Abstract: The integrated expander and motor-compressor assembly comprises a compression section mounted between the two radial bearings on a trans-mission shaft, an expander cantilevered at a free end of the transmission shaft, a gas diffuser and a duct between the expander and a first radial bearing, the first radial bearing been the closest radial bearing to the expander. The gas diffuser diffuses a gas barrier which is sucked up by the duct.

Abstract: A balancing and sealing piston system for an integrated motor compressor is described. The system comprises a balancing piston designed to be mounted on a shaft of a motor compressor to compensate for the differential pressure applied to the impellers of the compression section of the motor compressor, and a sealing device surrounding the balancing piston and designed to be mounted on a case of the motor compressor to seal part of the compression section. The system further comprises a gas extraction port, the axial position of which is determined such that the pressure value of extracted gas is equal to a predetermined value that is less than the value of the discharge pressure.

Abstract: This liquid/gas separator for centrifugal motor compressor includes a sump internally equipped with at least one gas separator stage suitable to separate a gaseous phase from a liquid phase accepted in the sump entry. The sump internally includes a compartment in which the gaseous phase is separated by a separator stage, and in which is assembled by a compressor stage of the motor compressor.

Abstract: An impeller wheel assembly for a radial rotating machine, comprises a bladed hub portion of an impeller wheel, with a first radially outward facing, fluid deflecting surface having a curvature profile designed to deflect an axial fluid flow into a radial centrifugal flow, and comprising a deflector portion with a second radially outward facing, fluid deflecting surface. The second radially outward facing surface has a curvature profile designed to deflect a radial centripetal fluid flow into an axial fluid flow.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a magnetic bearing system comprising an axial bearing rotating flywheel arranged so as to magnetically interact with at least one fixed axial stop. The system includes a cooling fluid path configured so as to send the flow to the flywheel in a direction of flow being in a substantially radial plane relative to the axis of rotation of the flywheel.

Abstract: An auxiliary turbomachinery shaft-support system including a first assembly configured to axially support the shaft, the first assembly including a rotating disc having a part shaped to be torsionally coupled to the shaft, and a stator including at least one pad including at least one elastic component coupled with the pads and urging it in the direction of a disc sliding surface.

Abstract: A motor compressor unit including a common housing sealed with respect to a gas to be compressed, a motor mounted to the common housing, and a compressor mounted to the common housing. The motor is mounted in an inner casing fastened in the common housing by at least one removable fastening device such that the motor and the inner casing form a removable cartridge.

Abstract: The method of protecting a component of a turbomachine from liquid droplets erosion provides covering at least one region of a component surface exposed to a flow of a fluid containing a liquid phase to be processed by the turbomachine with a protective layer. The protective layer consists of a plurality of adjacent sub-layers of different materials having high hardness in the range of 1000-3000 HV and low fracture toughness below 20 MPam1/2. The materials are typically nitrides or carbides of titanium or aluminum or chromium or tungsten. In an embodiment, the covering is carried out by a PVD technique, in particular by Cathodic Arc PVD, or a CVD technique. The method may be applied to any component of turbomachines, but it may be particularly beneficial for parts of centrifugal compressors.

Abstract: A motorcompressor unit includes a first motor driving the rotation of a rotor and a compression stage including a bladed impeller mounted on a driven shaft, the rotation of which is driven by the rotor. Also, common casing is gastight with respect to fluid handled by the motorcompressor unit, where the compression stage and the first motor are mounted in the common casing. The compression stage also includes a regulating member that regulates the angle at which the fluid flows to or from the bladed impeller, and a second motor that controls the regulating member, the second motor being mounted in the common casing.

Abstract: A compressor unit is disclosed comprising at least a first motor driving in rotation at least one impeller of a compression stage, having at the outlet of the impeller a diffuser designed to centrifugally channel the gases coming from the impeller, and having a centripetal return channel downstream of the diffuser. The return channel includes at least one movable blade portion that, when moved, can vary a tangential component of the speed of the gases coming from the return channel.

Abstract: A compressor for a motor-compressor set, comprising, on a rotating shaft, a balancing piston, a set of bladed wheels, a rear cavity of the piston adjacent to the balancing piston on a side opposite to the set of bladed wheels, a regulation valve suitable for coupling the rear cavity to the input of the set of bladed wheels, a suction pressure chamber coupled to the input of the set of bladed wheels, the rear cavity being arranged between the balancing piston and the suction pressure chamber. The compressor comprises a discharge pressure chamber arranged between the rear cavity of the piston and the suction pressure chamber, the discharge pressure chamber being coupled via a discharge line to a discharge area between the set of bladed wheels and the balancing piston.

Abstract: An impeller designed to be mounted on a rotary shaft includes: a basic rim provided with blades protruding on one surface of the basic rim, and a hub capable of being coupled to the basic rim and to the rotary shaft. In certain embodiments, the impeller includes an annular plate and the hub, where the annular plate and the basic rim are configured to interact together so as to hold the basic rim axially and to maintain a freedom of radial deformation of the basic rim relative to the hub and to the annular plate.

Abstract: A centrifugal compressor unit includes a driving means for rotatably driving a rotor, and at least one compressor including a statoric body and an arrangement of blade wheels mounted on a shaft which is rotatably driven by the rotor in the statoric body. The group formed by the motor and/or each compressor being mounted in a common housing is sealed from the gas used by the compressor. The compressor unit also includes an arrangement of active bearings for axially and radially guiding the rotor and the driven shaft, and a means for cooling the driving means and the guiding bearings by withdrawing the gas used by the compressor at the outlet of a first compression stage. The cooling means includes a set of internal conduits for supplying the driving means and the bearings with cooling gas. The cooling gas flow in the motor and the cooling gas flow in the bearing is separated and then converge upstream of the first compression stage.

Abstract: A rotor structure is provided. The rotor structure includes a plurality of wheels, a main axial tie rod passing through the plurality of wheels and a first shaft and a second shaft each attached to one extremity of the main tie rod, wherein the main tie rod and the bore of an end wheel in contact with one of the first and second shafts delimit a hydraulic chamber configured to receive a hydraulic fluid, and wherein the main tie rod, the hydraulic chamber and the end wheel form an internal hydraulic tension device configured to preload the main tie rod.

Abstract: A diaphragm for the compression stage of a compressor includes least one set of through passages extending between two mutually opposite faces of the diaphragm, so as to create a flow of gas between the opposite faces depending on a pressure difference prevailing on either side of the diaphragm.

Abstract: A motor compressor unit (1) comprises a motor (3) and a compressor (2) which are mounted in a common housing (4) sealed against the gas to be compressed. The motor (3) comprises a rotor (39) rotatably connected to a rotor (38) of the compressor (2). The rotor (38) of the compressor comprises a main shaft (11) and a connecting shaft (21) coaxial with the main shaft, the connecting shaft being placed at least partly inside the main shaft (11) so as to be radially spaced from the main shaft (11) and comprising a coupling zone (15) for coupling with the main shaft (11).

Abstract: A compressor unit is disclosed comprising at least a first motor driving in rotation at least one impeller of a compression stage, having at the outlet of the impeller a diffuser designed to centrifugally channel the gases coming from the impeller, and having a centripetal return channel downstream of the diffuser. The return channel includes at least one movable blade portion that, when moved, can vary a tangential component of the speed of the gases coming from the return channel.

Abstract: One aspect of the invention provides a centrifugal compressor unit (1) comprising a first motor (3), at least one compressor (2) comprising a drive shaft (9) driven by the rotor (12) of the first motor (3) and a set of impellers (5, 6, 7, 8) mounted on the drive shaft (9). The first motor (3) and the compressor (2) are mounted in a gas-tight common housing (26) operated by the compressor unit (1). The rotor (12) of the first motor (3) and the drive shaft (9) are connected by a flexible coupling (24) placed in the housing (26). The compressor unit includes a second motor (4) that is placed in the housing and of which the rotor (13) is connected to the drive shaft (9) by a second flexible coupling (25).

Abstract: A food cabinet is provided that includes an enclosure with an access door, shelves carried by and vertically arranged within the enclosure, and a heat transfer arrangement. The heat transfer arrangement includes a pump, fluid conduits coupled with the pump and associated with the shelves of the enclosure, a primary tank, and an auxiliary tank. The primary tank is fluidly connected to the pump and contains a heat transfer medium. The auxiliary tank is coupled with the primary tank and provides make-up heat transfer medium to the primary tank. Also provided is a method of warming food using such a food cabinet that includes the steps of placing a food item on one of the shelves, heating the heat transfer medium to a temperature between 200° F. and 250° F., and pumping the heat transfer medium through the shelf.

Abstract: A radiant liquid heating device includes a container for holding a liquid. The container includes an opening for dispensing the fluid and a closed bottom. A base member is mounted relative to the closed bottom. The base member is spaced a predetermined distance relative to the closed bottom to provide an air gap there between. The base member is exposed to a heat source wherein the base member shields the bottom of the container from being in direct contact with the heat source to provide a source of radiant heat for maintaining a liquid disposed within the container at a predetermined temperature.