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CN104033352B - A kind of natural gas supply sub-station compressor - Google Patents

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CN104033352B
CN104033352B CN201410294031.2A CN201410294031A CN104033352B CN 104033352 B CN104033352 B CN 104033352B CN 201410294031 A CN201410294031 A CN 201410294031A CN 104033352 B CN104033352 B CN 104033352B
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The present invention proposes a kind of natural gas supply sub-station compressor, including fuselage, cylinder block and gas compressing apparatus, gas compression cavity is set in cylinder block, intake valve and air bleeding valve are set on gas compression cavity, it is characterized in that: in described cylinder block, also set up the post holes being communicated in gas compression cavity, in described gas compressing apparatus includes being placed in post holes and its one end movable plunger, the rotary shaft that coordinate with gas compression cavity and be placed in the eccentric of upper rotary shaft, the contact slipper that the other end setting of described movable plunger coordinates with eccentric wheel face.The present invention can provide a kind of natural gas supply sub-station compressor, for solving the problem that manufacturing cost is higher and equipment volume is bigger that structure in prior art is complicated, inertia force is big, wear part brings more, can provide a kind of inertia force the little air entraining substation compressor that can reduce use cost simultaneously.

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A kind of natural gas supply sub-station compressor
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of natural gas supply sub-station compressor field, particularly relate to the gas compressing apparatus of this compressor.
Background technology
Natural gas is a kind of preferable automobile-used alternative energy source, and its application technology reaches its maturity through many decades development.It has cost Low, high efficiency, pollution-free, use the features such as safe and convenient, the most day by day demonstrate powerful development potentiality.In recent years, along with Country constantly promotes gas combustion automobile, and the quantity of Gas Filling Stations in Cities constantly rises.Natural gas compressor is as the pass of natural gas filling station Button apparatus, its performance will directly affect the operation at full station.
The gas pressure change of natural gas supply sub-station source of the gas is relatively big, and this high compression ratio, the type of relatively low discharge capacity, with piston Formula compressor is the most applicable.The piston compressor of natural gas filling station of the prior art generally contacts reciprocating compressor, This compressor is mainly by fuselage, bent axle, connecting rod, piston, cylinder and suction, air bleeding valve, crosshead, slideway, piston rod with fill out The compositions such as material letter;During compressor operation, motor band dynamic crankshaft rotates, and makes piston make by connecting rod, crosshead reciprocal Motion.Bent axle rotates a circle, and reciprocating motion of the pistons once, realizes the process of air-breathing, compression, aerofluxus in succession in cylinder, the completeest Become a cycle of operation.This compression function have enough be applicable to low pressure (including vacuum), pressure, high pressure and supertension, its efficiency Higher than Rotary Compressor and speed mode compressor, the adiabatic efficiency of Large-scale Reciprocating Compressor is more than 80%, secondly, and aerofluxus Weight range is relatively wide, also can keep higher efficiency under less capacity, and capacity fluctuated by pressure at expulsion affected the least. In addition gas density is less notable on the impact of compressor performance, therefore the versatility of machine is good;But this compressor has following lacking Point:
1, structure is more complicated, and consumable accessory is more, safeguards, overhauls and install the most cumbersome, rubs and weares and teares relatively big, piston and gas Between cylinder, between piston rod and cylinder filler, all there is friction power loss, reduce the efficiency of unit, there is substantial amounts of consumable accessory, Housing Starts is low, maintenance cost is high;
2, it is integrated attachment structure due to whole gas compressing apparatus (bent axle, connecting rod, piston and cross are first-class), causes reciprocal Inertia force relatively big, therefore rotating speed is relatively low;When the bigger capacity of needs, its body is huge, and heaviness also needs large foundation, therefore, When capacity is bigger, the volume that piston compressor is corresponding is bigger;
3, aerofluxus is discontinuous, causes gas, produces gas resonance, can cause the damage of pipe network or parts time serious.
Summary of the invention
Present invention aim at providing a kind of natural gas supply sub-station compressor, be used for solving structure complexity, inertia in prior art The problem that manufacturing cost is higher and equipment volume is bigger that power is big, wear part brings more, can provide a kind of inertia force simultaneously The little air entraining substation compressor that can reduce use cost.
For problem above, it is provided that following technical scheme: a kind of natural gas supply sub-station compressor, including fuselage, cylinder block And gas compressing apparatus, gas compression cavity being set in cylinder block, gas compression cavity arranges intake valve and air bleeding valve, it is special Levying and be: also set up the post holes being communicated in gas compression cavity in described cylinder block, described gas compressing apparatus includes being placed in In post holes and its one end movable plunger, rotary shaft and the eccentric that is placed in rotary shaft that coordinate with gas compression cavity, described The other end of movable plunger the contact slipper that coordinates with eccentric wheel face is set.
Using said structure, the movable plunger of gas compressing apparatus is driven by corresponding rotary shaft and eccentric, it is achieved that post Plug up and down motion in post holes, is compressed and during air-breathing gas compression cavity in plunger motion, and plunger is with eccentric Wheel is in relative released state to a certain extent, and both will not produce absolute interference, and the motional inertia of plunger is less, turns Moving axis is capable of higher rotating speed, is used for realizing compressor arrangement compact volume little;This gas compressing apparatus is relative to existing simultaneously Having bent axle, connecting rod, piston and cross head design commonly used in technology, the structure of the present invention is simpler, and cost is relatively low, Do not have the problem because parts are many, the device efficiency of the bigger generation of frictional work is low.
The present invention is further arranged to, the multistage setting of described compressor and comprise the multistaging gas compression device and multistage of correspondence Gas compression cavity, it is contrary that the shared same rotary shaft of described multistaging gas compression device and adjacent eccentric take turns its eccentric direction Arrange.
Using said structure, the power of the gas compressing apparatus that compound compressor is corresponding is provided by same rotary shaft, and adjacent Its eccentric direction of eccentric is contrary, it is possible to realize the process of the air-breathing between multistage compressor, compression, aerofluxus;Complete multistage On the premise of compression, this device structure layout is the compactest.
The present invention is further arranged to, and the progression of the multistage setting of compressor is even number.
Use said structure, rotary shaft rotate during, it is possible to realize the stability of whole rotary shaft, in order to inertia force Balance;Without bigger vibrations occur, produce too much noise.
The present invention is further arranged to, compressor generally vertical structure, and described cylinder block is the most setting up and down with fuselage, Corresponding movable plunger is vertically arranged, and gas compression cavity and rotary shaft are laying respectively at the upper and lower both ends of movable plunger.
Using said structure, in breathing process, plunger moves downward, and inlet valve automatically opens up, and pressed gas enters cylinder, post Filling in and arrive lower dead center by contact slipper with eccentric under the effect of deadweight and pressed gas, air-breathing terminates, setting of vertical structure Put and can realize air inlet efficiently.
The present invention is further arranged to, and described post holes sets gradually restrictor ring, stuffing-box and fairlead from top to bottom, described Fuselage on arrange and be communicated in the oil filler point of post holes.
Use said structure, it is possible to realize the lubrication between plunger and post holes.
The present invention is further arranged to, on the surface contacted with eccentric for corresponding with eccentric wheel face on described contact slipper Cambered surface;The end that described contact slipper is corresponding with movable plunger is communicated in for being movably hinged in setting, and contact slipper setting Movable plunger end and the oil through of eccentric wheel face.
The present invention is further arranged to, and described fairlead inwall is reserved arranges axial reservoir, and corresponding movable plunger sets Put annular radial guiding gutter, and the axial centre pod apertures being communicated in oil through and annular radial guiding gutter be set on movable plunger, Several radial direction through hole are set between axial centre pod apertures and annular radial guiding gutter.
Using said structure, the cambered surface of contact slipper arranges and it can be facilitated to coordinate, through oil filler point with the realization driving of eccentric wheel face Lubricating oil sequentially pass through axial reservoir, annular radial guiding gutter, radial direction through hole and axial centre pod apertures, final through logical oil Hole flows into the contact surface of contact slipper and eccentric, it is simple to lubrication between the two coordinates, and reduces the abrasion of assembly.
The present invention is further arranged to, and the end that described contact slipper is corresponding with movable plunger is ball head universal structure, post Plug end is bulb shape, and contact slipper arranges adaptive groove structure and the fixed cover of correspondence, and oil through is communicated in the bottom of adaptive groove.
Arranged by above structure, the driving contact slipper that eccentric can be convenient, reducing friction loss to a greater extent, Reduce frictional work.
The present invention is further arranged to, and described rotary shaft is connected to driving means and is supported even by bearing block assembly with fuselage Connect;Described bearing block assembly includes bearing block, bearing and the bearing cap with fuselage fitted seal.
Using said structure, motor-driven rotation axle rotates on bearing block assembly.
The present invention is further arranged to, described cylinder block also sets up the cylinder head corresponding with gas compression cavity and with activity The cylinder jacket that plunger is corresponding is constituted, and cylinder jacket is placed in the cavity of cylinder block, and cylinder head is placed in the cavity top of correspondence.
Using said structure, the end of cylinder head, cylinder jacket and plunger forms the gas compression cavity of variable volume.
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Fig. 1 is the structural representation of the front section view of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is the structural representation of the side sectional view of the present invention;
Fig. 3 is Fig. 2 partial enlarged drawing at A.
Label implication in figure: 1-fuselage;2-cylinder head;3-cylinder block;4-cylinder jacket;5-movable plunger;51-plunger ball end Portion;52-annular radial guiding gutter;53-radial direction through hole;54-axial centre pod apertures;6-oil filler point;7-fairlead;71-axle To reservoir;8-bearing block;9-bearing;10-bearing cap;11-rotary shaft;12-eccentric;13-contact slipper;131-leads to Oilhole;132-adaptation groove;133-fixed cover;14-stuffing-box;15-intake valve;16-air bleeding valve;17-restrictor ring;18-post holes; 19-gas compression cavity.
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Below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and embodiment, the detailed description of the invention of the present invention is described in further detail.Following example are used for The present invention is described, but is not limited to the scope of the present invention.
As shown in Figure 1 and Figure 2, a kind of natural gas supply sub-station compressor, including fuselage 1, cylinder block 3 and gas compressing apparatus, Gas compression cavity 19 is set in cylinder block 3, gas compression cavity 19 arranges intake valve 15 and air bleeding valve 16, described vapour Also setting up the post holes 18 being communicated in gas compression cavity 19 in cylinder body 3, described gas compressing apparatus includes being placed in post holes 18 And its one end movable plunger 5, the rotary shaft 11 that coordinate with gas compression cavity 19 and be placed in the eccentric 12 of upper rotary shaft 11, The other end of described movable plunger 5 arranges the contact slipper 13 coordinated with eccentric 12 wheel face.Use said structure, gas The movable plunger 5 of compressor is driven by corresponding rotary shaft 11 and eccentric 12, it is achieved that plunger is in post holes 18 Moving up and down, be compressed gas compression cavity 19 and during air-breathing in plunger motion, plunger and eccentric 12 are one Determining to be in relative released state in degree, both will not produce absolute interference, and the motional inertia of movable plunger 5 is less, turns Moving axis 11 is capable of higher rotating speed, is used for realizing compressor arrangement compact, and while realizing identical capacity, its volume is more Little;Bent axle, connecting rod, piston and the cross head design that this gas compressing apparatus is commonly used relative in prior art simultaneously, this The structure of invention is simpler, and cost is relatively low, does not haves the problem because parts are many, the device efficiency of the bigger generation of frictional work is low.
Owing to typically can produce certain high temperature through the compressed gas of single stage compress, therefore in order to coordinate multi-stage compression, the present invention also enters One step is set to, the multistage setting of described compressor and comprise correspondence multistaging gas compression device and multi-level gas compression chamber 19, The shared same rotary shaft 11 of described multistaging gas compression device and adjacent eccentric wheel 12 its eccentric directions are reversed;Many The power of the gas compressing apparatus that level compressor is corresponding is provided by same rotary shaft 11, and adjacent its bias side of eccentric 12 To on the contrary, it is possible to realize the process of the air-breathing between multistage compressor, compression, aerofluxus;On the premise of completing multi-stage compression, This device structure layout is the compactest.
In order to avoid the instability of rotary shaft 11, the present invention is further arranged to, and the progression of the multistage setting of compressor is even number, Referring to the drawings, the present embodiment is arranged for two-stage;Rotary shaft 11 rotate during, it is possible to realize whole rotary shaft 11 Stability, in order to the balance of inertia force;Without bigger vibrations occur, produce too much noise.
The present invention is further arranged to, compressor generally vertical structure, described cylinder block 3 and fuselage 1 respectively on divide into Putting, corresponding movable plunger 5 is vertically arranged, and gas compression cavity 19 and rotary shaft 11 are laying respectively on movable plunger 5 Lower both ends.In breathing process, movable plunger 5 moves downward, and inlet valve automatically opens up, and pressed gas enters cylinder, plunger Under the effect of deadweight and pressed gas (its compressive strength of the gas come in by intake valve of general air entraining substation is more than 20MPa) Arriving lower dead center by contact slipper 13 and eccentric 12, air-breathing terminates, and the setting of vertical structure can realize air inlet efficiently.
For the ease of the lubrication between movable plunger 5 and post holes 18, reduce the abrasion of assembly;The present invention is further arranged to, Described post holes 18 sets gradually restrictor ring 17, stuffing-box 14 and fairlead 7, the company of setting on described fuselage 1 from top to bottom Lead to the oil filler point 6 in post holes 18.
As it is shown on figure 3, the present invention is further arranged to, on the surface contacted with eccentric 12 on described contact slipper 13 For the cambered surface corresponding with eccentric 12 wheel face;The end that described contact slipper 13 is corresponding with movable plunger 5 sets for being movably hinged Put, and the oil through 131 being communicated in movable plunger 5 end with eccentric 12 wheel face is set on contact slipper 13.Described leads To overlapping, 7 inwalls are reserved arranges axial reservoir 71, and corresponding movable plunger 5 arranges annular radial guiding gutter 52, and movable post The axial centre pod apertures 54 being communicated in oil through 131 and annular radial guiding gutter 52, axial centre pod apertures are set on plug 5 Several radial direction through hole 53 are set between 54 and annular radial guiding gutter 52.Using said structure, the cambered surface of contact slipper 13 sets Put and it can be facilitated to realize with eccentric 12 wheel face driving coordinating, through the lubricating oil of oil filler point 6 sequentially pass through axial reservoir 71, Annular radial guiding gutter 52, radial direction through hole 53 and axial centre pod apertures 54, finally flow into contact slipper 13 through oil through 131 Contact surface with eccentric 12, it is simple to lubrication between the two coordinates, reduces the abrasion of assembly.
The present invention is further arranged to, and the end that described contact slipper 13 is corresponding with movable plunger 5 is ball head universal structure, Plunger end is bulb shape, and contact slipper 13 arranges adaptive groove 132 structure corresponding with plunger ball end 51 and fixed cover 133, oil through 131 is communicated in the bottom of adaptive groove 132.Being arranged by above structure, eccentric 12 can be convenient Drive contact slipper 13, reducing friction loss to a greater extent, reduce frictional work.
The present invention is further arranged to, and described rotary shaft 11 is connected to driving means and with fuselage 1 by bearing block 8 assembly Support and connect.Described bearing block 8 assembly includes bearing block 8, bearing 9 and the bearing cap 10 with fuselage 1 fitted seal.Root Going up structure according to this to arrange, motor-driven rotation axle 11 rotates on bearing block 8 assembly.
The present invention is further arranged to, described cylinder block 3 also sets up the cylinder head 2 corresponding with gas compression cavity 19 and The cylinder jacket 4 corresponding with movable plunger 5 is constituted, and cylinder jacket 4 is placed in the cavity of cylinder block 3, and cylinder head 2 is placed in correspondence Cavity top.Using said structure, the end of cylinder head 2, cylinder jacket 4 and plunger forms the gas compression cavity of variable volume 19。
The above is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention, it is noted that for those skilled in the art, On the premise of without departing from the technology of the present invention principle, it is also possible to make some improvement and modification, these of above-mentioned hypothesis improve and become Type also should be regarded as protection scope of the present invention.

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1. a natural gas supply sub-station compressor, including fuselage, cylinder block and gas compressing apparatus, gas compression cavity is set in cylinder block, intake valve and air bleeding valve are set on gas compression cavity, it is characterized in that: in described cylinder block, also set up the post holes being communicated in gas compression cavity, in described gas compressing apparatus includes being placed in post holes and its one end movable plunger, rotary shaft and the eccentric that is placed in rotary shaft that coordinate with gas compression cavity, the contact slipper that the other end setting of described movable plunger coordinates with eccentric wheel face;Compressor generally vertical structure, described cylinder block is the most setting up and down with fuselage, and corresponding movable plunger is vertically arranged, and gas compression cavity and rotary shaft lay respectively at the upper and lower both ends of movable plunger;Described post holes sets gradually restrictor ring, stuffing-box and fairlead from top to bottom, and described fuselage arranges the oil filler point being communicated in post holes;The surface contacted with eccentric on described contact slipper is the cambered surface corresponding with eccentric wheel face;The end that described contact slipper is corresponding with movable plunger arranges, for being movably hinged in setting, and contact slipper, the oil through being communicated in movable plunger end with eccentric wheel face;Described fairlead inwall is reserved arranges axial reservoir, on corresponding movable plunger, annular radial guiding gutter is set, and the axial centre pod apertures being communicated in oil through and annular radial guiding gutter is set on movable plunger, several radial direction through hole are set between axial centre pod apertures and annular radial guiding gutter.
A kind of natural gas supply sub-station compressor the most according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: the multistage setting of described compressor and the multistaging gas compression device and the multi-level gas compression chamber that comprise correspondence, described multistaging gas compression device shares same rotary shaft and adjacent eccentric is taken turns its eccentric direction and is reversed.
A kind of natural gas supply sub-station compressor the most according to claim 1 and 2, it is characterised in that: the progression of the multistage setting of compressor is even number.
A kind of natural gas supply sub-station compressor the most according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: the end that described contact slipper is corresponding with movable plunger is ball head universal structure, movable plunger end is bulb shape, arranging adaptive groove structure and the fixed cover of correspondence on contact slipper, oil through is communicated in the bottom of adaptive groove.
5. according to a kind of natural gas supply sub-station compressor described in claim 1 or 2 or 4, it is characterised in that: described rotary shaft is connected to driving means and is connected by bearing block assembly support with fuselage;Described bearing block assembly includes bearing block, bearing and the bearing cap with fuselage fitted seal.
A kind of natural gas supply sub-station compressor the most according to claim 5, it is characterized in that: in described cylinder block, also set up the cylinder head corresponding with gas compression cavity and the cylinder jacket corresponding with movable plunger, cylinder jacket is placed in the cavity of cylinder block, and cylinder head is placed in the cavity top of correspondence.
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