CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING IMPELLER

摘要

A centrifugal compressor and a method of manufacturing an impeller, the method wherein a projected part (17) is formed at the approximately radial center part of the impeller (11) on the negative pressure surface side of its a blade (16) so as to form a curve from the leading edge part (A) to the throat part (B) thereof. The projected part (17) is formed to be curved and then to be flat from the throat part (B) to the trailing edge part thereof. The projected part (17) is formed at a position where the relative inflow velocity of the fluid into the impeller (11) is nearly 1 in Mach number Ma. Thus, since an operating efficiency can be increased and an applicable flow range can be increased, the performance of the impeller can be increased.