CPC F04D 29/5806 (2013.01) [F04D 17/12 (2013.01); F04D 25/06 (2013.01); F04D 29/284 (2013.01)] | 17 Claims |
1. A compressor system comprising:
a compressor, and an electric motor driving a shaft to drive said compressor;
an inlet to be connected to a source of air to be compressed;
said inlet connected to said compressor;
a fan impeller mounted in the inlet upstream of the compressor;
a cooling air exit communicating with said inlet upstream of the compressor, said cooling air exit connected to said motor to provide cooling air to said motor; and
wherein said cooling air exit has an inlet to said motor which is tangential relative to an outer housing of said motor.
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