Abstract: A centrifugal compressor includes: a housing including an intake flow path; a compressor impeller arranged in the intake flow path; a movable portion arranged upstream of the compressor impeller in a flow of an intake air; and a groove formed in an area other than a surface located on a downstream side in the flow of the intake air in the movable portion.

Abstract: A centrifugal compressor includes: a housing including an intake flow path; a compressor impeller arranged in the intake flow path and including a plurality of blades; an accommodation chamber formed upstream of the blades in a flow of intake air in the housing; a movable member arranged in the accommodation chamber and movable to a protruding position where the movable member protrudes into the intake flow path and to a retracted position where the movable member is retracted from the intake flow path; a plurality of slits formed closer to the blades with respect to the accommodation chamber in the housing and connected to the intake flow path; a plurality of compartment walls circumferentially separating the plurality of slits; and an outer circumferential wall connecting radially outer ends of the plurality of compartment walls.

Abstract: A centrifugal compressor includes: a housing including an intake flow path; a compressor impeller disposed in the intake flow path; an accommodation chamber formed upstream of the compressor impeller in the housing; a movable member disposed in the accommodation chamber and configured to be movable between a retracted position where the movable member is retracted from the intake flow path and a protruding position where the movable member protrudes from the accommodation chamber into the intake flow path, the protruding position being located closer to the intake flow path with respect to the retracted position, and a contacting portion and a non-contacting portion provided on an accommodation chamber opposing surface of the accommodation chamber, the accommodation chamber opposing surface being positioned upstream of the movable member, the contacting portion being contactable with the movable member, the non-contacting portion being non-contactable with the movable member.

Abstract: A centrifugal compressor includes: a housing including an intake flow path; a compressor impeller arranged in the intake flow path; an accommodation chamber formed upstream of the compressor impeller in a flow of intake air in the housing; a movable member arranged in the accommodation chamber; and an annular path formed in the housing, the annular path being connected to an outside of the housing, a heating medium supplied from the outside of the housing flowing through the annular path, at least a part of the annular path being located between the accommodation chamber and a leading edge of the compressor impeller.

Abstract: A centrifugal compressor includes: a housing including an intake flow path; a compressor impeller arranged in the intake flow path and including a plurality of blades; an accommodation chamber formed upstream of the blades in a flow of intake air in the housing; a movable member arranged in the accommodation chamber and movable to a protruding position where the movable member protrudes into the intake flow path and to a retracted position where the movable member is retracted from the intake flow path; and one or more grooves formed over an inner circumferential surface and a side face closer to the blades in the movable member.

Abstract: A centrifugal compressor includes: an impeller including a main body portion and a plurality of blades provided on an outer peripheral surface of the main body portion; an intake flow path facing the impeller in a rotational axis direction; and a throttling mechanism including a throttling member provided in the intake flow path, a ratio obtained by dividing a distance between an outer peripheral end of a leading edge of the blade and the throttling member by a maximum protruding height of the throttling member protruding from an inner wall surface of the intake flow path is equal to or less than 4.

Abstract: A centrifugal compressor includes: an impeller provided in a housing; a throttling portion provided in front of the impeller in the housing; an actuator rod connected to an actuator and including a plate portion including a plane at its end; and a connecting portion connected to the throttling portion and including a pair of projections facing each other across the plate portion in an axial direction of the actuator rod.

Abstract: A centrifugal compressor includes a compressor housing; a compressor impeller; a first throttling member and a second throttling member; a contacting portion provided on one end of a body of each of the first throttling member and the second throttling member; and an opposing portion provided on the other end of the body of each of the first throttling member and the second throttling member, the opposing portions being spaced apart from each other in a circumferential direction and parts of the opposing portions facing each other in a rotational axis direction when both of the first throttling member and the second throttling member are in a protruding position.

Abstract: A centrifugal compressor includes: an impeller provided in a housing; a throttling portion provided in front of the impeller in the housing; an actuator rod connected to an actuator and including a plate portion including a plane at its end; and a connecting portion connected to the throttling portion and including a pair of projections facing each other across the plate portion in an axial direction of the actuator rod.

Abstract: A centrifugal compressor includes: a scroll housing including a scroll flow path; a shroud piece attached to the scroll housing at a position radially inside the scroll flow path and including a shroud portion that faces a compressor impeller in a radial direction; and a throttling portion arranged in a gap formed between the scroll housing and the shroud piece.

Abstract: A centrifugal compressor includes: a compressor housing in which an intake passage is formed; a compressor impeller provided in the intake passage; an actuator that causes a rod to linearly move in a direction intersecting with a rotation axis direction of the compressor impeller; a connection member connected to the rod; a throttle member including a protruding portion; a connection shaft extending in the rotation axis direction and connecting the connection member and the throttle member; and a rotation shaft extending in a direction parallel to the connection shaft and serving as a rotation center of the throttle member.

Abstract: A centrifugal compressor includes: a housing including an intake flow path; a compressor impeller arranged in the intake flow path; a movable portion arranged upstream of the compressor impeller in a flow of an intake air; and a groove formed in an area other than a surface located on a downstream side in the flow of the intake air in the movable portion.

Abstract: A centrifugal compressor includes a compressor housing; a compressor impeller; a first throttling member and a second throttling member; a contacting portion provided on one end of a body of each of the first throttling member and the second throttling member; and an opposing portion provided on the other end of the body of each of the first throttling member and the second throttling member, the opposing portions being spaced apart from each other in a circumferential direction and parts of the opposing portions facing each other in a rotational axis direction when both of the first throttling member and the second throttling member are in a protruding position.

Abstract: A centrifugal compressor includes: a housing including an intake flow path; a compressor impeller disposed in the intake flow path; an accommodation chamber formed upstream of the compressor impeller in the housing; a movable member disposed in the accommodation chamber and configured to be movable between a retracted position where the movable member is retracted from the intake flow path and a protruding position where the movable member protrudes from the accommodation chamber into the intake flow path, the protruding position being located closer to the intake flow path with respect to the retracted position, and a contacting portion and a non-contacting portion provided on an accommodation chamber opposing surface of the accommodation chamber, the accommodation chamber opposing surface being positioned upstream of the movable member, the contacting portion being contactable with the movable member, the non-contacting portion being non-contactable with the movable member.

Abstract: A centrifugal compressor includes: a housing including an intake flow path; a compressor impeller disposed in the intake flow path; a circulation flow path provided radially outside the intake flow path and connected to the intake flow path at a downstream position that radially faces the compressor impeller and at an upstream position that is upstream of the downstream position with respect to the compressor impeller; and a movable member disposed at the upstream position and including a body portion having a protruding portion, the movable member being movable between a protruding position where the circulation flow path is closed by the body portion and the protruding portion is located in the intake flow path, and a retracted position where the protruding portion is retracted from the intake flow path and the circulation flow path is connected to the intake flow path.

Abstract: A centrifugal compressor includes: an impeller including a main body portion and a plurality of blades provided on an outer peripheral surface of the main body portion; an intake flow path facing the impeller in a rotational axis direction; and a throttling mechanism including a throttling member provided in the intake flow path, a ratio obtained by dividing a distance between an outer peripheral end of a leading edge of the blade and the throttling member by a maximum protruding height of the throttling member protruding from an inner wall surface of the intake flow path is equal to or less than 4.

Abstract: A centrifugal compressor includes: a compressor housing in which an intake passage is formed; a compressor impeller provided in the intake passage; an actuator that causes a rod to linearly move in a direction intersecting with a rotation axis direction of the compressor impeller; a connection member connected to the rod; a throttle member including a protruding portion; a connection shaft extending in the rotation axis direction and connecting the connection member and the throttle member; and a rotation shaft extending in a direction parallel to the connection shaft and serving as a rotation center of the throttle member.