Abstract: A compander comprises a bull gear connected to a generator a first pinion member comprising at least one first pinion provided on one side of the bull gear; and a second pinion member comprising at least one second pinion provided on the other side of the bull gear, wherein a first compressor and a first expander are mounted on the first pinion of the first pinion member, and a second compressor and a second expander are mounted on the second pinion of the second pinion member.

Abstract: A compander comprises a bull gear connected to a generator a first pinion member comprising at least one first pinion provided on one side of the bull gear; and a second pinion member comprising at least one second pinion provided on the other side of the bull gear, wherein a first compressor and a first expander are mounted on the first pinion of the first pinion member, and a second compressor and a second expander are mounted on the second pinion of the second pinion member.

Abstract: A rotating device includes a housing; a variable guide vane module provided on a surface of the housing; and a housing cover covering the variable guide vane module. The variable guide vane module includes a first module, which comprises a vane case that has a cylinder shape and that is provided in the housing, and further comprises a first link that is provided on the vane case; and a second module, which comprises a shroud case that is seated between the housing and the vane case, and further comprises a second link that is provided in the shroud case and is configured to be driven in accordance with driving of the first link. The variable guide vane module is configured to be separable into at least two modules, including the first module and the second module.

Abstract: A rotor magnet installation structure includes: a first shaft including a shrinkage-fit portion in which an accommodation space is formed; at least one magnet inserted in the accommodation space, an installation outer diameter of the magnet being greater than an inner diameter of the accommodation space before the magnet is inserted in the accommodation space; and a second shaft comprising a connection portion inserted in the accommodation space, an outer diameter of the connection portion being greater than the inner diameter of the accommodation space before the connection portion is inserted in the accommodation space.

Abstract: A dual impeller includes: a hub configured to rotate about a rotation axis; a plurality of first blades which are disposed on a first surface of the hub along a circumferential direction of the hub; a first shroud which is mounted on the plurality of first blades to cover the plurality of first blades; and a plurality of second blades which are disposed on a first surface of the first shroud along a circumferential direction of the first shroud.

Abstract: A high-efficiency power generation system includes: a combustor configured to generate a circulating fluid by burning a fuel; an expander configured to generate power by expanding the circulating fluid; a power generator configured to generate electricity using the power generated by the expander; a compressor configured to compress the expanded circulating fluid; a pump configured to circulate the compressed circulating fluid; a heat exchanger configured to allow the expanded circulating fluid passing through the expander and the compressed circulating fluid passing through the compressor to exchange heat with each other; and a power transmitter including a driving shaft, and configured to rotate a driven shaft, which includes shafts of the compressor and the pump, to transmit the power generated by the expander to the compressor and the pump.

Abstract: Provided is a compressor system including a first compressor having: an inlet at which a first inlet guide vane is provided; and an outlet pressure sensor unit configured to measure a pressure at an outlet of the first compressor; a second compressor including an inlet at which a second inlet guide vane is provided; a first control unit configured to adjust a degree of opening of the first inlet guide vane based on the pressure measured by the outlet pressure sensor unit, configured to set the outlet pressure of the first compressor as a set pressure, and configured to generate a first signal including information about the degree of opening of the first inlet guide vane; and a second control unit configured to receive the first signal, and configured to adjust a degree of opening of the second inlet guide vane to control an amount of fluid flowing into the second compressor.

Abstract: A rotor magnet installation structure includes: a first shaft including a shrinkage-fit portion in which an accommodation space is formed; at least one magnet inserted in the accommodation space, an installation outer diameter of the magnet being greater than an inner diameter of the accommodation space before the magnet is inserted in the accommodation space; and a second shaft comprising a connection portion inserted in the accommodation space, an outer diameter of the connection portion being greater than the inner diameter of the accommodation space before the connection portion is inserted in the accommodation space.

Abstract: A rotating device includes a housing; a variable guide vane module provided on a surface of the housing; and a housing cover covering the variable guide vane module. The variable guide vane module includes a first module, which comprises a vane case that has a cylinder shape and that is provided in the housing, and further comprises a first link that is provided on the vane case; and a second module, which comprises a shroud case that is seated between the housing and the vane case, and further comprises a second link that is provided in the shroud case and is configured to be driven in accordance with driving of the first link. The variable guide vane module is configured to be separable into at least two modules, including the first module and the second module.

Abstract: A closed impeller includes: a housing provided with an opening; an insert inserted into one side of the opening; and an impeller body inserted into the other side of the opening, and including a plurality of blades and a shroud covering the plurality of blades, wherein the insert is provided with an inflow channel guiding a fluid into an inlet of the impeller body, and wherein a clearance between an outer surface of the insert and an inner surface of the housing forms a circulation flow channel connecting the other end of the inflow channel with a portion where one end of the inflow channel meets the inlet of the impeller body.

Abstract: An air foil bearing includes a bearing housing having a cylindrical shape that forms an accommodation space in a middle thereof for a rotating shaft, rotor, or journal; a first foil including a plurality of bump foils, which are arranged along an inner wall surface of the accommodation space of the bearing housing; and a second foil including a plurality of top foils, which are arranged in a circumferential direction along an inner circumference of the bearing housing to correspond to the plurality of bump foils and to support the rotating shaft, rotor, or journal. A portion of at least one of the plurality of top foils of the second foil is thicker than the other top foils of the plurality of top foils.

Abstract: An oil seal structure and a compressing apparatus including the oil seal structure are provided. The oil seal structure includes a rotating shaft, a bearing, a lower housing portion, an upper housing portion, an assembly surface seal member inserted into a first assembly surface seal groove, and an oil seal member provided in a first seal groove and a second seal groove and including a flange portion, wherein a lower oil receiving portion is formed in the lower housing portion, a first passage groove is formed in the first seal groove, and an oil passage is formed between a bottom surface of the first passage groove and the flange portion.

Abstract: A tilting-pad bearing includes: a tilting pad having a tilting surface; and a housing comprising a supporting surface supporting the tilting surface. One of the tilting surface and the supporting surface is configured as a cam profile surface so that the tilting pad is tilted smoothly in response to the rotor rotating.

Abstract: There is provided a supercritical carbon dioxide (CO2) power generation system including a first compression part and a second compression part to independently compress the working fluid; a first regeneration part to heat the working fluid compressed by the first compression part; a second regeneration part to heat the working fluid heated by the first regeneration part and the working fluid compressed by the second compression part; a main heat exchange part to transfer heat generated from a heat source to the working fluid; an expansion part to generate power by expanding the working fluid; a power transmission part to transmit the power; and a power generation part to generate electric power using the power.

Abstract: An apparatus for adjusting an axial thrust force acting on a rotor of an integrally geared compressor (IGC) is provided. In the present disclosure, the axial thrust force acting on the rotor of the IGC may be adjusted in two opposite directions by tandem seals having different effective sealing diameters, and a thrust force generated in compressors located at both sides of a gear may be effectively offset. Furthermore, since a thrust load acting on the rotor of the IGC is offset, an operating pressure level at which the IGC operates may be increased.

Abstract: A tilting-pad bearing includes: a tilting pad having a tilting surface; and a housing comprising a supporting surface supporting the tilting surface. One of the tilting surface and the supporting surface is configured as a cam profile surface so that the tilting pad is tilted smoothly in response to the rotor rotating.

Abstract: A fluid machine includes a rotatable hub; a plurality of blades spaced apart from one another along a circumferential direction with respect to a rotation center of the hub; and a shroud extending along a circumferential direction with respect to the rotation center of the hub and covering the plurality of blades. The shroud includes: a flow passage, the flow passage formed to be recessed with respect to an inner surface of the shroud facing the blades; and a plurality of resonators provided in the flow passage.

Abstract: A dual impeller includes: a hub configured to rotate about a rotation axis; a plurality of first blades which are disposed on a first surface of the hub along a circumferential direction of the hub; a first shroud which is mounted on the plurality of first blades to cover the plurality of first blades; and a plurality of second blades which are disposed on a first surface of the first shroud along a circumferential direction of the first shroud.

Abstract: There is provided a supercritical carbon dioxide (CO2) power generation system including a first compression part and a second compression part to independently compress the working fluid; a first regeneration part to heat the working fluid compressed by the first compression part; a second regeneration part to heat the working fluid heated by the first regeneration part and the working fluid compressed by the second compression part; a main heat exchange part to transfer heat generated from a heat source to the working fluid; an expansion part to generate power by expanding the working fluid; a power transmission part to transmit the power; and a power generation part to generate electric power using the power.

Abstract: A compressor control system includes a compressor compressing a fluid, an anti-surge valve preventing backflow in the compressor, the anti-surge valve being arranged on a line connecting an inlet and an outlet of the compressor and operated by a first signal, an inlet guide vane controlling an opening area of the inlet, the inlet guide vane being arranged at the inlet and operated by a second signal, and a controller connected to the anti-surge valve and the inlet guide vane and generating the first signal to control the anti-surge valve, a vane control signal to control the inlet guide vane, a pressure compensation signal to control the inlet guide vane to compensate for a change in pressure at the outlet of the compressor according to the first signal, and the second signal by combining the pressure compensation signal with the vane control signal.