A blower assembly includes a centrifugal fan and a motor assembly. The centrifugal fan has a plurality of axially extending impeller blades, a first axial end, and an air inlet. The air inlet is at the first axial end of the centrifugal fan. The motor assembly comprises a stator, a rotor, and an air directing surface. The air directing surface is shaped and configured to direct air drawn into the air inlet radially outwardly toward the impeller blades. The air directing surface extends generally along the rotor axis from its first end to its second end. At least a surface region of the air directing surface generally circumscribes the rotor axis and diverges radially outwardly as such surface region of the air directing surface extends away from the first end toward the second end.

A number of variations may include a method comprising selectively actuating an inlet swirl device to cause a compressor to windmill at a higher speed during an operation mode where fuel consumption of an engine in the vehicle is at a minimal or before an acceleration event.

A centrifugal compressor bundle that is provided with a bundle main body in which is formed an annular intake flow channel (FC1) that is centered on an axis line (O) and that leads a process gas (G) into a flow channel (FC) of an impeller, and in which is also formed an annular discharge flow channel (FC2) that is centered on the axis line (O) and that discharges the process gas (G) from the flow channel (FC) of the impeller. The bundle main body has a plurality of diaphragms that are aligned in the direction of the axis line (O) and that are bonded to each other. From among the plurality of diaphragms, an intake diaphragm in which the intake flow channel (FC1) is formed is partitioned so as to have an upper-half part and a lower-half part that sandwich, from above and below, a horizontal plane that includes the axis line (O). The upper-half part and the lower-half part have the same rigidity in the direction of the axis line (O).

A compressor is provided with: an impeller a housing configured to rotatably house the impeller and having an intake passage for introducing a gas to the impeller from outside the housing, a scroll passage for guiding the gas having passed through the impeller to the outside, and a bypass passage connecting the intake passage and the scroll passage so as to bypass the impeller; and a bypass valve having a valve body disposed in the bypass passage and capable of opening and closing the bypass passage. The valve body is configured to, in a fully closed state, separate the bypass passage into an inlet-side passage having a communication port communicating with the scroll passage and an outlet-side passage communicating with the intake passage. An inlet-side passage wall surface which defines the inlet-side passage includes at least an upstream passage wall surface portion connected to an upstream end of the communication port in a cross-sectional view of the housing taken along an axis of the impeller. The upstream passage wall surface portion is configured such that an angle between the upstream passage wall surface portion and an upstream scroll wall surface of a scroll passage wall surface which defines the scroll passage connected to the upstream end is less than 90 degrees.

An interface of a centrifugal fan includes an inlet shroud of an impeller and an air intake positioned adjacent the inlet shroud. The inlet shroud and the air intake cooperate to define a smooth flow path for an airflow entering the centrifugal fan.

An upstream space forming portion of a centrifugal blower has a space division portion that divides an upstream space into an inner connection space and an outer connection space. The outer connection space has an overlapping space that overlaps the space division portion in an axial direction, and a non-overlapping space excluding the overlapping space from the outer connection space. A suction port has an outer overlapping portion located outside the separation cylinder in a radial direction, and an outer non-overlapping portion excluding the outer overlapping portion from the separation cylinder located outside in the radial direction. A relationship S1/S2≥0.5 is satisfied when a first area S1 is defined by projecting a boundary between the overlapping space and the non-overlapping space in the radial direction, and a second area S2 is defined by projecting the outer overlapping portion in the axial direction.

An air intake assembly for a centrifugal blower having a casing having an axial inlet and a radial outlet, an impeller disposed within the casing for drawing a gaseous medium at a first pressure into the axial inlet and expelling gaseous medium at a second higher pressure through the radial outlet, and a motor for driving the impeller, including an air intake assembly casing having an air inlet and an air outlet, the air outlet connectable to the axial inlet of the blower casing of the centrifugal blower, and a check valve mounted within the air intake assembly casing positioned to permit air flow from the air inlet through the air intake assembly casing to the air outlet and prevent air flow from the air outlet through the air intake assembly casing to the air inlet.

A modular fan cover assembly for inclusion on an electric motor is selectively configurable for degrees of reduced noise operation. The modular fan cover assembly includes a plurality of cooperating components arranged to direct fluid communication through the assembly. The components may include, for example, a fan cover defining a fan chamber for enclosing the fan, an inlet cover including an inlet chamber and a plurality of inlet apertures, and a silencing insert selectively includable with the fan cover assembly that may include one or more silencing features. The selective combination of the components can redirect airflow through various turns or bend in the modular fan cover assembly to trap or suppress noise propagating from the electric motor. The modular fan cover assembly may be operatively equipped with a blower assembly.

A arranged in the casing and configured to rotate around a vertical rotation axis. The rotor comprises at least one impeller having an impeller suction side and an impeller delivery side. The compressor includes a gas inlet and a gas outlet, as well as a gas flow path extending from the gas inlet to the gas outlet. An inlet plenum extends from the gas inlet towards the impeller suction side. At least one suction tube having a lower suction end and an upper discharge end is arranged such that the lower suction end thereof is arranged at a bottom of the inlet plenum. The suction tube extends upwardly towards the impeller suction side.

An illustrative example embodiment of a compressor includes an inlet defining an intake passage, a plurality of lateral inlet guide vanes in the intake passage, and a plurality of medial inlet guide vanes in the intake passage. The lateral guide vanes are selectively oriented to alter an amount of fluid flow through a first, lateral portion of the intake passage. The medial inlet guide vanes are selectively oriented to alter an amount of fluid flow through a second, medial portion of the intake passage.