Overlapping Moving Separators Patents (Class 55/402)
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Patent number: 8790447Abstract: A separation device for removing at least part of a liquid from a mixture which comprises a gas and the liquid in the form of droplets, comprises: a) a housing comprising first, second and third separation sections for separating liquid from the mixture, wherein the second section is arranged below the first section and above the third section, the respective sections are in communication with each other, and the second section comprises a rotating coalescer element; b) tangentially arranged means to introduce the mixture into the first section; c) means to remove liquid from the first section; d) means to remove liquid from the third section; and e) means to remove a gaseous stream, lean in liquid, from the third section. A separation process for removing at least part of a liquid from a mixture comprising the liquid in the form of droplets using the separation device.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2010Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Shell Oil CompanyInventors: Hans Bieri, Youcef Ait Bouziad, Nicolas Martin, Rick Van Der Vaart
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Patent number: 8747503Abstract: The present invention relates to a separator and more specifically, but not exclusively, to a centrifugal separator for the cleaning of a gaseous fluid. A centrifugal separator is provided as comprising a housing defining an inner space, and a rotor assembly for imparting a rotary motion onto a mixture of substances to be separated. The rotor assembly is located in said inner space and is rotatable about an axis relative to the housing. The rotor assembly comprises an inlet for receiving said mixture of substances, an outlet from which said substances are ejected from the rotor assembly during use, and a flow path for providing fluid communication between the inlet and outlet, wherein the outlet is positioned more radially outward from said axis than the inlet.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2009Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Alfa Laval Corporate ABInventors: Olle Törnblom, Thomas Eliasson, Janke Burmeister, Mats-Orjan Pogén, Per Stjernswärd
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Patent number: 8679214Abstract: The present invention relates to a separator and more specifically, but not exclusively, to a centrifugal separator for the cleaning of a gaseous fluid. A centrifugal separator is provided as comprising a housing defining an inner space, and a rotor assembly for imparting a rotary motion onto a mixture of substances to be separated. The rotor assembly is located in said inner space and is rotatable about an axis relative to the housing. The rotor assembly comprises an inlet for receiving said mixture of substances, an outlet from which said substances are ejected from the rotor assembly during use, and a flow path for providing fluid communication between the inlet and outlet, wherein the outlet is positioned more radially outward from said axis than the inlet.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2012Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Alfa Laval Corporate ABInventor: Mats-Orjan Pogén
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Patent number: 8673038Abstract: The present invention relates to a separator and more specifically, but not exclusively, to a centrifugal separator for the cleaning of a gaseous fluid. A centrifugal separator is provided as comprising a housing defining an inner space, and a rotor assembly for imparting a rotary motion onto a mixture of substances to be separated. The rotor assembly is located in said inner space and is rotatable about an axis relative to the housing. The rotor assembly comprises an inlet for receiving said mixture of substances, an outlet from which said substances are ejected from the rotor assembly during use, and a flow path for providing fluid communication between the inlet and outlet, wherein the outlet is positioned more radially outward from said axis than the inlet.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2012Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: Alfa Laval Corporate ABInventor: Olle Tornblöm
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Patent number: 8657908Abstract: The present invention relates to a separator and more specifically, but not exclusively, to a centrifugal separator for the cleaning of a gaseous fluid. A centrifugal separator is provided as comprising a housing defining an inner space, and a rotor assembly for imparting a rotary motion onto a mixture of substances to be separated. The rotor assembly is located in said inner space and is rotatable about an axis relative to the housing. The rotor assembly comprises an inlet for receiving said mixture of substances, an outlet from which said substances are ejected from the rotor assembly during use, and a flow path for providing fluid communication between the inlet and outlet, wherein the outlet is positioned more radially outward from said axis than the inlet.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2012Date of Patent: February 25, 2014Assignee: Alfa Laval Corporate ABInventor: Thomas Eliasson
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Patent number: 8475565Abstract: A system of sampling a fluid comprises a fluid separator having a central axis. The fluid separator includes an insulating sleeve. In addition the fluid separator includes a separator assembly coaxially disposed within the sleeve. Further, the fluid separator includes an annulus radially disposed between the sleeve and the separator assembly. The separator assembly includes a conduit, a support rod coaxially disposed within the conduit, and a plurality of separator members coupled to the support rod within the conduit.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2012Date of Patent: July 2, 2013Inventor: Stevie Horton Smith
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Patent number: 8211210Abstract: A system of sampling a fluid comprises a fluid separator having a central axis. The fluid separator includes an insulating sleeve. In addition the fluid separator includes a separator assembly coaxially disposed within the sleeve. Further, the fluid separator includes an annulus radially disposed between the sleeve and the separator assembly. The separator assembly includes a conduit, a support rod coaxially disposed within the conduit, and a plurality of separator members coupled to the support rod within the conduit.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2010Date of Patent: July 3, 2012Assignee: Cameron International CorporationInventor: Stevie Horton Smith
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Patent number: 8147581Abstract: A separation housing houses a rotor with multiple suspension chambers. Each chamber has a radially extending web portion between two rotating discs. An orifice is provided through the radially extending web portion. Another web portion urges gas radially out of the rotor. Passages through the rotating disks permit entry of gas and solid particle mixtures into the suspension chambers at high speed traveling toward each other in a suspension adjacent to the orifice. The web portion that urges gas out of the chamber pulls gas away from the suspension zone. Gas moving through the aperture and into a clean gas chamber pulls gas in the opposite direction. The result is gas in the suspension zone being fixed relative to the rotor or changing direction. Centrifugal force moves solid particles radially out of the chamber.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2010Date of Patent: April 3, 2012Inventors: John K. Watterman, Jr., Jonelle Manz
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Patent number: 8075654Abstract: A gas-liquid separator assembly has a flow passage providing expansion of and reduced flow velocity of the post-separation gas stream, and in some embodiments provides pre-escape regions facilitating partial pre-transition of some of the flow.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2008Date of Patent: December 13, 2011Assignee: Cummins Filtration IP, Inc.Inventors: Mark V. Holzmann, Ashwin K. Koleshwar, Chirag D. Parikh, Merwyn I. Coutinho, Daniel Y. Hodges, Michael W. Klimmek, Matthew T. VandenBush
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Patent number: 7927395Abstract: The invention relates to a centrifugal separator for cleaning of gas from solid or liquid particles suspended therein which are of greater density than the gas. A main object of the present invention is to accomplish a centrifugal separator which does not have said inactive regions and thereby achieves efficient separation of particulate contaminants from a gas. This object is achieved by the centrifugal separator initially defined, which is characterised in that the interspaces between the separation discs at least at their radially outer parts are substantially open for flow of the gas in the circumferential direction and that mutually adjacent separation discs are arranged at mutual spacing such that rotation of the rotor causes a pumping action in the interspaces, which pumping action drives the gas from the gas inlet, through the interspaces between the separation discs and out via the gas outlet.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2008Date of Patent: April 19, 2011Assignee: Alfa Laval Corporate ABInventors: Stefan Szepessy, Olle Törnblom
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Patent number: 7445653Abstract: A centrifugal oil separator which includes a disk separator disposed in a housing and has a plurality of spaced disks between which paths of flow for a gas to be cleaned are provided. The paths of flow connect an intake space located at the radial exterior of the disk separator with an inner, axial discharge channel. The intake space is supplied with pressurized gas via a rotation element that is configured as a compressor wheel and that is disposed in the area of an axial end face of the disk separator.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2005Date of Patent: November 4, 2008Assignee: Mann & Hummel GmbHInventors: Pius Trautmann, Michael Durst
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Patent number: 5728186Abstract: Fluid gases are stripped clean of gaseous and particulate pollutants as they pass rapidly up the stack of an industrial or electric power generation plant by a battery of rapidly rotated air foil spokes arrayed in two sets interleaved and revolving around a common central axis, a single motor providing the power that maintains the cleaning operation as long as flue gas flows toward discharge to the atmosphere.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 1996Date of Patent: March 17, 1998Inventor: Kjartan A. Jonsson
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Patent number: 5693125Abstract: An improved liquid/gas separator is disclosed for separating liquid and gas from a mixture that is mostly gas, within a zero gravity or variable gravity working environment. The separator includes a main housing that defines a pre-swirl chamber for receiving a liquid/gas mixture and an adjacent cylindrical separator chamber for containing liquid and gas separated from the mixture. A main shaft is rotationally secured along an interior longitudinal axis of the main housing and includes a hub portion defining exhaust slots in fluid communication with an exhaust duct within the hub for passing gas out of the separator chamber. A plurality of apertured coalescing disks are secured to the hub portion of the main shaft within the separator chamber for rotationally impacting liquid droplets and directing any droplets, bubbles or sheets of liquid formed on the disks away from the shaft toward and into a rotating liquid ring formed adjacent an interior circumference of the separator chamber.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 1995Date of Patent: December 2, 1997Assignee: United Technologies CorporationInventor: W. Clark Dean