Turbine and turbocharger including the same
11118501 · 2021-09-14
Assignee
Inventors
Cpc classification
F05D2260/39
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F01D9/026
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F05B2260/231
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F05D2240/14
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F05D2240/15
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F02C6/12
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F05D2260/84
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F05D2220/40
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F02B39/00
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F01D9/048
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F05D2250/51
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F05D2230/54
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
International classification
F02B39/00
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
Abstract
A turbine includes a turbine impeller, a turbine housing disposed so as to cover the turbine impeller and internally forming a scroll flow passage through which an exhaust gas flows, and a throat forming portion which is provided as a separate piece from the turbine housing. The throat forming portion is disposed to face a section of the turbine housing and forms a hub-side wall surface of a throat portion of the scroll flow passage in an axial direction, the section forming a shroud-side wall surface of the throat portion.
Claims
1. A turbine comprising: a turbine impeller; a turbine housing disposed so as to cover the turbine impeller and including an outlet portion for discharging an exhaust gas having passed through the turbine impeller; and a heat shield portion positioned on an opposite side of the outlet portion in an axial direction across at least one of the turbine impeller or a scroll flow passage communicating with the turbine impeller, wherein the heat shield portion includes: a first heat-shielding plate portion which is disposed while facing the scroll flow passage to face a section of the turbine housing and forms a hub-side wall surface of a throat portion of the scroll flow passage in the axial direction, the section forming a shroud-side wall surface of the throat portion; and a second heat-shielding plate portion arranged to at least partially have a gap with the first heat-shielding plate portion; and a bearing housing disposed on an opposite side of the outlet portion of the turbine housing in the axial direction, wherein the first heat-shielding plate portion and the second heat-shielding plate portion are configured such that a first end part of the first heat-shielding plate portion and a second end part of the second heat-shielding plate portion are fixed to be interposed between the turbine housing and the bearing housing, and at least one of a first surface of the first end part or a second surface of the second end part has a recess, the first surface and the second surface facing each other.
2. The turbine according to claim 1, wherein the first surface of the first heat-shielding plate portion has a first recess extending in one of a circumferential direction or a radial direction, and wherein the second surface of the second heat-shielding plate portion has a second recess extending in the other of the circumferential direction or the radial direction.
3. The turbine according to claim 1, further comprising a bearing housing disposed on an opposite side of the outlet portion of the turbine housing in the axial direction, wherein the first heat-shielding plate portion has the first end part, and the second heat-shielding plate portion has the second end part, the first end part and the second end part being fixed to be interposed between the turbine housing and the bearing housing, and wherein the gap is formed between at least a part of a section of the first heat-shielding plate portion except for the first end part and at least a part of a section of the second heat-shielding plate portion except for the second end part.
4. The turbine according to claim 3, wherein each of the first heat-shielding plate portion and the second heat-shielding plate portion has an end part which is a free end on an opposite side of the first end part or the second end part interposed between the turbine housing and the bearing housing.
5. The turbine according to claim 1, wherein the second heat-shielding plate portion is disposed so as to at least partially face a back surface of the turbine impeller on an inner side of the first heat-shielding plate portion in a radial direction.
6. The turbine according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the first heat-shielding plate portion or the second heat-shielding plate portion has a heat-shielding coating.
7. A turbocharger comprising: the turbine according to claim 1; and a compressor including a compressor impeller and configured to be driven by the turbine.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION
(9) Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. It is intended, however, that unless particularly identified, dimensions, materials, shapes, relative positions and the like of components described in the embodiments shall be interpreted as illustrative only and not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.
First Embodiment
(10) First, the overall configuration of a turbocharger to which a turbine is applied according to some embodiments will be described with reference to
(11) As shown in
(12) In the compressor housing 20, an air inlet portion 24 for introducing air into the compressor housing 20 is formed. Air compressed by the rotation of the compressor impeller 22 passes through a diffuser flow passage 26 and a compressor scroll flow passage 28, and is discharged to the outside of the compressor housing 20 via an air outlet portion (not shown).
(13) In the turbine housing 30, a gas inlet portion (not shown) for introducing an exhaust gas from an engine (not shown) into the turbine housing 30 is formed. The gas inlet portion can be connected to an exhaust manifold (not shown) of the engine. In addition, in an outer circumferential part of the turbine impeller 32 in the turbine housing 30, a turbine scroll flow passage 36 of a spiral shape is disposed so as to cover the turbine impeller 32. The scroll flow passage 36 communicates with the gas inlet portion and is formed so as to internally introduce the exhaust gas. On the inner side of the scroll flow passage 36 in the radial direction, a throat portion 38 for guiding the exhaust gas from the scroll flow passage 36 to the turbine impeller 32 is disposed. The throat portion 38 is a section of the scroll flow passage 36 having a smaller width than other sections in the axial direction. The exhaust gas via the turbine impeller 32 is discharged to the outside of the turbine housing 30 via a gas outlet portion 39.
(14) As described above, the turbocharger 1 can transmit a rotational force to the compressor impeller 22 via the rotational shaft 12 by rotary driving the turbine impeller 32 with the exhaust gas of the engine, centrifugally compress air entering the compressor housing 20, and supply the compressed air to the engine.
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(16) If both the shroud-side wall surface 43 and the hub-side wall surface 44 of the throat portion 38 are formed by the turbine housing 30, the throat portion 38 having a relatively small width is formed by an inner wall shape of the turbine housing 30. Since the turbine housing 30 is typically formed by casting, feasibility of a core forming the inner wall shape of the turbine housing 30 is important. However, if the turbocharger 1 is downsized upon the recent requirement, it may become difficult to form the core forming the inner wall shape of the turbine housing 30, resulting in a decrease in feasibility of the core. In particular, since the throat portion 38 of the scroll flow passage 36 has the smaller width than the other sections, feasibility of the core owing to downsizing of the turbocharger 1 is likely to raise an issue.
(17) A core forming an inner wall shape of the scroll flow passage 36 is constricted in the vicinity of the throat portion 38. If both the shroud-side wall surface 43 and the hub-side wall surface 44 of the throat portion 38 are formed by the turbine housing, the minimum width of the constriction of the core in the axial direction is an interval L1 between the shroud-side wall surface 43 and the hub-side wall surface 44.
(18) On the other hand, according to the present embodiment, in the throat portion 38, the hub-side wall surface 44 facing the shroud-side wall surface 43 can be formed by the throat forming portion 41 which is provided as the separate piece from the turbine housing 30. In this case, only the shroud-side wall surface 43 of the throat portion 38 can be formed by the inner wall shape of the turbine housing 30, making it possible to set the minimum width of the constriction of the core in the axial direction to L2 which is larger than L1.
(19) Thus, according to the present embodiment, even if the turbine 31 tends to be downsized, it is possible to facilitate formation of the core forming the inner wall shape upon casting the turbine housing 30. Therefore, it is possible to enhance formability of the inner wall shape of the turbine housing 30. Moreover, it is also possible to enhance the strength of the core itself repeatedly used for casting by increasing the minimum width of the constriction of the core in the vicinity of the throat portion 38.
(20) In some embodiments, as shown in
(21) According to the present embodiment, since the throat forming portion 41 includes the first part 47 forming the hub-side wall surface 44 of the throat portion 38 and the second part 48 facing the back surface 33 of the turbine impeller 32, it is possible to use the throat forming portion 41 as a portion facing the back surface 33 of the turbine impeller 32 as well. With such a simple structure, it is possible to improve feasibility of the core in casting of the turbine housing 30 and to suppress heat radiation of the exhaust gas on the side of the back surface 33 of the turbine impeller 32.
(22) In some embodiments, the throat forming portion 41 also includes a plate member forming the hub-side wall surface 44 of the throat portion 38. In the exemplary embodiment of
(23) According to the present embodiment, since the plate-like member can be adopted as the throat forming portion 41, it is possible to form the hub-side wall surface 44 of the throat portion 38 by using a sheet metal product. The sheet metal product includes, for example, a generally used back plate as shown in the specific example of
Second Embodiment
(24) The second embodiment to be described next aims at solving the problem of improving efficiency of the turbine 31 by suppressing heat radiation of an exhaust gas, which is different from the problem (improving formability of the inner wall shape of the turbine housing 30) to be solved by the first embodiment described above. The configuration of the heat shield portion 50 in the second embodiment will be described with reference to
(25) In some embodiments, as shown in
(26) In an embodiment of
(27) According to the present embodiment, since the heat shield portion 50 including the first heat-shielding plate portion 51 and the second heat-shielding plate portion 52 is positioned on the opposite side of the gas outlet portion 39 in the axial direction across at least one of the turbine impeller 32 or the scroll flow passage 36, it is possible to suppress heat radiation of the exhaust gas flowing through the scroll flow passage 36 and the turbine impeller 32. Moreover, an intermediate layer is formed by the gap 54 at least partially interposed between the first heat-shielding plate portion 51 and the second heat-shielding plate portion 52, making it possible to suppress heat transfer from the one heat-shielding plate portion to the other heat-shielding plate portion. Therefore, it is possible to improve efficiency of the turbine 31 by suppressing outward heat radiation of the exhaust gas.
(28) In some embodiments, as shown in
(29) According to the present embodiment, since the gap 54 is formed in a section of each of the heat-shielding plate portions (51, 52) which is easily exposed to the exhaust gas flowing through the scroll flow passage 36, a back surface 33 of the turbine impeller 32, and the like, it is possible to effectively suppress heat radiation of the exhaust gas.
(30) Moreover, each of the first heat-shielding plate portion 51 and the second heat-shielding plate portion 52 has an end part (65, 66) which is a free end on an opposite side of the first end part 57 or the second end part 58 interposed between the turbine housing 30 and the bearing housing 10.
(31) Thus, it is possible to allow thermal deformation in the first heat-shielding plate portion 51 and the second heat-shielding plate portion 52 caused by heat input by the exhaust gas, and to reduce thermal stress of the first heat-shielding plate portion 51 and the second heat-shielding plate portion 52, making it possible to improve durability of each of the heat-shielding plate portions (51, 52).
(32) The turbine 31 according to some embodiments includes the heat insulating material 59 disposed in the gap 54. According to the present embodiment, it is possible to effectively suppress heat transfer from one heat-shielding plate portion to the other heat-shielding plate portion. Moreover, heat transfer owing to radiation easily occurs in the gap 54 disposed between the first heat-shielding plate portion 51 and the second heat-shielding plate portion 52. Thus, with the objective of suppressing the heat transfer, it is effective to adopt the heat insulating material 59 in the gap 54. As a result, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to obtain a beneficial effect of suppressing heat radiation of the exhaust gas.
(33) Further, in an embodiment, as illustrated in
(34) According to the present embodiment, it is possible to prevent the heat insulating material 59 disposed in the gap 54 between the first heat-shielding plate portion 51 and the second heat-shielding plate portion 52 from falling off between the end parts (65, 66) on the opposite side of the first end part 57 and the second end part 58.
(35) In the exemplary embodiments shown in
(36) In some embodiments, at least one of the first heat-shielding plate portion 51 or the second heat-shielding plate portion 52 may have a heat-shielding coating. It is possible to suppress heat radiation more effectively by forming a coating serving as a heat barrier on each of the heat-shielding plate portions (51, 52).
(37) In some embodiments, as shown in
(38) Comparing a region facing the scroll flow passage 36 and a region facing the back surface 33 of the turbine impeller 32, the region facing the scroll flow passage 36 before the exhaust gas is introduced to the turbine impeller 32 has a higher heat-transfer coefficient which defines a heat input amount from the exhaust gas.
(39) Thus, it is possible to effectively suppress heat radiation from the exhaust gas by disposing the first heat-shielding plate portion 51 in the region facing the scroll flow passage 36 with the high heat-transfer coefficient and disposing the second heat-shielding plate portion 52 via the gap 54 with respect to the first heat-shielding plate portion 51 as in the present embodiment.
(40) In the present embodiment, the first heat-shielding plate portion 51 may constitute the throat forming portion 41 in the first embodiment.
(41) Further, in an embodiment, as shown in
(42) Since the exhaust gas has a relatively higher temperature in the region facing the scroll flow passage 36 than in the region facing the back surface 33 of the turbine impeller 32, the way in which the heat shield portion 50 is thermally deformed is different between both the regions. Thus, it is desirable to adopt a configuration for suppressing interference with the turbine impeller 32 in consideration of the difference in the way of thermal deformation if the heat shield portion 50 is disposed in both the regions.
(43) In this regard, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to dispose the first heat-shielding plate portion 51 in the region with the relatively high temperature and to dispose the second heat-shielding plate portion 52 in the region with the relatively low temperature. In addition, since the end parts 65, 66 are the free ends without being fixed to each other, allowing the first heat-shielding plate portion 51 and the second heat-shielding plate portion 52 to respectively absorb the way of thermal deformation which is different depending on the temperature of the exhaust gas. Therefore, with the simple configuration described above, it is possible to suppress the interference with the turbine impeller 32 owing to thermal deformation in each of the heat-shielding plate portions (51, 52) while effectively suppressing radiation of the exhaust gas.
(44) Some configurations according to the second embodiment have been described above with reference to
(45) Hereinafter, a structure in the first end part 57 of the first heat-shielding plate portion 51 and the second end part 58 of the second heat-shielding plate portion 52 according to some embodiments will be described with reference to
(46) In some embodiments, as shown in
(47) As shown in
(48) In this regard, according to the present embodiment, since at least one of the surfaces (the first surface 61 and the second surface 62) facing each other has the recess in the first end part 57 and the second end part 58 interposed between the turbine housing 30 and the bearing housing 10, it is possible to reduce, with the recess, an area where the first surface 61 and the second surface 62 contact. Thus, it is possible to suppress heat transfer from one of the first end part 57 or the second end part 58 to the other. Therefore, it is possible to suppress heat transfer from the turbine housing 30 to the bearing housing 10 and to improve efficiency of the turbine 31.
(49) The turbine 31 is configured such that a third surface 63 of the first end part 57 metal-touches an inner wall 73 of the interposing portion 37 of the turbine housing 30, and a fourth surface 64 of the second end part 58 metal-touches an inner wall 74 of the interposing portion 18 of the bearing housing 10, making it possible to suppress external leakage of the exhaust gas even if at least one of the first surface 61 or the second surface 62 has the recess.
(50) In an embodiment, as shown in
(51) If the first surface 61 and the second surface 62 abut each other when the first end part 57 and the second end part 58 are interposed, portions where the first surface 61 and the second surface 62 actually contact each other are indicated by diagonal lines on the second surface 62 of
(52) Embodiments of the present invention were described in detail above, but the present invention is not limited thereto, and various amendments and modifications may be implemented.
(53) Further, in the present specification, an expression of relative or absolute arrangement such as “in a direction”, “along a direction”, “parallel”, “orthogonal”, “centered”, “concentric” and “coaxial” shall not be construed as indicating only the arrangement in a strict literal sense, but also includes a state where the arrangement is relatively displaced by a tolerance, or by an angle or a distance whereby it is possible to achieve the same function.
(54) For instance, an expression of an equal state such as “same” “equal” and “uniform” shall not be construed as indicating only the state in which the feature is strictly equal, but also includes a state in which there is a tolerance or a difference that can still achieve the same function.
(55) Further, for instance, an expression of a shape such as a rectangular shape or a cylindrical shape shall not be construed as only the geometrically strict shape, but also includes a shape with unevenness or chamfered corners within the range in which the same effect can be achieved.
(56) As used herein, the expressions “comprising”, “containing” or “having” one constitutional element is not an exclusive expression that excludes the presence of other constitutional elements.
REFERENCE SIGNS LIST
(57) 1 Turbocharger 10 Bearing housing 12 Rotational shaft 14 Bearing 16 Clamp 18 Interposing portion 20 Compressor housing 22 Compressor impeller 24 Air inlet portion 26 Diffuser flow passage 28 Scroll flow passage 30 Turbine housing 31 Turbine 32 Turbine impeller 33 Back surface 36 Scroll flow passage 37 Interposing portion 38 Throat portion 39 Gas outlet portion 41 Throat forming portion 43 Shroud-side wall surface 44 Hub-side wall surface 46 End part 47 First part 58 Second part 50 Heat shield portion 51 First heat-shielding plate portion 52 Second heat-shielding plate portion 54 Gap 57 First end part 58 Second end part 59 Heat insulating material 61 First surface 62 Second surface 71 First recess 72 Second recess