阅读说明：本技术 离心压缩机以及具备该离心压缩机的涡轮增压器 (Centrifugal compressor and turbocharger provided with same ) 是由 藤田豊 段本洋辅 冈信仁 于 2018-11-15 设计创作，主要内容包括：离心压缩机具备：壳体；设置成能够在壳体内部旋转的叶轮；与叶轮连接的旋转轴；以及在壳体内对旋转轴进行支承的轴承部件,在壳体形成有供油流通的油流通路径,油流通路径包括：供油作为向轴承部件供给的润滑油而流通的润滑油路径和供油作为与由叶轮压缩后的流体进行热交换的冷却油而流通的冷却油路径,冷却油路径构成为,油不经由轴承部件而作为冷却油流入冷却油路径。(The centrifugal compressor comprises: a housing; an impeller provided to be rotatable inside the housing; a rotating shaft connected to the impeller; and a bearing member that supports the rotating shaft in the housing, wherein an oil flow path through which oil flows is formed in the housing, and the oil flow path includes: the cooling oil path is configured such that oil flows into the cooling oil path as cooling oil without passing through the bearing member.)

1. A centrifugal compressor is provided with:

a housing;

an impeller disposed to be rotatable inside the housing;

a rotating shaft connected with the impeller; and

a bearing member that supports the rotating shaft in the housing,

wherein the content of the first and second substances,

an oil circulation path through which oil circulates is formed in the housing,

the oil circulation path includes:

a lubricant passage through which the oil flows as lubricant supplied to the bearing member; and

a cooling oil passage through which the oil flows as cooling oil that exchanges heat with the fluid compressed by the impeller,

the cooling oil passage is configured such that the oil flows into the cooling oil passage as the cooling oil without passing through the bearing member.

2. The centrifugal compressor of claim 1,

at least a part of the cooling oil flowing through the cooling oil passage flows into the lubricating oil passage as the lubricating oil.

3. The centrifugal compressor of claim 2,

the entire cooling oil that has flowed through the cooling oil passage flows into the lubricating oil passage as the lubricating oil.

4. The centrifugal compressor of claim 2,

the bearing component comprises a thrust bearing which is provided with a thrust bearing,

the lubricating oil path includes an oil supply path that communicates the thrust bearing with the cooling oil path,

at least a part of the cooling oil flowing through the cooling oil passage is supplied as the lubricating oil to the thrust bearing through the oil supply passage.

5. The centrifugal compressor of claim 1,

the cooling oil path includes a communication path that communicates with the lubricating oil path at a position upstream of the bearing member,

a part of the lubricating oil flowing through the lubricating oil path flows into the cooling oil path as the cooling oil via the communication path.

6. The centrifugal compressor of claim 5,

the bearing components include a thrust bearing and a journal bearing,

the lubrication oil path includes a first branch path communicating with the thrust bearing and a second branch path communicating with the journal bearing,

the communication path communicates with the first branch path at a position on an upstream side of the thrust bearing.

7. The centrifugal compressor according to any one of claims 4 to 6,

the cooling oil path includes an outflow port through which the cooling oil flows out from the cooling oil path,

the outlet port is located at a vertically lowest position in the cooling oil passage.

8. The centrifugal compressor according to any one of claims 1 to 7,

the housing includes a plate member on a back side of the impeller,

at least a portion of the cooling oil path is formed in the plate member.

9. The centrifugal compressor of claim 3,

the centrifugal compressor is provided with:

a bypass line that bypasses the cooling oil path and communicates with the lubricating oil path; and

a switching member that switches the oil so as to bypass the cooling oil path and circulate the oil through the bypass line.

10. The centrifugal compressor of claim 1,

the centrifugal compressor is provided with:

a lubricating oil circulation system that circulates the oil as the lubricating oil through the lubricating oil path; and

a cooling oil circulation system that circulates the oil as the cooling oil through the cooling oil passage,

the lubricating oil circulation system and the cooling oil circulation system are mutually independent.

11. A turbocharger comprising the centrifugal compressor according to any one of claims 1 to 10.

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to a centrifugal compressor and a turbocharger including the centrifugal compressor.

Background

Generally, the fluid compressed by the centrifugal compressor becomes high in temperature. In the turbocharger, if the high-temperature air compressed by the centrifugal compressor is directly supplied to the engine, there is a possibility that an abnormality such as knocking or pre-ignition occurs to degrade the performance of the engine. Further, the temperature of the exhaust air from the centrifugal compressor of the turbocharger tends to increase year by year due to the increase in demand for introduction of EGR (exhaust gas recirculation) or application of lean burn/miller cycle. Therefore, a technique for cooling compressed air in a centrifugal compressor of a turbocharger is being developed. For example, patent document 1 describes a turbocharger that cools by blowing cooling lubricant oil from a bearing housing side to an upper portion of a seal plate located on a back surface of an impeller of a centrifugal compressor.

Documents of the prior art

Patent document

Patent document 1: japanese laid-open patent publication No. 2008-248706

Disclosure of Invention

Problems to be solved by the invention

However, in the turbocharger described in patent document 1, since the lubricating oil is blown onto the upper portion of the seal plate located on the back surface of the impeller of the centrifugal compressor after lubricating the bearing that rotatably supports the rotary shaft, the temperature of the lubricating oil increases while the bearing is being lubricated, and the lubricating oil at a high temperature is blown onto the upper portion of the seal plate. Therefore, in a recent turbocharger in which the temperature of the exhaust air from the centrifugal compressor tends to rise, there are problems as follows: in the centrifugal compressor, the compressed air may not be cooled as expected.

In view of the above circumstances, an object of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure is to provide a centrifugal compressor having improved cooling performance of a compressed fluid, and a turbocharger including the centrifugal compressor.

Means for solving the problems

(1) A centrifugal compressor according to at least one embodiment of the present invention includes:

a housing;

an impeller disposed to be rotatable inside the housing;

a rotating shaft connected with the impeller; and

a bearing member that supports the rotating shaft in the housing,

wherein the content of the first and second substances,

an oil circulation path through which oil circulates is formed in the housing,

the oil circulation path includes:

a lubricant passage through which the oil flows as lubricant supplied to the bearing member; and

a cooling oil passage through which the oil flows as cooling oil that exchanges heat with the fluid compressed by the impeller,

the cooling oil passage is configured such that the oil flows into the cooling oil passage as the cooling oil without passing through the bearing member.

According to the configuration of the above (1), since the oil flows into the cooling oil path as the cooling oil without passing through the bearing member, the temperature of the cooling oil that exchanges heat with the fluid compressed by the impeller is lower than the temperature of the cooling oil in the case where the oil flows into the cooling oil path after passing through the bearing member, and therefore, the cooling performance of the compressed fluid in the centrifugal compressor can be improved.

(2) In several embodiments, in the structure of the above (1),

at least a part of the cooling oil flowing through the cooling oil passage flows into the lubricating oil passage as the lubricating oil.

According to this configuration, at least a part of the cooling oil that has been increased in temperature by heat exchange with the compressed fluid flows into the lubricating oil passage as lubricating oil. Since the viscosity of the lubricating oil is lower as the temperature is higher, the mechanical loss of the lubricating oil at the time of lubricating the bearing member can be reduced.

(3) In several embodiments, in the structure of the above (2),

the cooling oil flowing through the cooling oil passage flows into the lubricating oil passage as the lubricating oil.

According to this configuration, the cooling oil passage and the lubricating oil passage are connected in series, whereby the structure of the oil flow passage is simplified.

(4) In several embodiments, in the structure of the above (2),

the bearing component comprises a thrust bearing which is provided with a thrust bearing,

the lubricating oil path includes an oil supply path that communicates the thrust bearing with the cooling oil path,

at least a part of the cooling oil flowing through the cooling oil passage is supplied as the lubricating oil to the thrust bearing through the oil supply passage.

When the bearing member is composed of a thrust bearing and a journal bearing, the former is larger than the latter in the loss ratio of each bearing with respect to the total shaft loss as the centrifugal compressor is operated at a high speed. In contrast, according to the configuration of the above (4), since the high-temperature cooling oil obtained by cooling the fluid compressed by the impeller is directly supplied to the thrust bearing as the lubricating oil, the loss reduction effect in the thrust bearing having a large loss ratio can be enhanced, and as a result, the overall shaft loss reduction effect can be enhanced.

(5) In several embodiments, in the structure of the above (1),

the cooling oil path includes a communication path that communicates with the lubricating oil path at a position upstream of the bearing member,

a part of the lubricating oil flowing through the lubricating oil path flows into the cooling oil path as the cooling oil via the communication path.

According to the configuration of the above (5), since a part of the lubricating oil flowing through the lubricating oil passage flows into the cooling oil passage as the cooling oil without passing through the bearing member, the temperature of the cooling oil that exchanges heat with the fluid compressed by the impeller is lower than the temperature of the cooling oil in the case where the lubricating oil flows into the cooling oil passage after passing through the bearing member, and therefore, the cooling performance of the compressed fluid in the centrifugal compressor can be improved.

(6) In several embodiments, in the structure of the above (5),

the bearing components include a thrust bearing and a journal bearing,

the lubrication oil path includes a first branch path communicating with the thrust bearing and a second branch path communicating with the journal bearing,

the communication path communicates with the first branch path at a position on an upstream side of the thrust bearing.

Unlike the thrust bearing, the journal bearing always supports the rotating shaft during rotation of the rotating shaft, and therefore lubrication by a lubricating oil is always required. In contrast, according to the configuration of the above (6), of the lubricating oil flowing through the lubricating oil passage, the lubricating oil flowing into the cooling oil passage as the cooling oil is a part of the lubricating oil flowing through the first branch passage to be supplied to the thrust bearing. Thus, even if a part of the lubricating oil flowing through the lubricating oil path flows into the cooling oil path, the flow rate of the lubricating oil flowing through the second branch path for supplying the lubricating oil to the journal bearing is less affected, and therefore, the adverse effect on the lubrication of the journal bearing can be reduced.

(7) In some embodiments, in any of the structures (4) to (6) above,

the cooling oil path includes an outflow port through which the cooling oil flows out from the cooling oil path,

the outlet port is located at a vertically lowest position in the cooling oil passage.

According to this configuration, the cooling oil flowing through the cooling oil passage is discharged from the cooling oil passage through the outflow port by its own weight, and therefore the cooling oil can be easily recovered.

(8) In some embodiments, in any of the structures (1) to (7) above,

the housing includes a plate member on a back side of the impeller,

at least a portion of the cooling oil path is formed in the plate member.

According to this configuration, the impeller can be efficiently cooled, and therefore, the life of the impeller can be extended.

(9) In several embodiments, in the structure of the above (3),

the centrifugal compressor is provided with:

a bypass line that bypasses the cooling oil path and communicates with the lubricating oil path; and

a switching member that switches the oil so as to bypass the cooling oil path and circulate the oil through the bypass line.

If the temperature of the fluid flowing into the centrifugal compressor is low, the temperature of the cooling oil may be higher than the temperature of the compressed fluid in the centrifugal compressor, and in this case, the compressed fluid is heated by heat exchange with the cooling oil in the centrifugal compressor. However, according to the configuration of the above (9), when the temperature of the fluid flowing into the centrifugal compressor is low, the oil bypasses the cooling oil path and directly flows into the lubricating oil path as the lubricating oil, and therefore the oil does not heat the air compressed by the impeller, and therefore, the possibility of the temperature of the discharge air from the centrifugal compressor increasing can be reduced.

(10) In several embodiments, in the structure of the above (1),

the centrifugal compressor is provided with:

a lubricating oil circulation system that circulates the oil as the lubricating oil through the lubricating oil path; and

a cooling oil circulation system that circulates the oil as the cooling oil through the cooling oil passage,

the lubricating oil circulation system and the cooling oil circulation system are mutually independent.

According to this configuration, since the circulation of the oil as the cooling oil and the circulation of the oil as the lubricating oil are independent of each other, the cooling action of the fluid compressed by the impeller and the lubricating action of the bearing member can be performed without affecting each other.

(11) A turbocharger according to at least one embodiment of the present invention includes the centrifugal compressor according to any one of the above items (1) to (10).

According to this configuration, since the oil flows into the cooling oil path as the cooling oil without passing through the bearing member, the temperature of the cooling oil that exchanges heat with the fluid compressed by the impeller is lower than the temperature of the cooling oil in the case where the oil flows into the cooling oil path after passing through the bearing member, and therefore, the cooling performance of the compressed fluid in the centrifugal compressor can be improved.

Effects of the invention

According to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, since the oil flows into the cooling oil path as the cooling oil without passing through the bearing member, the temperature of the cooling oil that exchanges heat with the fluid compressed by the impeller is lower than the temperature of the cooling oil in the case where the oil flows into the cooling oil path after passing through the bearing member, and therefore, the cooling performance of the compressed fluid in the centrifugal compressor can be improved.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a sectional view of a turbocharger according to embodiment 1 of the present disclosure.

Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a modification of the turbocharger according to embodiment 1 of the present disclosure.

Fig. 3 is a diagram schematically showing an oil circulation path in another modification of the turbocharger according to embodiment 1 of the present disclosure.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view of a turbocharger of embodiment 2 of the present disclosure.

Fig. 5 is a diagram schematically showing the structure of the annular portion of the cooling oil path in a modification of the turbocharger according to embodiment 2 of the present disclosure.

Fig. 6 is a sectional view of a turbocharger according to embodiment 3 of the present disclosure.

Fig. 7 is a diagram schematically showing the structure of the annular portion of the cooling oil path in a modification of the turbocharger according to embodiment 3 of the present disclosure.

Fig. 8 is a diagram schematically showing the configurations of a lubricating oil circulation system and a cooling oil circulation system in another modification of the turbocharger according to embodiment 3 of the present disclosure.

Detailed Description

Hereinafter, several embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. However, the scope of the present invention is not limited to the following embodiments. The dimensions, materials, shapes, relative arrangements, and the like of the components described in the following embodiments are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention to these, and are merely illustrative examples.

A centrifugal compressor according to several embodiments of the present disclosure will be described below with reference to a centrifugal compressor of a turbocharger as an example. However, the centrifugal compressor in the present disclosure is not limited to the centrifugal compressor of the turbocharger, and may be any centrifugal compressor that operates alone. In the following description, the fluid compressed by the compressor is air, but any fluid may be used instead.

(embodiment mode 1)

As shown in fig. 1, a turbocharger 1 according to embodiment 1 of the present disclosure includes a turbine 2 and a centrifugal compressor 3. The turbine 2 includes a casing 20 and an impeller 21 provided rotatably inside the casing 20.

The centrifugal compressor 3 includes: a housing 30; an impeller 31 provided to be rotatable inside the casing 30; a rotary shaft 32 having one end connected to the impeller 31; and a bearing member 33 that supports the rotating shaft 32 in the housing 30. The bearing member 33 includes: a thrust bearing 34 that supports the rotary shaft 32 in the axial direction of the rotary shaft 32; and a journal bearing 35 that supports the rotary shaft 32 in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the rotary shaft 32. The other end of the rotating shaft 32 is connected to the impeller 21 of the turbine 2. According to this configuration, when impeller 21 rotates, the rotation is transmitted to impeller 31 via rotation shaft 32, and impeller 31 rotates.

An inflow passage 36 into which air flows, and a diffuser passage 37 and a scroll passage 38 located on the discharge side of the impeller 31 are formed in the casing 30. Further, an oil flow path 4 through which oil flows is formed in the housing 30. The oil circulation path 4 includes: a lubricant path 40 through which lubricant supplied to the bearing member 33 flows; and a cooling oil path 50 formed to surround the periphery of the impeller 31 on the inner side in the circumferential direction of the scroll passage 38. By forming the cooling oil passage 50 at such a position in the casing 30, the oil circulating as the cooling oil in the cooling oil passage 50 exchanges heat with the air compressed by the impeller 31.

One end of the lubricating oil path 40 opens in the casing 30, and the opening constitutes an inflow port 41 into which oil flows as lubricating oil. The lubricating oil passage 40 extends from the inflow port 41 into the casing 30, and branches into a first branch passage 42 and a second branch passage 43. The first branch path 42 communicates with the thrust bearing 34, and the second branch path 43 communicates with the journal bearing 35. The lubricating oil path 40 on the downstream side of each of the thrust bearing 34 and the journal bearing 35 is not shown in fig. 1, but is connected to an oil supply source (not shown in fig. 1, but schematically shown in fig. 3).

One end of the cooling oil path 50 is connected to a supply source of oil. The cooling oil path 50 includes: an annular portion 51 having one end communicating with the supply source and surrounding the periphery of the impeller 31 on the circumferentially inner side of the scroll passage 38; and a communication portion 52 extending from the other end of the annular portion 51 so as to surround the periphery of the scroll passage 38 in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the scroll passage 38. An end portion of the communication portion 52 opposite to the end portion connected to the annular portion 51 is opened in the casing 30, and the opening constitutes an outlet port 53 through which oil as cooling oil flows out from the cooling oil path 50.

The outlet 53 and the inlet 41 are connected to the outside of the casing 30 via a connection pipe 10. The cooling oil path 50 and the lubricating oil path 40 are connected in series with each other by the connection pipe 10. With this structure, the structure of the oil flow path 4 formed in the housing 30 can be simplified. Instead of using the connection pipe 10 located outside the casing 30, the cooling oil path 50 and the lubricating oil path 40 may be connected in series with each other inside the casing 30.

Next, the operation of the turbocharger 1 according to embodiment 1 of the present disclosure will be described with reference to fig. 1. Exhaust gas discharged from an engine, not shown, flows into the turbine 2 to rotate the impeller 21. When the impeller 21 rotates, the rotation is transmitted to the impeller 31 via the rotating shaft 32, and the impeller 31 rotates. The air flowing into the centrifugal compressor 3 through the inflow passage 36 is compressed by the rotation of the impeller 31, and flows into the scroll passage 38 through the diffuser passage 37. The compressed air flowing into the scroll passage 38 flows through the scroll passage 38 and is then discharged from the centrifugal compressor 3. The exhaust air from the centrifugal compressor 3 is taken into the engine as intake air.

The air compressed by the impeller 31 in the centrifugal compressor 3 increases not only in pressure but also in temperature. If the temperature of the discharge air from the centrifugal compressor 3 is too high, engine performance may be degraded. However, in the turbocharger 1, the air compressed by the impeller 31 is cooled by the operation described below, and therefore, the temperature increase of the exhaust air from the centrifugal compressor 3 can be suppressed.

During operation of the turbocharger 1, oil is supplied from an oil supply source to the cooling oil passage 50, and the oil flows as cooling oil through the annular portion 51 of the cooling oil passage 50. The cooling oil flowing through the annular portion 51 exchanges heat with air compressed by the impeller 31, air flowing through the diffuser passage 37, and air flowing through the scroll passage 38. That is, since the air flowing into the centrifugal compressor 3 is cooled by the cooling oil while being compressed by the impeller 31 and flowing through the diffuser passage 37 and the scroll passage 38, the temperature increase of the discharge air from the centrifugal compressor 3 is suppressed as compared with the case where such a cooling operation is not performed.

The oil as the cooling oil that exchanges heat with the air in the centrifugal compressor 3 flows from the annular portion 51 into the communication portion 52, flows through the communication portion 52, flows into the connection pipe 10 through the outlet 53, and flows through the connection pipe 10. The oil flowing through the connection pipe 10 flows into the lubricating oil passage 40 as lubricating oil through the inlet 41. The lubricant oil flowing into the lubricant oil path 40 flows through the lubricant oil path 40 and branches into the first branch path 42 and the second branch path 43, respectively. The lubricating oil flowing through the first branch path 42 is supplied to the thrust bearing 34 to lubricate the thrust bearing 34, and the lubricating oil flowing through the second branch path 43 is supplied to the journal bearing 35 to lubricate the journal bearing 35. The lubricating oil that has lubricated the thrust bearing 34 and the journal bearing 35, respectively, flows out of the housing 30 and then returns to the oil supply source.

The cooling oil that has exchanged heat with the compressed air in the centrifugal compressor 3 cools the compressed air, while raising its temperature. Therefore, the oil flowing into the lubricating oil passage 40 as the lubricating oil after flowing through the cooling oil passage 50 as the cooling oil has a higher temperature than the oil flowing into the lubricating oil passage 40 directly from the oil supply source. In general, the higher the temperature, the lower the viscosity of the lubricating oil, and therefore, in the centrifugal compressor 3 according to embodiment 1, the mechanical loss when the lubricating oil lubricates the bearing member 33 can be reduced.

As described above, in the turbocharger 1, oil directly flows into the cooling oil path 50 as cooling oil from the oil supply source. If the lubricating oil that has flowed directly from the oil supply source into the lubricating oil passage 40 and lubricated the bearing member 33 flows into the cooling oil passage 50 as the cooling oil, the temperature of the cooling oil flowing through the cooling oil passage 50 is higher than in the above operation, and therefore the cooling performance of the compressed air in the centrifugal compressor 3 is lowered. Therefore, in the turbocharger 1 according to embodiment 1, since the oil flows into the cooling oil passage 50 as the cooling oil without passing through the bearing member 33, the temperature of the cooling oil that exchanges heat with the air compressed by the impeller 31 is lower than the temperature of the cooling oil in the case where the oil flows into the cooling oil passage 50 after passing through the bearing member 33, and therefore, the cooling performance of the compressed air in the centrifugal compressor 3 can be improved.

In embodiment 1, the cooling oil path 50 has an annular portion 51 that surrounds the periphery of the impeller 31 on the inner side in the circumferential direction of the scroll passage 38, but instead of the annular portion 51, or as shown in fig. 2, a second annular portion 54 through which the cooling oil flows may be formed so as to surround the periphery of the rotary shaft 32 on the plate member 5 that is located on the back side of the impeller 31 so as to face the impeller 31 in addition to the annular portion 51. Further, the plate member 5 is a part of the housing 30.

In the case where both the annular portion 51 and the second annular portion 54 are formed, if the annular portion 51 and the second annular portion 54 are formed so as to communicate with each other, the oil supplied from the oil supply source to the cooling oil path 50 flows through both the annular portion 51 and the second annular portion 54 as the cooling oil, then flows through the communication portion 52, and flows out from the cooling oil path 50 via the outflow port 53. While the impeller 31 is at a high temperature due to heat generation by friction during rotation and heat of the compressed air during operation of the centrifugal compressor 3, the cooling oil exchanges heat with the impeller 31 to cool the impeller 31 while the cooling oil flows through the second annular portion 54. As a result, the impeller 31 can be efficiently cooled, and therefore, the life of the impeller 31 can be extended. In addition, if the impeller 31 is cooled, the air compressed by the impeller 31 is also cooled. That is, the cooling oil flowing through the second annular portion 54 indirectly exchanges heat with the air compressed by the impeller 31 via the impeller 31.

In embodiment 1, the oil is supplied from the oil supply source to the cooling oil passage 50 at all times, but the present invention is not limited to this embodiment. As schematically shown in fig. 3, a bypass line 62 may be branched from an oil supply line 61 connected from an oil supply source 60 to one end of the cooling oil path 50, the bypass line 62 may be connected to the connection pipe 10, and a three-way valve 63 (switching means) may be provided at a position where the bypass line 62 is branched from the oil supply line 61. Further, an oil supply pump 64 may be provided in the oil supply line 61 to supply oil from the oil supply source 60 to the cooling oil passage 50. In this configuration, the oil flowing through the oil supply line 61 can bypass the cooling oil path 50 and sequentially flow through the connecting pipe 10 and the lubricating oil path by the three-way valve 63.

When the temperature of the air flowing into the centrifugal compressor 3 (see fig. 1) is low, the temperature of the cooling oil may be higher than the temperature of the compressed air in the centrifugal compressor 3, and in this case, the compressed air is heated by heat exchange with the cooling oil. However, in the configuration shown in fig. 3, when the temperature of the air flowing into the centrifugal compressor 3 is low, the oil bypasses the cooling oil passage 50 and directly flows into the lubricating oil passage 40 as lubricating oil, and therefore the air compressed by the impeller 31 (see fig. 1) is not heated by the oil, and therefore the possibility of the temperature of the compressed air in the centrifugal compressor 3 increasing can be reduced.

(embodiment mode 2)

Next, a turbocharger according to embodiment 2 will be described. The turbocharger according to embodiment 2 is modified from that according to embodiment 1 in the structure of the oil flow path 4. In embodiment 2, the same components as those in embodiment 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof is omitted.

As shown in fig. 4, the turbocharger 1 according to embodiment 2 of the present disclosure is configured such that oil as lubricating oil is directly supplied from an oil supply source 60 (see fig. 3) to the lubricating oil passage 40. The cooling oil path 50 is configured to include, instead of the communication portion 52 of the turbocharger 1 according to embodiment 1, a communication path 55 formed so as to surround the periphery of the scroll passage 38 in the direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the scroll passage 38, one end of the communication path 55 communicating with the annular portion 51, and the other end communicating with the first branch path 42 of the lubricating oil path 40 on the upstream side of the thrust bearing 34. The other structure is the same as embodiment 1.

In the turbocharger 1 according to embodiment 2 of the present disclosure, oil as lubricating oil is supplied from the oil supply source 60 to the lubricating oil passage 40 via the inflow port 41, and the lubricating oil flowing through the lubricating oil passage 40 is branched into the first branch passage 42 and the second branch passage 43. The lubricating oil flowing through the second branch path 43 is supplied to the journal bearing 35, lubricates the journal bearing 35, and then returns to the oil supply source 60. On the other hand, a part of the lubricating oil flowing through the first branch path 42 is supplied to the thrust bearing 34, lubricates the thrust bearing 34, and then returns to the oil supply source 60.

The surplus lubricating oil flowing through the first branch path 42 flows into the communication path 55 as the cooling oil. The cooling oil flowing into the communication path 55 exchanges heat with the air flowing through the scroll passage 38 while flowing through the communication path 55, and cools the air. The cooling oil flowing through the communication path 55 thereafter flows into the annular portion 51, and while flowing through the annular portion 51, heat exchange is performed with the air compressed by the impeller 31, the air flowing through the diffuser passage 37, and the air flowing through the scroll passage 38, respectively, as in embodiment 1. The cooling oil flowing from the annular portion 51 is returned to the oil supply 60.

In the turbocharger 1 according to embodiment 2 of the present disclosure, since part of the lubricating oil flowing through the lubricating oil passage 40 flows into the cooling oil passage 50 as the cooling oil without passing through the bearing member 33, the temperature of the cooling oil that exchanges heat with the air compressed by the impeller 31 is lower than the temperature of the cooling oil in the case where the lubricating oil flows into the cooling oil passage 50 after passing through the bearing member 33, as in embodiment 1, and therefore, the cooling performance of the compressed air in the centrifugal compressor 3 can be improved.

In the turbocharger 1, the journal bearing 35 always supports the rotary shaft 32 during rotation of the rotary shaft 32, unlike the thrust bearing 34, and therefore lubrication by lubricating oil is always required. In contrast, in the turbocharger 1 according to embodiment 2 of the present disclosure, the lubricating oil flowing into the cooling oil passage 50 as the cooling oil among the lubricating oil flowing through the lubricating oil passage 40 is a part of the lubricating oil flowing through the first branch passage 42 to be supplied to the thrust bearing 34. Accordingly, even if a part of the lubricating oil flowing through the lubricating oil path 40 flows into the cooling oil path 50, the flow rate of the lubricating oil flowing through the second branch path 43 for supplying the lubricating oil to the journal bearing 35 is less affected, and therefore, the adverse effect on the lubrication of the journal bearing 35 can be reduced.

In embodiment 2, as shown in fig. 5, the annular portion 51 of the cooling oil passage 50 includes an outlet port 51a for allowing the cooling oil to flow out from the annular portion 51 to the outside of the casing 30 (see fig. 4), and the outlet port 51a may be configured to be positioned at the lowest position in the vertical direction in the annular portion 51. According to this configuration, the cooling oil flowing through the cooling oil passage 50 is discharged from the cooling oil passage 50 through the outlet 51a by its own weight, and therefore the cooling oil can be easily recovered. The oil discharged from the cooling oil passage 50 through the outlet 51a is collected by an oil pan, not shown, for example, and can be returned from the oil pan to the oil supply source 60 by a pump or the like. In this configuration, in order to make the cooling oil flow as uniformly as possible in the annular portion 51, it is preferable that the communication path 55 be connected to the annular portion 51 at the uppermost position in the vertical direction of the annular portion 51.

In embodiment 2, as shown in fig. 4, the communication path 55 is formed such that the first branch path 42 communicates with the annular portion 51 as the communication path 55, but is not limited to this. The communication path 55 may be formed such that the second branch path 43 communicates with the annular portion 51, or the communication path 55 may be formed such that the lubricating oil path 40 communicates with the annular portion 51 at a position upstream of a portion branching into the first branch path 42 and the second branch path 43. In embodiment 2, when the cooling oil passage 50 includes the second annular portion 54 (see fig. 2), the communication passage 55 may be formed to communicate the second branch passage 43 with the second annular portion 54 as the communication passage 55.

(embodiment mode 3)

Next, a turbocharger according to embodiment 3 will be described. The turbocharger according to embodiment 3 has a configuration of the oil flow path 4 modified from that of embodiment 1. In embodiment 3, the same components as those in embodiment 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof is omitted.

As shown in fig. 6, in the turbocharger 1 according to embodiment 3 of the present disclosure, oil as the lubricating oil and the cooling oil is directly supplied from an oil supply source 60 (see fig. 3) to the lubricating oil passage 40 and the cooling oil passage 50, respectively. The lubricating oil path 40 is not branched into two branched paths in the middle, and is configured to communicate only with the journal bearing 35. The lubricating oil path 40 includes an oil supply path 44 having one end communicating with the thrust bearing 34 and the other end communicating with an annular portion 51 of the cooling oil path 50 as a path for supplying lubricating oil to the thrust bearing 34. The oil supply path 44 extends inside the casing 30 so as to surround the periphery of the scroll passage 38 in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the scroll passage 38. In addition, as shown in fig. 2, in the case where the second annular portion 54 is formed in the plate member 5, the oil supply path 44 may be configured such that one end communicates with the thrust bearing 34 and the other end communicates with the second annular portion 54. The other structure is the same as embodiment 1.

In the turbocharger 1 according to embodiment 3 of the present disclosure, oil as lubricating oil is supplied from the oil supply source 60 to the lubricating oil passage 40 via the inlet 41. The lubricating oil flowing through the lubricating oil path 40 is supplied to the journal bearing 35, lubricates the journal bearing 35, and then returns to the oil supply source 60.

In addition, oil as cooling oil is supplied from the oil supply source 60 to the annular portion 51 of the cooling oil path 50. The cooling oil flowing through the annular portion 51 exchanges heat with the air compressed by the impeller 31, the air flowing through the diffuser passage 37, and the air flowing through the scroll passage 38, respectively, as in embodiment 1.

In the turbocharger 1 of embodiment 3 as well, as in embodiment 1, since the oil that does not flow through the lubricating oil passage 40 flows into the cooling oil passage 50 as the cooling oil, the temperature of the cooling oil that exchanges heat with the air compressed by the impeller 31 is lower than the temperature of the cooling oil in the case where the oil flows into the cooling oil passage 50 through the bearing member 33, and therefore the cooling performance of the compressed air in the centrifugal compressor 3 can be improved.

The cooling oil circulating in the annular portion 51 flows as lubricating oil into the oil supply path 44 of the lubricating oil path 40. The lubricating oil that has flowed into the oil supply path 44 is supplied to the thrust bearing 34 by flowing through the oil supply path 44, lubricates the thrust bearing 34, and then returns to the oil supply source 60. In embodiment 3, unlike embodiment 1, after the cooling oil flowing through the cooling oil path 50 flows into the lubricating oil path 40 as lubricating oil, the cooling oil is not branched so as to lubricate the thrust bearing 34 and the journal bearing 35, but the entire amount of the cooling oil flowing through the cooling oil path 50 flows through the oil supply path 44 of the lubricating oil path 40 as lubricating oil and is supplied to the thrust bearing 34.

In the case where the bearing member 33 is composed of the thrust bearing 34 and the journal bearing 35 as in the turbocharger 1 of embodiment 3, the former is larger than the latter in the loss ratio of each bearing with respect to the total shaft loss as the centrifugal compressor 3 is operated at high speed. In contrast, in the turbocharger 1 according to embodiment 3, since the high-temperature cooling oil, i.e., the low-viscosity cooling oil, which cools the air compressed by the impeller 31 is directly supplied to the thrust bearing 34 as the lubricating oil, the loss reduction effect in the thrust bearing 34 having a large loss ratio can be improved, and as a result, the reduction effect of the total shaft loss can be improved.

In embodiment 3, in order to supply the entire amount of the cooling oil flowing through the cooling oil path 50 to the thrust bearing 34, as shown in fig. 7(a), the oil serving as the cooling oil may be supplied from the oil supply source 60 to the annular portion 51 via the one end 51b of the annular portion 51, and the one end of the oil supply path 44 may be connected to the other end 51c of the annular portion 51.

In embodiment 3, a part of the cooling oil flowing through the cooling oil path 50 may be supplied to the thrust bearing 34. Therefore, as shown in fig. 7(b), oil as cooling oil can be supplied from the oil supply source 60 to the annular portion 51 via the inlet port 51d provided at the uppermost position in the vertical direction of the annular portion 51, and one end of the oil supply path 44 can be connected to the catch port 51e provided between the inlet port 51d and the outlet port 51 a. In this case, by configuring the outlet port 51a to be located at the lowermost position in the vertical direction in the annular portion 51, the cooling oil can be easily collected as in embodiment 2.

In embodiment 3, the oil as the lubricating oil and the cooling oil is directly supplied from the oil supply source 60 to the lubricating oil passage 40 and the cooling oil passage 50, but as shown in fig. 8, the oil supply source 60 may be divided into two oil supply sources 60a and 60b, the oil may be supplied from the oil supply source 60a to the lubricating oil passage 40 by the oil supply pump 64a, and the oil may be supplied from the oil supply source 60b to the cooling oil passage 50 by the oil supply pump 64 b. That is, a lubricating oil circulation system 70 provided with an oil supply source 60a and an oil supply pump 64a for supplying oil to the lubricating oil passage 40, and a cooling oil circulation system 80 provided with an oil supply source 60b and an oil supply pump 64b for supplying oil to the cooling oil passage 50 may be provided. In this configuration, lubricating oil circulation system 70 and cooling oil circulation system 80 are independent of each other.

Description of the reference numerals

1 turbo charger

2 turbine

3 centrifugal compressor

4 oil circulation path

5 plate member

10 connecting piping

20 casing

21 impeller

30 casing

31 impeller

32 rotating shaft

33 bearing component

34 thrust bearing

35 journal bearing

36 inflow path

37 diffusion path

38 scroll passage

40 lubricating oil path

41 inflow opening

42 first branch path

43 second branch path

44 oil supply path

50 cooling oil path

51 annular part

51a outflow opening

51b (of the annular portion)

51c (of the annular portion) at the other end

51d inflow port

51e acquisition port

52 communicating part

53 outflow opening

54 second annular portion

55 communication path

60 supply of oil

60a oil supply

60b supply of oil

61 oil supply line

62 bypass line

63 three-way valve (switching parts)

64 oil supply pump

64a fuel supply pump

64b fuel feed pump

70 lubricating oil circulating system

80 cooling oil circulation system