Abstract: The centrifugal compressor includes an impeller configured to feed a fluid suctioned from one side to an outside in a radial direction by rotating about an axis, and a flow path provided between the impellers adjacent to each other in the direction of an axis and configured to guide the fluid discharged from an impeller on the upstream side to an impeller on the downstream side. The flow path includes a diffuser flow path, a return bend portion, and a guide flow path. Further, the centrifugal compressor further includes return vanes extending across the return bend portion and the guide flow path in the flow path and provided in intervals in a circumferential direction, and the radial positions of the leading edges of the return vanes in the flow paths adjacent in the direction of the axis are different from each other.

Abstract: There is provided a rotating machinery including: a rotating body R which is rotatable around an axis O and has a first facing surface P1 that widens in a plane intersecting the axis O; a stationary body S which faces the first facing surface P1 from the axial direction O, and has a second facing surface P2 forming a flow path F1 through which a fluid flows from a radially inner side toward the radially outer side between the first facing surface P1 and the second facing surface P2; and a rotation side projection portion 80 which projects from the first facing surface P1 toward the second facing surface P2, has an annular shape around the axis O, and faces the second facing surface P2 via a clearance C.

Abstract: A compressor includes a rotation shaft that is capable of rotating around a main axis, an impeller provided integrally with the rotation shaft, a casing that covers the impeller from an outer circumferential side and forms a flow path through which a working fluid circulates, a discharge scroll that is provided at an end of the flow path on a downstream side and extends in a spiral shape around the main axis, a discharge nozzle that communicates with the discharge scroll on the downstream side and extends from the discharge scroll in a tangent direction around the main axis, and a pressure loss body that has a plate shape extending in a direction orthogonal to an axis of the discharge nozzle extending in a radial direction orthogonal to the main axis and is capable of blocking a part of a flow path cross-section of the discharge nozzle.

Abstract: The present invention provides a centrifugal compressor (1) including: a rotating shaft (2) which extends in an axial direction (D); a first impeller (3a); a second impeller (3b) which is disposed on a downstream side (D2) of the first impeller (3a); a return flow path (30) which guides a first fluid (G1) flowing to a radially outer side from the first impeller (3a) toward a radially inner side; an introduction flow path (26) which introduces the fluid guided to the radially inner side to the second impeller (3b); an intermediate suction flow path (10) which additionally supplies a second fluid (G2) to the second impeller (3b); and a curved flow path (27) which is connected to a downstream side of the introduction flow path (26) and the intermediate suction flow path (10), extends to be bent toward the downstream side (D2), and guides the first fluid and the second fluid to the second impeller (3b), wherein a side surface (26a) on an upstream side of the introduction flow path (26) is disposed on the downstre

Abstract: The present invention provides a centrifugal compressor (1) including: a first casing (19); a second casing (20) which is disposed on a downstream side of the first casing (19) and has an outer diameter larger than an outer diameter of the first casing; a first impeller (3a) which is disposed on a radially inner side of the first casing; a first return flow path (29a) which is disposed on a radially inner side of the first casing; a second impeller (3b) which is disposed on a radially inner side of the second casing and connected to a downstream side of the first return flow path (29a); an intermediate suction flow path (10) which is disposed on the radially inner side of the second casing and additionally supplies the fluid to a flow path between the first return flow path (29a) and the second impeller (3b); and a second return flow path (29b) which is disposed on the radially inner side of the second casing (20), wherein an outer diameter of the intermediate suction flow path (10) and an outer diameter of t

Abstract: What is provided is a method of manufacturing a centrifugal rotary machine including: a fixing step S1 of fixing a return vane body having a virtual airfoil curved forward in a rotation direction of a rotation shaft as it goes inward in a radial direction and formed by a pressure surface recessed forward in the rotation direction and a negative pressure surface protruding forward in the rotation direction onto a guide flow path; and a cutting step S2 of forming a cut surface by cutting a portion including an inner radial end portion of the return vane body from the pressure surface to the negative pressure surface.

Abstract: A centrifugal rotating machine includes a rotating shaft, an impeller, the impeller including a disk fixed to the rotating shaft and a cover covering a blade provided on the disk, and a casing which accommodates the impeller. An impeller flow path through which the fluid is pumped is formed by an upstream surface of the disk in the axial direction and an inner peripheral surface of the cover. In addition, an outer flow path is formed by an outer peripheral surface of the cover and an inner peripheral surface of the casing facing the outer peripheral surface of the cover. The outer flow path is connected to the impeller flow path at an outlet of the impeller flow path, and a protrusion portion protruding from the inner peripheral surface of the casing is provided in the outer flow path.

Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a high-endurance and long-life nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a battery case having sealing performance unlikely to be degraded. A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a closed-end cylindrical outer can, a sealing body that closes an opening of the outer can, a resin gasket disposed between the outer can and the sealing body, a sealing member interposed between the outer can and the gasket, and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The sealing member has a multilayer structure including a first sealing member layer, the main constituent of which is one selected from butadiene rubber, urethane rubber, silicone rubber, chloroprene rubber, and isoprene rubber, and a second sealing member layer, the main constituent of which is one selected from ethylene propylene rubber, ethylene propylene diene rubber, and fluoro rubber.

Abstract: A centrifugal compressor, in which a plurality of impellers that rotate along with a rotation shaft to pump fluid by using centrifugal force are disposed at a plurality of stages along an axial direction to compress, in a stepwise manner, the fluid sucked in from a suction port, the centrifugal compressor including: a closed impeller including a plurality of vanes disposed in a radial manner about the rotation shaft, and a shroud covering the plurality of vanes from radially outside; and an open impeller including a second plurality of vanes without a shroud. The closed impeller is disposed at a rearmost stage in a fluid flow direction. The open impeller is disposed at a stage located immediately after the suction port in the fluid flow direction.

Abstract: A cylindrical battery including an electrode body in which a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate with a separator between the electrodes are wound; an electrolyte; a bottomed cylindrical exterior can that houses the electrode body and the electrolyte; and an opening sealing body. The opening sealing body includes a terminal cap, a valve disc included in a current cut-off mechanism, and a washer having an opening at a center, interposed between the terminal cap and the valve disc, the washer has a recessed section formed in surroundings of the opening and a planar section disposed in surroundings of the recessed section on each of surfaces at both ends in a thickness direction of the washer, and boundary lines each between the recessed section and the planar section of each of the surfaces of the washer are arranged to be overlapped with each other in the thickness direction.

Abstract: A casing surrounds a rotary shaft and impellers (4), and includes a return flow path through which a fluid discharged from the impeller (4) on a front stage side between the impellers (4) adjacent to each other is guided inward in a radial direction so as to be introduced to the impeller (4) on a rear stage side, and a plurality of return vanes (50) disposed at an interval in a circumferential direction inside the return flow path. An exit angle of the return vane (50) is inclined forward in a rotation direction of the impeller (4), according to the radial direction, and the exit angle of the return vane (50) decreases toward the return vane (50) on the rear stage side.

Abstract: A cylindrical battery with an electrode body in which a negative electrode plate and a positive electrode plate connected to a plurality of positive electrode leads are rolled with a separator interposed therebetween, a first insulating plate disposed on the electrode body, a current-collection plate disposed on the first insulating plate, a second insulating plate disposed in contact with an opposite surface of the current-collection plate that opposes the first insulating plate, a sealing body, and an outer jacket can, wherein the first insulating plate has at least one through hole, the first positive electrode lead passes through the through hole and between the first insulating plate and the second insulating plate, is bent from the outer-circumference portion of the current-collection plate onto the current-collection plate and the second insulating plate is provided with a recessed portion to house the first positive electrode lead.

Abstract: A flow path includes a return bend portion which guides a working fluid to an inside in the radial direction by reversing the working fluid discharged to an outside in a radial direction from an upstream-side impeller, and a guiding flow path which is connected to a downstream side of the return bend portion and leads the working fluid to the inside in the radial direction so as to guide the working fluid to the downstream-side impeller. In a return vane which is provided in the guiding flow path, a trailing edge is formed such that a second end portion on a second side in an axial direction is positioned closer to an inside in a radial direction than a first end portion on a first side in the axial direction.

Abstract: A cylindrical battery including an electrode body in which a negative electrode plate and a positive electrode plate to which a plurality of positive electrode leads is connected are wound with a separator interposed therebetween; an upper insulating plate disposed on the electrode body; a positive electrode current collector plate disposed on the upper insulating plate; a sealing body; and an outer can. A first positive electrode lead extends between the upper insulating plate and the current collector plate after passing through a through-hole of the upper insulating plate and is bent onto the current collector plate at an outer circumference portion thereof, and a second positive electrode lead extends along the outside of an outer circumference portion of the upper insulating plate and is bent onto the current collector plate at the outer circumference portion thereof. Those positive electrode leads are all connected to the current collector plate.

Abstract: A cylindrical battery according to one aspect of the present invention includes an electrode body in which a negative electrode plate and a positive electrode plate to which a plurality of positive electrode leads is connected are wound with a separator interposed therebetween; an electrolyte liquid; a cylindrical outer can having a bottom portion which receives the electrode body and the electrolyte liquid; and a sealing body sealing an open portion of the outer can. The positive electrode leads extend along an outer circumference portion of a collector member disposed on the electrode body and are connected to a surface of the collector member at an outer side of the battery. The collector member includes a collector plate to which the positive electrode leads are connected and a first insulating plate fitted to a surface of the collector plate at an inner side of the battery.