Preswirl guide device
The preswirl guide device for generating a preswirl in the intake region of a compressor comprises a multiplicity of guide vanes, which are pivotable about a respective vane shank connected to the guide vane, and a pivotable adjusting ring and adjusting levers for transmitting torque from the adjusting ring to the vane shank of each guide vane. The vane shank and the adjusting lever of the respective guide vanes are of one-piece design. The casing in which the guide vanes are rotatably mounted consists of at least two parts joined together in the region of the bearings of the guide vanes. Due to the one-piece design of the guide vane, the number of components to be fitted is reduced. This simplifies the fitting and possible service work on the guide device.
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This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119 to EP Application 06405137.8 filed in Europe on Mar. 31, 2006, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entireties.
TECHNICAL FIELDThe disclosure relates to the field of turbomachines to which exhaust gases of internal combustion engines are admitted. A guide device is disclosed for generating a preswirl in the intake region of a compressor and an exhaust gas turbocharger having such a preswirl guide device.
BACKGROUND INFORMATIONExhaust gas turbochargers are used for increasing the output of internal combustion engines. In modern internal combustion engines, the adaptation of the exhaust gas turbocharger to variable operating conditions is becoming more and more difficult. What is referred to as the variable turbine and/or compressor geometry offers a widespread possibility in this respect. In the variable turbine geometry, the guide vanes of the distributor upstream of the turbine wheel are oriented more or less at a steep angle to the flow in accordance with the power requirement of the turbine. In the variable compressor geometry, the guide vanes in the diffuser downstream of the compressor wheel are oriented more or less at a steep angle to the flow.
A further possibility for adapting the exhaust gas turbocharger to the variable operating conditions is offered by preswirl guide devices, which in the intake region of the compressor generate a certain preswirl in the drawn-in air or possibly in the drawn-in air/fuel mixture, in a more or less pronounced manner depending on the operating point, in the direction of rotation of the compressor wheel or in the opposite direction.
In conventional preswirl guide devices, as are known, for instance, from DE 36 13 857 A1, the vanes are mounted in a casing which is in one piece in the bearing region. To this end, the vanes must be secured by an additional bearing bush, and the adjusting lever must be designed so as to be separable for fitting reasons. This may lead to additional costs and tolerance errors and may considerably reduce the reliability during operation.
SUMMARYA preswirl guide device is disclosed which can function reliably for a long operating period, is simple to fit and has adjustable guide vanes.
An exemplary preswirl guide device for generating a preswirl in the intake region of a compressor comprises a plurality of guide vanes which are pivotable about a respective vane shank connected to the guide vane, the vane shanks and therefore the axes of rotation of the guide vanes being oriented essentially perpendicularly and radially relative to the shaft axis of the compressor. Furthermore, the exemplary preswirl guide device can comprise an adjusting ring, arranged coaxially to the shaft axis of the compressor and pivotable about this axis, and an adjusting lever for transmitting torque from the adjusting ring to the vane shank of each guide vane. The vane shank and the adjusting lever of each guide vane can be of one-piece design.
Due to the one-piece design of the guide vane, the number of joints can be reduced, which can have a positive effect on the material wear. In addition, the number of components to be fitted can be reduced. This simplifies the fitting and possible service work on the guide device.
The casing of the exemplary preswirl guide device, in which casing the guide vanes can be rotatably mounted, comprises at least two parts joined together in the region of the bearings of the guide vanes.
This can permit the fitting of the guide vane designed in one piece with integrated adjusting lever, and in addition it is thereby possible to mount and secure the vane with the bearing point in the axial direction with respect to the axis of rotation of each guide vane. To improve the wear resistance, the bearings can be protected with inserted bearing sleeves.
This axial mounting of the guide vanes can be effected via projections on the vane shanks and on the casing surrounding the vane shanks. These projections extend in the radial direction with respect to the axis of rotation of the guide vane. The projections engage one inside the other for the axial mounting of the guide vane.
Additionally or alternatively, grooves may also be incorporated in the casing and/or in the vane shanks, said grooves interacting with corresponding projections for axially securing the guide vane. If grooves are incorporated in both the casing and the vane shanks, the axial mounting may be effected with special bearing rings which are arranged in the grooves. The grooves and the projections may also extend only partly around the respective vane shank.
Various exemplary embodiments are explained in detail below with reference to drawings, in which:
The guide device comprises a plurality of guide vanes 10 arranged so as to be oriented in the radial direction with respect to the compressor axis. Each of the guide vanes comprises, in addition to the vane profile 11 projecting into the flow duct, a vane shank 12 with which the vane profile can be rotatably mounted in a casing. The vane profile can be rotated about the axis of the vane shank via an adjusting lever 13. An adjusting ring 30 which is arranged concentrically to the axis of the compressor is provided in order to drive the adjusting lever and thus adjust the vane profile. All the vanes can be adjusted simultaneously about the respective axes of their vane shanks by rotating the adjusting ring 30.
In a first exemplary embodiment according to
In a second exemplary embodiment according to
Instead of the illustrated exemplary embodiments described in more detail, further exemplary embodiments for torque transmission are conceivable, for instance having an adjusting lever which is designed as a toothed wheel segment and engages in the adjusting ring provided with a toothed rim. The vane profile 11, the vane shank 12 and the adjusting lever 13 together with the top part necessary for the torque transmission, that is to say the ball head 14 or the pin 15, can be formed in one piece. This means that the entire guide vane 10 with its functional components can be cast or milled in one piece or else assembled from a plurality of parts in a frictional, positive-locking or integral manner to form one piece before fitting into the casing. For example, the vane profile, the vane shank and the adjusting lever can be cast as one piece and then the ball head or the pin driven with an interference fit into an opening, provided for this purpose, in the adjusting lever or else loosely inserted and welded or cast in place.
So that the guide vane of one-piece design can be inserted into the aperture provided for it in the casing, the casing can be split in the region of the bearing points of the guide vanes.
As can be seen from
When the casing is split in the region of the guide device, the mounting of the guide vanes and of the adjusting ring can be greatly simplified. As shown in
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As at the bearing point of the guide vane, the bearing parts of the adjusting ring may also be hardened or coated.
According to one exemplary embodiment of the guide device, a central casing body can be optionally arranged in the central region of the guide device, in which central region the tips of the plurality of guide vanes meet. This central body lies concentrically on the axis of the compressor. The central body is part of the casing, which in the region of the guide device forms the flow duct of the medium to be compressed.
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In order not to have to impair the flow in the flow duct by such ribs, the central body can also be positioned and held in place via the guide vane tips. As shown in
Of course, corresponding holes may also be provided in the exemplary embodiment having a central body positioned and held by means of a retaining rib. They also serve in this case for simplified fitting by the guide vanes having the special vane tip shanks being inserted into the holes in the central body before they are then placed in the radially running apertures in the one casing part.
The vane tip shanks described may be fixedly connected to the tips of the guide vanes or else they may be rotatably mounted in holes provided for this purpose in the vane tips. In the second case, the shanks may also be fixedly connected to the central body, such that, during the fitting, the guide vanes can be slipped with their holes at the vane tips onto the shanks.
Of course, an exemplary embodiment of the guide device without a central body and having guide vanes running right into the center is also possible.
It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the present invention can be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof. The presently disclosed embodiments are therefore considered in all respects to be illustrative and not restricted. The scope of the invention is indicated by the appended claims rather than the foregoing description and all changes that come within the meaning and range and equivalence thereof are intended to be embraced therein.
LIST OF DESIGNATIONS
- 10 Guide vane
- 11 Vane profile
- 12 Vane shank
- 13 Adjusting lever for moving the guide vanes
- 14 Ball head
- 15 Pin
- 16 Vane tip shank for centering the central body and holding it in place
- 17 Shaft projection for the axial mounting of the guide vane
- 20 Sliding shoe
- 21 Sliding cylinder
- 30 Adjusting ring for moving the guide vanes via the adjusting lever
- 31 Annular groove for accommodating the sliding shoe
- 32 Annular hole for accommodating the sliding cylinder
- 40 Casing
- 41, 42 Casing parts
- 43 Retaining rib
- 44 Central body
- 441 Hole for accommodating the vane tip shank
- 45 Aperture in the casing for accommodating the vane shank
- 46 Hole for joining the casing parts
- 47 Bearing element for the axial mounting of the adjusting ring
- 48 Bearing element for the radial mounting of the adjusting ring
- 49 Radial projections in the region of the aperture in the casing for the axial mounting of the guide vane
Claims
1. A preswirl guide device for generating a preswirl in the intake region of a compressor, having guide vanes which are pivotable about a respective vane shank connected to the guide vane, having a pivotable adjusting ring, and having adjusting levers for transmitting torque from the adjusting ring to the vane shank of each guide vane, wherein the vane shank and the adjusting lever of the respective guide vanes are of one-piece design.
2. The preswirl guide device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the adjusting lever of each guide vane comprises a cylindrical pin which is guided in such a way as to be rotatable about its axis and displaceable along its axis in a hole of a cylindrical transmission element, the transmission element being guided in such a way as to be rotatable about its axis and displaceable along its axis in a hole of the adjusting ring.
3. The preswirl guide device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the adjusting lever of each guide vane comprises a hole in which a pin projecting radially from a cylindrical transmission element is guided, the transmission element being guided in such a way as to be rotatable about its axis and displaceable along its axis in a hole of the adjusting ring.
4. The preswirl guide device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the adjusting lever of each guide vane has an end which is designed like a ball head and which is guided in a groove of the adjusting ring, the groove having walls which run parallel to one another and between which the ball head of the adjusting lever is guided.
5. The preswirl guide device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the ball head is rotatably guided in a ball socket of a transmission element, and in that the transmission element is displaceable along the walls running parallel to one another.
6. The preswirl guide device as claimed in claim 1, wherein a casing in which the guide vanes are rotatably mounted is comprised of at least two parts joined together in the region of the bearings of the guide vanes.
7. The preswirl guide device as claimed in claim 1, wherein projections extending radially with respect to the axis of rotation of the guide vanes are arranged on the vane shank and on the casing surrounding the vane shank, a projection of the vane shank and a projection of the casing engaging one inside the other for the axial mounting of the respective guide vane.
8. The preswirl guide device as claimed in claim 1, wherein with respect to the axis of rotation of the guide vane, a radially oriented groove is incorporated in the vane shank and/or in the casing surrounding the vane shank, which groove, for the axial mounting of the guide vane, interacts with a projection, extending radially with respect to the axis of rotation of the guide vane and engaging in the groove, and/or with a bearing ring.
9. The preswirl guide device as claimed in claim 1, wherein a central body is arranged in the region of the tips of the guide vanes arranged radially about an axis.
10. The preswirl guide device as claimed in claim 9, wherein shanks formed on the vane tips are rotatably mounted in radially oriented holes of the central body.
11. The preswirl guide device as claimed in claim 9, wherein the central body is fastened to an external casing part via at least one retaining rib directed radially outward.
12. The preswirl guide device as claimed in claim 10, wherein shanks formed on the vane tips are rotatably mounted in radially oriented holes of the central body.
13. A compressor comprising a preswirl guide device as claimed in claim 1.
14. An exhaust gas turbocharger comprising a compressor having a preswirl guide device as claimed in claim 1.
15. The preswirl guide device as claimed in claim 5, wherein a casing in which the guide vanes are rotatably mounted is comprised of at least two parts joined together in the region of the bearings of the guide vanes.
16. The preswirl guide device as claimed in claim 5, wherein projections extending radially with respect to the axis of rotation of the guide vanes are arranged on the vane shank and on the casing surrounding the vane shank, a projection of the vane shank and a projection of the casing engaging one inside the other for the axial mounting of the respective guide vane.
17. The preswirl guide device as claimed in claim 5, wherein with respect to the axis of rotation of the guide vane, a radially oriented groove is incorporated in the vane shank and/or in the casing surrounding the vane shank, which groove, for the axial mounting of the guide vane, interacts with a projection, extending radially with respect to the axis of rotation of the guide vane and engaging in the groove, and/or with a bearing ring.
18. The preswirl guide device as claimed in claim 5, wherein a central body is arranged in the region of the tips of the guide vanes arranged radially about an axis.
19. A compressor comprising a preswirl guide device as claimed in claim 5.
20. An exhaust gas turbocharger comprising a compressor having a preswirl guide device as claimed in claim 5.
21. A preswirl guide device for generating a preswirl in the intake region of a compressor, comprising:
- a guide vane having a shank;
- a pivotable adjusting ring; and
- an adjusting lever for transmitting torque from the adjusting ring to the shank of the guide vane, wherein the shank and the adjusting lever are formed of one-piece.
Type: Application
Filed: Mar 28, 2007
Publication Date: Oct 4, 2007
Applicant: ABB Turbo Systems AG (Baden)
Inventors: Daniel Oeschger (Sulz), Josef Battig (Egliswil), Adrian Kopp (Kirchdorf), Janpeter Kuhnel (Bulach)
Application Number: 11/727,770
International Classification: F04D 29/56 (20060101);