport in the pumping direction. On the outlet side of the pump 10, the fluid chambers move into the region of the blocking device 50, which blocks the pump duct 32, with the result that the fluid to be pumped flows in the radial direction out of the fluid chambers and into the outlet-side radially external inlet/outlet space.
The pump 10 is therefore a positive displacement pump which transports a trapped fixed volume in the closed fluid chamber 56.
The function of the blocking device 50 is explained in the following text. The blocking device 50 is arranged between the first inlet/outlet space 44 and the second inlet/outlet space 46 and comprises the blocking element 52, which blocks the pump duct 32 in the axial direction on both sides of the rotor collar 30.
The blocking device 50 is configured for bidirectional operation of the pump 10. To this end, the blocking device 50 has a first seat 60 for the blocking element 52 on the side of the first inlet/outlet space 44, against which the blocking element abuts by way of a first contacting face 62 in a first operating direction for pumping from the first inlet/outlet space 44 to the second inlet/outlet space 46, see
The blocking device also has a second seat 64 for the blocking element 52 on the side of the second inlet/outlet space 46, against which the blocking element 52 abuts by way of a second contacting face in a second operating direction for pumping from the second inlet/outlet space 46 to the first inlet/outlet space, see
The spacing between the first seat 60 and the second seat 64 in the circumferential direction is greater than the spacing between the first contacting face 62 and the second contacting face 66 in the circumferential direction.
When the operating direction of the bidirectional pump 10 is changed, the blocking element 52 moves from the first seat 60 to the second seat 64 such that the blocking element 52 abuts against a seat 60, 64 in each case by way of one contacting face 62, 66 and the respectively other contacting face 66, 62 is spaced apart from the pump housing 16. Thus, low-friction movement of the blocking element 52 is allowed. Furthermore, the resistance in the fluid to be pumped is reduced and thus the pressure force from the blocking element to the rotor is reduced, with the result that the frictional forces and thus also the wear to the blocking element 52 are reduced.
As can clearly be seen in
In order to allow this change in volume to be compensated, an exchange duct 58 is formed between the axially front fluid chamber and the axially rear fluid chamber. A fluid flow is shown in the axial direction by the arrow in
The inlet/outlet spaces 44, 46 are formed radially externally on the annular pump duct 32, wherein a first part of the inlet/outlet spaces 44, 46 is formed over the entire axial height of the pump duct in that the central housing component 20 is spaced apart from the pump duct 32 in the radial direction in the region of the inlet/outlet spaces 44, 46. In the embodiment shown, the radial spacing of the housing component 20 narrows in the circumferential direction in the respective end region of the inlet/outlet spaces 44, 46, such that the first part of the inlet/outlet spaces 44, 46 is approximately triangular in axial view. A second part of the inlet/outlet spaces 44, 46 is formed in the housing component 20 and forms a transition to the connection elements 48.
The inlet/outlet spaces 44, 46 are formed in the left-hand upper quadrant and in the left-hand lower quadrant in the housing component 20 in the embodiment shown and each extend as far as the vertical central axis of the annular pump duct 32. This allows the emptying of residues from the pump.
A radially internal wall of the chamber 54 is formed in the shape of a circular arc about the rotation axis of the rotor 26 axially on both sides of the rotor 26 and has the same radius as or a slightly smaller radius than the rotor hub 28 in order to ensure a good fit of the blocking element 52 on the rotor hub 28.
A radially external wall of the chamber 54 has a profile that is for example in the shape of a circular arc about the rotation axis of the rotor 26. It is also possible for the radially external wall of the chamber 54 to have some other profile and to be formed for example such that it is spaced apart from the blocking element 52, such that the fluid to be pumped on the pressure side can pass between the radially external wall of the chamber 54 and the blocking element 52 and thus presses the blocking element 52 against the rotor hub 26.
In the circumferential direction, the chamber 54 is formed by two flat walls that are located in the circumferential direction and each surround the flow duct in a U-shaped manner and form the first and second seats 60, 64 for the blocking element 52.
In the embodiment shown, the blocking element 52 is formed with contacting faces 62, 66 that extend in a parallel manner and are spaced apart from one another by a thickness D of the blocking element 52. The two flat walls that are located in the circumferential direction are formed in this embodiment such that the blocking element 52 can be displaced by an angle γ in the circumferential direction within the chamber 54 between the first and second seats 60, 64. In the embodiment shown, the angle γ is about 10°. The angle γ can be in a range from 5° to 40°, wherein the angle is preferably in a range from 5° to 20°.
To this end, the two flat walls that are located in the circumferential direction are in the radial direction with respect to a center point which is shifted on a central axis of the pump by the distance L, wherein L=(D/2)/sin(γ/2). In this way, the centerline of the blocking element 52 is in each case oriented in the radial direction with respect to the rotation axis A when the blocking element abuts respectively against the first or second seat 60, 64 by way of its contacting faces 62, 66. The first and second seats are thus each formed in planes which are oriented at the angle γ to one another.
Alternatively, it is possible for the blocking element 52 to be formed such that the first and second contacting faces 62, 66 are arranged at an angle and each extend in the radial direction of the rotor 26. In this case, the two flat walls of the chamber 54 that are located in the circumferential direction are likewise arranged in the radial direction of the rotor 26. The first and second seats are thus each formed in planes which are oriented at the angle γ to one another.
It is also possible for the two walls that are located in the circumferential direction and the contacting faces 62, 66 of the blocking element 52 to have a generally cylindrical shape, in particular a curved shape, coordinated with one another.
The shapes of the two walls that are located in the circumferential direction and of the contacting faces 62, 66 of the blocking element 52 can be selected such that the blocking element is pressed against the rotor hub 26 by the pressure difference when the pump is in operation, for example by a wedge shape or arcuate shape of the blocking element 52.
In order to compensate for a change in volume on account of the axial movement of the rotor collar 30 and of the blocking element 52, two exchange ducts 58 are formed in the blocking device 50. These allow a flow of fluid to be pumped between the axially front fluid chamber and the axially rear fluid chamber within the blocking device. This allows a compact configuration of the blocking device 50, since the chamber 54 of the blocking device does not have to be connected to one of the inlet/outlet spaces 44, 46.
In the chamber 54, the ratio of the area of the axial flow cross section of the exchange ducts 58 to the axial projection area of the rotor collar 30 and of that part of the blocking element 52 that projects beyond the rotor collar is preferably at least 0.2 and is preferably in the range from 0.2 to 0.6. This allows sufficient volume compensation with a compact construction of the blocking device 50.
Sub-figures (a) to (f) of
The blocking element 52 is formed in a mirror-symmetrical manner in the central plane extending in the axial direction and radial direction. As a result of the symmetrical configuration of the blocking element 52, it is not necessary to respect a particular orientation of the blocking element when the pump is assembled, and as a result the assembly of the pump can be simplified and malfunctions avoided.
In addition to the first and second contacting faces 62, 66 for abutting against the first and second seats 60, 64 formed in the pump housing 16, the blocking element 52 has two radially internal rotor-hub contacting faces 68 and rotor-collar sealing faces 70, which are each arranged on both sides of a slot 72 for receiving the rotor collar 30 and by way of which the blocking element 52 abuts against the rotor hub 28 and the rotor collar 30 in a sealing manner.
The exchange duct 58 is formed between the first contacting face 62 and the second contacting face 66. In the embodiment shown, the exchange duct 58 of the blocking element 52 is configured as a groove which extends in the axial direction along the entire blocking element 52 on that side of the blocking element that is remote from the rotor hub. In order to improve a flow of the fluid to be pumped through the exchange duct 58, the groove extends approximately over the entire height of the blocking element at the two axial ends and narrows towards the central region of the blocking element, in which the slot 72 is arranged.
On the radial outer side of the blocking element 52, the blocking element 52 has two inclined faces 74. In the event of a movement in the axial direction, the blocking element 52 is pressed against the rotor hub 28 by the inclined faces 74 and the resistance of the fluid to be pumped.
Sub-figures (a) and (b) of
The rotor collar 30 extends in the radial direction from the rotor hub 28 and encircles the rotor hub 28 in an undulating manner. In the embodiment shown, the rotor collar 30 is in the two axial extreme positions at two opposite points each. Thus, the rotor collar forms two fluid chambers on each of the two axial sides of the rotor collar.
In the embodiment shown, the rotor collar 30 extends in a flattened manner at the axial extreme positions 76, with the result that the sealing is improved at the axial end faces of the pump duct 32, which are formed by the two axial housing components 18 and 22.
This allows in particular an enlargement of a gap between the rotor collar 30 and the axial end faces of the pump duct 32. This allows the pump to generate greater pressures with larger gap dimensions.
In the embodiment shown, the rotor 26 is produced from an anti-seizure alloy.
Preferably, a sealing face, in the form of a circumferential groove, for a mechanical face seal is provided in the rotor hub 26.
It is also possible for other rotor shapes to be used for the pump.
The pump housing can also be formed in some other manner. For example, the blocking device can also be provided in a known pump housing, thereby allowing pumping operation on both sides.
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