Global Patent Index - EP 4098879 A1

EP 4098879 A1 20221207 - A BALANCING DRUM ASSEMBLY IN A CENTRIFUGAL PUMP AND METHOD OF OPERATING A BALANCING DRUM ASSEMBLY

Title (en)

A BALANCING DRUM ASSEMBLY IN A CENTRIFUGAL PUMP AND METHOD OF OPERATING A BALANCING DRUM ASSEMBLY

Title (de)

AUSGLEICHSTROMMELANORDNUNG IN EINER KREISELPUMPE UND VERFAHREN ZUM BETRIEB EINER AUSGLEICHSTROMMELANORDNUNG

Title (fr)

ENSEMBLE TAMBOUR D'ÉQUILIBRAGE DANS UNE POMPE CENTRIFUGE ET PROCÉDÉ DE FONCTIONNEMENT D'UN ENSEMBLE TAMBOUR D'ÉQUILIBRAGE

Publication

EP 4098879 A1 20221207 (EN)

Application

EP 21177051 A 20210601

Priority

EP 21177051 A 20210601

Abstract (en)

Invention relates to a balancing drum assembly (10) in a centrifugal pump (100), wherein a shaft (14) adapted rotatably supported to a housing (12,12'), a balancing drum (16) having a first axial end (16.1) which is in fluid communication with a pressure channel (104) of the centrifugal pump (100), and the balancing drum (16) having a second axial end (16.2) which opposite to the first axial end (16.1), the housing (12,12') forming a space (18) for balancing fluid which space (18) is at least partly bordered by the second axial end (16.2) of the balancing drum (16), an outlet (20) arranged to the housing (12,12') for the balancing fluid, a flow control system (23) arranged between the outlet (20) and the space (18), comprising a first fluid flow control element (24) attached with the housing (12,12') in the space (18) at a side of the second axial end (16.2) of the balancing drum (16), the first fluid flow control element (24) comprising a first flow control surface (24'), which is co-axial with the shaft (14) and the balancing drum (16), and a second fluid flow control element (26) comprising a second flow control surface (26') arranged co-axial with the shaft (14) and the balancing drum (16), attached to a rotatable part of the balancing drum assembly (10), wherein the first flow control surface (24') and the second flow control surface (26') form an adaptive fluid constriction for the balancing fluid discharged to the outlet (20).

IPC 8 full level

F04D 1/06 (2006.01); F04D 29/041 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

F04D 1/06 (2013.01); F04D 29/0416 (2013.01)

Citation (applicant)

Citation (search report)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

BA ME

Designated validation state (EPC)

KH MA MD TN

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 4098879 A1 20221207; WO 2022253579 A1 20221208

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 21177051 A 20210601; EP 2022063534 W 20220519