An example compressor includes a casing having a main portion and an outer skirt collectively defining an annular plenum, an outlet guide vane coupled to the main portion, an actuator mounted outside the outer skirt, and a linkage coupled to the actuator and the outlet guide vane through the annular plenum.

A centrifugal compressor includes a casing. An impeller is arranged within the casing. The impeller is rotatable about an axis. A diffuser section is arranged within the casing. The diffuser section is positioned axially downstream from an outlet of the impeller and includes a forward portion fixed relative to the impeller and an aft portion distinct from the forward portion.

A system for controlling the clearance distance between an impeller blade tip of a centrifugal compressor and a radially inner surface of an impeller shroud in a turbine engine. The system comprises a high pressure air source, an air piston mounted between an engine casing and the shroud and adapted to receive high pressure air from the high pressure air source, a mounting arm coupling the shroud and air piston, and a slidable coupling adapted to allow axial movement of the shroud and joining the shroud to an axial member.

A personal entertainment respiratory apparatus provides air to a user to provide a fully immersive entertainment experience. The personal entertainment system may comprise a flow generator for providing the flow of air. A personal spatial respiratory interface may be coupled to the flow generator. The personal spatial respiratory interface may comprise an outlet for the flow generator. The personal spatial respiratory interface may further be configured to direct the flow of air within an ambient breathing proximity of a user. The personal entertainment respiratory apparatus may further comprise a controller and a sensory particle dispenser. The controller and sensory particle dispenser may be configured to selectively activate release of a sensory particle from the dispenser into the directed flow of air in response to an entertainment triggering signal.

An impeller apparatus includes a housing, an impeller, and a heat generation member. The housing includes an air duct formed in the housing. The air duct includes a first air duct and a second air duct successively connected to each other. The second air duct has a non-blocking area. The impeller is arranged in the first air duct. The heat generation member is rotatably arranged in the second air duct and has a blocking state and a non-blocking state. In the blocking state, the heat generation member blocks the second air duct, in the non-blocking state, the heat generation member is accommodated in the non-blocking area and does not block the second air duct.

An impeller apparatus includes a housing, an impeller, and a heat generation member. The housing includes an air duct formed in the housing. The air duct includes a first air duct and a second air duct successively connected to each other. The second air duct has a non-blocking area. The impeller is arranged in the first air duct. The heat generation member is rotatably arranged in the second air duct and has a blocking state and a non-blocking state. In the blocking state, the heat generation member blocks the second air duct, in the non-blocking state, the heat generation member is accommodated in the non-blocking area and does not block the second air duct.

A blower apparatus designed for PTAC use includes an impeller configured to be capable of rotating about a central axis; a low voltage DC motor arranged to drive the impeller; a housing configured to accommodate the motor and impeller fixed together; an inlet cover which draws fresh air into the apparatus and an outlet port that discharges the fresh air through an outlet port and at least two directional changes perpendicular to the flow of fresh air through the inlet.

The compressor is used for processing a CO2 flow; a first compressor stage has a first row of blades with a first number of blades and a second compressor stage, downstream the first compressor stage, has a second row of blades with a second number of blades; the number of blades of the first compressor stage is less than the number of blades of the second compressor stage; there is an annular gap between the first row of blades and the second row of blades; the first compression stage (200) is designed so to assure that the CO2 flow is in supercritical condition, preferably close to CO2 critical point, at its outlet, and so that the second compressor stage process CO2 in supercritical condition.

The compressor is used for processing a CO2 flow; a first compressor stage has a first row of blades with a first number of blades and a second compressor stage, downstream the first compressor stage, has a second row of blades with a second number of blades; the number of blades of the first compressor stage is less than the number of blades of the second compressor stage; there is an annular gap between the first row of blades and the second row of blades; the first compression stage (200) is designed so to assure that the CO2 flow is in supercritical condition, preferably close to CO2 critical point, at its outlet, and so that the second compressor stage process CO2 in supercritical condition.

A compressor apparatus includes: an upstream portion comprising an axial-flow compressor; a downstream portion comprising a centrifugal-flow compressor; and a row of variable-stagger-angle outlet guide vanes disposed between the upstream and downstream portions.