This invention discloses a bearing cooling structure and a
turbopump for a
turbopump, relating to the field of
aerospace engine technology, to address the problem of insufficient or excessive
propellant affecting bearing performance and service life. The bearing cooling structure for the
turbopump includes a shaft, a centrifugal
impeller, a bearing, a pump housing, and a flow-limiting
nozzle. The bearing and centrifugal
impeller are sequentially mounted on the shaft along its axial direction. The pump housing surrounds the centrifugal
impeller and bearing, and has a flow channel for
propellant flow. The two ends of the flow channel face the centrifugal impeller and the bearing, respectively. The flow-limiting
nozzle is detachably connected to the pump housing and communicates with the flow channel.
Propellant flows to the bearing through the flow-limiting
nozzle and the flow channel. The flow-limiting nozzle contains a flow-limiting orifice, the
diameter of which is smaller than the
diameter of the flow channel. The turbopump includes the bearing cooling structure described above.