Impingement Baffle Patents (Class 55/462)
  • Patent number: 8596469
    Abstract: A preferred embodiment of the invention relates to a cyclone separator for a vacuum toilet system, with a casing; an input-side swirl generator, whose input openings impart a swirl to the inflowing fluid; a separating wall arranged in the casing, which encloses the fluid stream in the cyclone separator ring-like and whose interior cross section tapers downstream; and a collection tank in the casing for receiving and accumulating constituents separated out of the fluid. In addition, the invention relates to a wastewater tank and vacuum toilet system having such a cyclone separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventor: Wilhelm Lutzer
  • Publication number: 20130291501
    Abstract: A separating device (1), in particular for a crankcase venting device of an internal combustion engine, includes an inlet (25) supplying a fluid containing particles to be separated, a baffle plate (22) separating the particles from the fluid, several nozzles (21) oriented toward the baffle plate (22), and a pivotable flap (15) that, as a function of its pivot position, fluidically connects a first number of nozzles (21) with the inlet (25) and fluidically separates from the inlet (25) a second number of nozzles (21).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: MANN+HUMMEL GMBH
    Inventors: Markus Melde, Praveen Prahlad
  • Publication number: 20130291500
    Abstract: An air cleaner assembly includes an air cleaner cover and a resonator. The air cleaner cover includes an air outlet having a receiving portion configured to receive a resonator. The resonator may be disposed within the receiving portion of the air outlet, and may include a plurality of concentric baffles defining an inner flow path, and an inner skin circumferentially disposed about the inner flow path and in contact with a the plurality of concentric baffles. The inner skin may define at least one opening. The inner skin, the plurality of concentric baffles, and an inner surface of the receiving portion may cooperate to define at least one back volume. The at least one back volume may be in fluid communication with the inner flow path through the at least one opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Harold V. Rodabaugh
  • Publication number: 20130276416
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for separating liquid from a gas/liquid mixture, including: a housing; a gas/liquid mixture inlet located at a lower side of the housing; a coalescer placed in the housing above the gas/liquid mixture inlet for extending the volume of liquid droplets from the mixture passing the coalescer; at least one liquid feed, which liquid feed runs at least partially through the coalescer and ends at location below the gas/liquid mixture inlet; a liquid outlet for the separated liquid fraction located at a lower side of the housing under the coalescer; and a gas outlet for the separated gas fraction located at an upper side of the housing above the coalescer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: TAXON B.V.
    Inventor: Robert Schook
  • Publication number: 20130263742
    Abstract: A separation system for separating drops from a flue gas flow for installation in a gas scrubber of a power plant or an incineration plant includes a front coarse separator arranged in a gas flow direction, and a rear final separator arranged in the gas flow direction. The rear final separator is provided to have a lower separation performance in comparison with an upstream separator in the gas flow direction and/or is provided as a tube separator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: REA Plastik Tech GmbH
    Inventors: Georg Neubauer, Detlef Weber
  • Publication number: 20130232930
    Abstract: A conduit carrying gaseous matter has a device inside it forming a low-lying sump for separating and collecting non-gaseous matter. The device fits within a flexible section of the conduit and includes a barrier plate oriented generally horizontally to longitudinally divide a length of the conduit into a gas-carrying passageway (above the barrier plate and a sump (below the barrier plate, a spacer extending from a lower surface of the barrier plate, and first and second frame members extending from an upper surface of the barrier plate at spaced-apart locations. The spacer and the frame member contact inner surfaces of the conduit to positively position the barrier plate within the conduit, and the frame members are oriented obliquely to one another to urge the flexible section of the conduit into a bent shape having a lowest portion defining the sump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Scott James Martin, Darren John Wood
  • Publication number: 20130213235
    Abstract: A particle separator and air filter system are provided and may include a housing having an inlet and an outlet. The housing may remove debris from air entering the housing at the inlet prior to expelling cleansed air at the outlet. A baffle may be disposed within the housing and may define a first path for directing cleansed air to the outlet and may cooperate with an inner surface of the housing to define a second path that causes the air to circulate within the second housing. The baffle may include an opening permitting communication between the first path and the second path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: MANN+HUMMEL GMBH
    Inventors: Carlos Alberto da Silva, Rodrigo dos Santos Simo
  • Patent number: 8511072
    Abstract: An apparatus for separating a liquid from a mixed gas stream can include a wall, a mixed gas stream passageway, and a liquid collection assembly. The wall can include a first surface, a second surface, and a plurality of capillary condensation pores. The capillary condensation pores extend through the wall, and have a first opening on the first surface of the wall, and a second opening on the second surface of the wall. The pore size of the pores can be between about 2 nm to about 100 nm. The mixed gas stream passageway can be in fluid communication with the first opening. The liquid collection assembly can collect liquid from the plurality of pores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: UT-Battelle, LLC
    Inventors: Roddie R. Judkins, Brian L. Bischoff, Melanie Moses Debusk, Chaitanya Narula
  • Publication number: 20130205726
    Abstract: [Problem to be Solved] To enhance the performance for separation of oil mist from blow-by gas. [Solution] A filter element 13 which is to be attached to an oil separator unit 3 includes a core 31. This core is a double tube having an internal cylindrical member 34 and an external cylindrical member 35, and a space between the internal cylindrical member and the external cylindrical member is used as a separation chamber 36. An injection hole 39 for injecting blow-by gas while increasing its flow velocity is provided in the internal cylindrical member. A surface which is an inner wall surface of the external cylindrical member and which faces the injection hole is a spraying surface onto which the blow-by gas injected from the injection hole is sprayed. Moreover, an opening for oil discharge from which oil OL condensed on the spraying surface is discharged, and an opening for discharge from which the blow-by gas from which oil mist has been separated is discharged are provided in the core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2010
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: TOKYO ROKI CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Masaya Wada, Kosaku Ishida, Kazuki Shirakura, Yuta Endo, Yoshitaka Nakamura, Kazuo Tanaka, Takatsugu Kurosawa, Jun Takashima
  • Patent number: 8500837
    Abstract: An enhanced vane bundle design that provides additional inlet chord area. An enhanced vane bundle for use in separator vessels includes top and bottom convexly-curved outlet baffles that extend horizontally from the outlet-side of the vane pack, the outlet baffles including a plurality of corresponding holes. The enhanced vane bundle further includes curved plates affixed to the convexly-curved outlet baffles, the curved plates and the convexly-curved outlet baffles define vertical pockets that extend vertically through an entirety of an outlet chord area on an outlet side of the enhanced vane bundle. The enhanced vane bundle further includes a plurality of tubes connecting the corresponding holes of the outlet baffles and extending vertically through the entirety of the outlet chord area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Peerless Mfg. Co.
    Inventor: William S. Asbury
  • Publication number: 20130180845
    Abstract: A filter for filtering macro-particles from a plasma beam, having a bended duct for carriage of the plasma beam, the bended duct comprising an intermediate portion connected at one end to an inlet portion having a longitudinal axis disposed on an inlet plane and at another opposite end to an outlet portion having a longitudinal axis disposed on an outlet plane. The inlet portion allows the plasma beam containing macro-particles to travel toward the intermediate portion in an incident direction and the outlet portion allows the plasma beam to travel from the intermediate portion in an emergent direction. The intermediate portion is configured to deviate the incident direction to the emergent direction at an angle of more than 90° and thereby remove macro-particles from the plasma beam as it passes through the intermediate portion. The inlet plane and outlet plane are disposed at an offset angle from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: Nanofilm Technologies International Pte Ltd
    Inventors: Xu Shi, Hao Wei
  • Patent number: 8480777
    Abstract: An extension piece portion is provided at a lower end portion of a screen plate so as to extend from the lower end portion, beyond a gas-passing through hole, to an oil pocket portion. An oil guide portion is provided at respective gas-hitting-side face portions of the screen plate and the extension piece portion so as to guide oil trapped at the above-described face portions into the oil pocket portion. Accordingly, it can be prevented that part of the oil in the middle of dropping down into the oil pocket portion from the screen plate is carried away by the gas flow passing through the gas-passing through hole, so that the efficiency of oil trap can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Sakaguchi, Shigemi Okada, Tokio Kagawa, Jun Yamane, Naoki Suizu, Suguru Fukui, Toshinobu Mori, Yusuke Nakata, Takashi Fukui
  • Patent number: 8475575
    Abstract: An object is to provide a vent plug making liquid unlikely to accumulate therein, while preventing an air-permeable membrane from breaking by means of at least one convex part. The vent plug of the present invention includes a cylindrical member 1 having a through-hole 1a, and an air-permeable membrane 2 attached around the cylindrical member 1, wherein the air-permeable membrane 2 has a circumferential attachment region which is in contact with the cylindrical member 1, and an air-permeable region facing the through-hole 1a, the cylindrical member 1 is provided with at least one convex part 1b which projects beyond the plane including the air-permeable region, and the circumferential attachment region of the air-permeable membrane 2 has a shape following a part or the entire of the convex part 1b.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Japan Gore-Tex Inc.
    Inventors: Masashi Ono, Takuya Ueki
  • Publication number: 20130133639
    Abstract: A grease filter capable of reducing a pressure loss generated while air passes through the grease filter, and cooking apparatus are provided. The grease filter includes an inflow portion configured for oil particles to be introduced therethrough, and a channel provided to discharge air current and oil particles, which are introduced through the inflow portion, to an outside, wherein the channel includes an upper channel disposed in parallel while spaced apart in a predetermined distance to form the inflow portion, and a lower channel comprising a direction changing portion provided to change a direction of the air current and the oil particles introduced through the inflow portion, and a guide portion having a predetermined angle to guide the oil particles and the air current having been changed in direction by the direction changing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
  • Patent number: 8449637
    Abstract: The invention relates to an oil mist separator of an internal combustion engine, comprising at least one gas-permeable diffusion separation body, through which a crankcase ventilation gas of the internal combustion engine can flow and in which oil mist present in the crankcase ventilation gas can be separated from the gas. The novel oil mist separator is characterized in that in the or each diffusion separation body additionally continuous free gas channels are formed, and that, viewed in the flow direction of the crankcase ventilation gas, behind the gas channels at least one further diffusion separation body, or an impingement separation surface is disposed at a distance from the or each diffusion separation body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Hengst GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Arno Heinen, Sieghard Pietschner
  • Patent number: 8444732
    Abstract: A vane-type separator with pockets for removing solid and liquid particles entrained in a gaseous stream. Vanes are fabricated from a plurality of modular components which may be assembled to form vanes of varying lengths. The vanes include pockets with rounded leading edges to encourage particulate to impinge on the vane and move into the pockets by surface tension and aerodynamic forces. The vane-type separator allows for a higher gas stream velocity before particulate is found downstream of the vane-type separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: 800839 Alberta Limited
    Inventor: Rodney Allan Bratton
  • Patent number: 8430950
    Abstract: A device for removal of fine-grained or dust-like solids from a container that is to be pressurized or is pressurized, whereby the container is equipped with a double-walled discharge cone or funnel, avoids the use of porous materials, such as sintered metals or the like, while making available good conveyance properties in the transfer funnel, without restricting the grain sizes of the material, in each instance, whereby even particle-charged gas can be used for conveyance. The gas exit openings are larger than the largest particles of the solid to be removed, and the gas exit openings are provided with a pipe connector or gas feed channel that projects into the interior of the ring chamber and has at least one angle with an imaginary horizontal plane, and the gas feed channel is part of a retention device for preventing solid from trickling into the ring chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: ThyssenKrupp Uhde GmbH
    Inventors: Eberhard Kuske, Stefan Hamel
  • Patent number: 8425643
    Abstract: A vent head for a steam system is provided. In one embodiment, the vent head may comprise a body defining a vent head chamber and having a vent head outlet. The vent head comprises a steam inlet conduit having a steam outlet that opens into the vent head chamber and a baffle disposed within the vent head chamber and above the steam outlet. The baffle may have an impingement region and a convex portion which is disposed between the impingement region and the edge of the baffle. In use, the steam outlet discharges steam into the vent head chamber which impinges on the impingement region of the baffle, thereby separating entrained liquid water from the steam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Spirax-Sarco Limited
    Inventors: Tom Vivian, Joe Rosagro
  • Patent number: 8409313
    Abstract: A vent head for a steam system is provided. In one embodiment, the head comprises a body defining a vent head chamber and having a vent head outlet. The vent head comprises a steam inlet conduit having a steam outlet that opens into the vent head chamber and a baffle disposed within the vent head chamber above the steam outlet. A drainage passageway is provided for fluid communication between the vent head chamber and the steam inlet conduit. In use, the steam outlet may discharge steam into the vent head chamber which impinges on the baffle, thereby separating entrained liquid water from the steam. The separated water is collected in the vent head chamber returned to the steam inlet conduit via the drainage passageway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Spirax-Sarco Limited
    Inventors: Tom Vivian, Joe Rosagro
  • Patent number: 8394163
    Abstract: A conduit piece for the absorption of foreign bodies in an air distribution conduit of an air-conditioning installation, with a bent portion, the inner wall (I) of which has a large bend radius (Rg) and a small bend radius (Rk). To avoid flow noises according to the invention, an interception device (1, 10, 11, 13, 14) be provided in the region of the large bend radius (Rg) for the purpose of intercepting foreign bodies carried through the conduit piece together with the air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Diehl Aircabin GmbH
    Inventors: Ingo Hildebrand, Alfred Huber
  • Publication number: 20130025244
    Abstract: A filter including multiple tanks connected in series by connecting ducts. In the filter a flow of gaseous flows encounters multiple obstacles in it, an effect of which is efficiently to block constituents with heaviest molecular weight, without substantially hindering diffusion of lighter constituents. This may be obtained by internal baffles, or by a bank of finer ducts, for example at an inlet of the filter. Such a filter may find application to separation of hydrogen and radon produced by nuclear waste.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: Commissariat a l'energie atomique et aux energies alternatives
    Inventors: Pierre De Coninck, Christophe Brenneis, Guillaume Ranc
  • Patent number: 8361179
    Abstract: This cyclone device performs diphasic gas-oil separation to remove oil from the recirculated crank cases of an internal combustion engine. Mounted such that it can move vertically inside the cyclone is a body (7) exhibiting symmetry of revolution, particularly one of cylindro-conical overall shape. The body (7) delimits, with the walls of the cylindrical collecting zone (2) and/or of the conical zone (3) for recuperating the liquid oil, an annular gap (13) such that the passage cross section can vary according to the self-adjusting heightwise position of the body (7), as a function of the gas flow rate. The speed of the gases thus remains constant for variable gas flow rates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: MGI Coutier
    Inventors: Pascal Guerry, Antony Nollevaux, Thierry Fohrer, Herve Martinengo
  • Patent number: 8357232
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for the separation of gaseous components from gaseous mixtures in order to control emissions and treatment of the gaseous components. In one embodiment, the system makes use of a fan or gas moving device to first impose centrifugal forces on gas streams as the gas moves from the center of the fan toward the periphery of the fan housing. Heavier gases are forced to the outer regions of the fan housing while lighter gases remain closer to the fan axis. The heavier gases and lighter gases exiting the fan housing flow into a duct at different flow rates, and the heavier gases are diverted from the larger volume gas streams and then processed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Casella Waste Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Garrett L. Morrison
  • Publication number: 20120324846
    Abstract: A water separating container for a motor vehicle is provided. An air stream sucked in from outside the vehicle passes through the water separating container, which separates water present in the air stream. The water separating container includes an air inlet having an air inlet opening and an air outlet having an air outlet opening. An impact wall for separating the water present in the air stream is disposed between the air inlet and the air outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Guenther MARX, Helmut NITZSCHE, Guenter BOERSCH
  • Patent number: 8337580
    Abstract: The present invention is a device that rapidly and effectively separates and collects debris from airflow between a debris source and a vacuum source. The device comprises a first chamber situated above and adjoining a second chamber. The first chamber functions to separate and remove the debris and the second chamber functions to collect the debris. The first chamber is circular in cross-section and comprises an upper portion and a downward and outward sloping sidewall. The upper portion has an output port connected by a first conduit to the vacuum source and the sidewall has an input port connected by a second conduit to the debris source. Air and debris are drawn into the first chamber through the input port by suction created at the output port. The debris is centrifugally forced to the sidewall whereby it is then centripetally forced downward into the second chamber through a peripheral opening between the sidewall and a barrier, while cleaned air is evacuated through the output port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Inventor: Wayne E. Manska
  • Patent number: 8337597
    Abstract: A moisture diversion system for a gas turbine inlet. The moisture diversion system comprises a housing that is operably connected with a gas turbine and defines an opening through which air flows to the gas turbine. A hood is attached to the housing adjacent the opening. The hood has a surface disposed at an acute angle relative to horizontal. A device is disposed relative to the hood to separate moisture from air flowing through the device. Separated moisture is directed onto the hood. A gutter is disposed adjacent an edge of the hood to collect moisture from the hood. A conduit is fluidly connected with the gutter to conduct water away from the gutter and the opening in the housing to inhibit separated moisture from re-entering the air flow through the opening to the gas turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Rahul Jaikaran Chillar, Adil Ansari
  • Patent number: 8337577
    Abstract: A method for capturing and separating solids, liquids, and gases, such as during air drilling of a well, can include using a cylindrical vessel with an inlet to receive an input. A target plate can be used to impact the input, remove solid and liquid therefrom, and direct flow from the inlet, forming a vortex. A first chevron baffle, second chevron baffle, and demister baffle can further remove solid and liquid from the input, forming a cleaned gas. The cleaned gas can be burned, the solid can be dried, and the liquid can be recycled for reuse in drilling operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Tri-Flo International, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward Beverly Moe, James Wesley Griffin, Clifford Cantlon
  • Patent number: 8328916
    Abstract: A hydrocarbon adsorption filter device comprising: a filter housing; at least one filter element with activated carbon arranged in the filter housing; an intake canal, connecting the filter housing with an environment, wherein fresh air is taken in during a flushing operation; and an intake canal housing cover, wherein the intake canal housing cover includes a labyrinthine canal structure having a first end and an opposing second end, wherein the first end is in communication with the intake canal while the second end is in communication with a floor-side opening of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Olivier Donadei, Matthias Flach, Philippe Lalardie, Johann Lamotte, Valentin Ruffet
  • Patent number: 8323369
    Abstract: Apparatus for treating materials, the apparatus including a main body which includes an elongated retort section having a primary treatment chamber therein, a feed inlet at an upstream end of the retort section and a discharge outlet at a downstream end of the retort section. The main body further includes a filtering section with a filtering chamber therein which is in communication with the primary treatment chamber, the filtering chamber being disposed laterally with respect to a longitudinal axis of the retort section which extends between the ends of the retort section and is spaced from the upstream end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Inventor: Struan Glen Robertson
  • Publication number: 20120297980
    Abstract: An engine crankcase breather for oil segregation, from blow-by gases, in an engine. The engine crankcase breather includes a housing with an inlet located in a downstream direction of the blow-by gases and an outlet. The breather also includes a baffle within the housing which poses a tortuous path for the blow-by gases, in order to segregate oil particles from the blow-by gases. The baffle includes a hook-shaped portion, in which the oil segregation takes place. The engine crankcase breather further includes a trough extending within the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2011
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Seth Evan Slaughter, Arthur Scott Lindell, Kathleen Nackers, Ronald Paul Maloney
  • Patent number: 8313566
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods improve particulate filtration. A particulate filtration system is implemented within a fossil fuel power plant combustion system. A gas containing particulates flows through the filtration system. The filtration system comprises a collection hopper for collecting the particulates. Within the collection hopper, a particulate trap, upper baffles, and lower baffles are provided to retain collected particulates in the hopper and, thereby, improve the filtration of particulates from the gas flow. The particulate trap can include two sets of variously oriented, interconnecting retaining members crossing the interior of the collection hopper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: The Southern Company
    Inventor: Gerald E. Klemm
  • Publication number: 20120275961
    Abstract: Systems and methods for separating particles from fluids are provided. The system comprises a vessel with a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet and a baffle assembly located within the vessel. The baffle assembly has a plurality of baffles that can provide a change in direction to fluid entering the vessel thereby separating particles. During shut-down of a polymerization reactor, reaction mixture is discharged to a separation system where polymer particles are removed from the mixture prior to being released into the atmosphere.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2009
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Inventors: Christopher K. Morgan, Alan M. Braaten
  • Patent number: 8298309
    Abstract: A liquid separator for separating a liquid from a gas flow comprising a housing (1) includes a baffle plate (4) provided between an upper housing portion (1A) and a lower housing portion (1B). The baffle plate prevents liquid contained in the gas flow from escaping from the liquid separator. Liquid separated at the baffle plate (4) is returned to the inlet (2) of the liquid separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Deutsche Transalpine Oelleitung GmbH
    Inventor: Josef Nerb
  • Publication number: 20120260639
    Abstract: A method for producing an exhaust gas cleaning component having a carrier structure with an inflow side, an outflow side, a predefined through-flow direction and a deflection surface disposed opposite the outflow side, includes at least the following steps: providing the carrier structure, subjecting the carrier structure to an exhaust gas flowing from the inflow side to the outflow side in the predefined through-flow direction, determining a distribution of flow velocities on the outflow side of the carrier structure, and configuring the shape of the deflection surface with at least one backpressure element in dependence on the distribution of flow velocities on the outflow side, so that the distribution of flow velocities is equalized. An exhaust gas cleaning component and a motor vehicle having the exhaust gas cleaning component are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: EMITEC GESELLSCHAFT FUER EMISSIONSTECHNOLOGIE MBH
    Inventor: ROLF BRÜCK
  • Publication number: 20120255440
    Abstract: The invention relates to a unit (3) for deaeration of drainage water from a paper machine, said unit comprising an inlet (8) for receiving the drainage water in a first flow direction, an outlet (39) for removing the drainage water to a subsequent deaeration channel, and a first chamber (5) that is arranged downstream of the inlet, said first chamber comprising a first chamber part (18), which comprises a guide wall portion (37) for redirecting the drainage water in a second flow direction that differs from the first flow direction, said guide wall portion being formed by a plurality of curved guide walls (10, 23) which interact with the drainage water so that the drainage water is decelerated and air is forced out of the drainage water, and two end walls (25, 26) which are arranged on respective sides of the guide walls, wherein each end wall of at least one of the flow channels exhibits an opening (27) that communicates with the flow channel for removing air that has been released from the drainage water in
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2010
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: METSO PAPER KARLSTAD AB
    Inventors: Jan Malm, Rune Skogsberg, Leif Videgren, Christian Ako
  • Publication number: 20120255268
    Abstract: A moisture reducing apparatus is provided that includes a housing configured to receive an air stream and a net disposed outside the housing. In the apparatus, the net is held sufficiently loosely to permit movement of the net such that flow through the net is variable over time to remove moisture with the net and to permit a relatively substantial portion of a gaseous and particulate matter in the air stream to continue to flow through the net and inside the housing to protect filter media from moisture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Timothy John Nicholas, Etienne Rene Jarrier
  • Publication number: 20120240563
    Abstract: An apparatus for separating a liquid from a mixed gas stream can include a wall, a mixed gas stream passageway, and a liquid collection assembly. The wall can include a first surface, a second surface, and a plurality of capillary condensation pores. The capillary condensation pores extend through the wall, and have a first opening on the first surface of the wall, and a second opening on the second surface of the wall. The pore size of the pores can be between about 2 nm to about 100 nm. The mixed gas stream passageway can be in fluid communication with the first opening. The liquid collection assembly can collect liquid from the plurality of pores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: UT-Battelle, LLC
    Inventors: Roddie R. Judkins, Brian L. Bischoff, Melanie Moses Debusk, Chaitanya Kumar Narula
  • Patent number: 8273157
    Abstract: A solar energy system. The system includes a thermal solar system comprising an air plenum positioned between the system and the underside body. In a specific embodiment, the air plenum is configured according to a specified aspect ratio. The system uses an air moving device to transfer a volume of air through the plenum. The air moving device is configured to maintain a flow rate associated with the volume of air at a specified velocity. The air plenum is configured to reduce the particle concentration of the air traveling through the plenum and to undergo heat treatment for use inside the target building where the thermal solar system is implemented, which keeps the air entering the building clean and healthy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: PVT Solar, Inc.
    Inventor: John James Dyreby
  • Patent number: 8273158
    Abstract: A mist eliminator including a substrate and a plurality of frusto-conical shaped protrusions disposed on the substrate is provided. The plurality of frusto-conical shaped protrusions have a geometry and are positioned at intervals that provide coalescence and retention of water particles from moisture containing air contacting the substrate and frusto-conical shaped protrusions. A moisture removal system and a method for removing water particles from inlet air with the mist eliminator are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Etienne Rene Jarrier, John Davies, Paul Bryant
  • Patent number: 8246726
    Abstract: A ventilation member (1A) includes: a gas permeable membrane (2); a support body (3) for supporting the gas permeable membrane (2); and a sealing element (4). The support body (3) has: a main portion (31) having a front surface (31a) on which the gas permeable membrane (2) is attached and a back surface (31b) for pressing the sealing element (4) against a housing (6); and a plurality of leg portions (32) to be inserted into an opening (61) and each having a hook (33) at its end. The main portion (31) has, at positions corresponding to the hooks (33) in the direction in which the leg portions (32) are inserted, through-holes (37) through which the hooks (33) are exposed as seen from the side of the front surface (31a) of the main portion (31).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventor: Youzou Yano
  • Patent number: 8226749
    Abstract: A pressure cyclone is disclosed having a concave top head, wherein the concave top head has a substantially flat roof disposed in the interior of the cyclone vessel. An inlet is tangentially-coupled to the vessel and has an inlet nozzle disposed therein and configured to smoothly transition into the cyclone vessel to create a vortex that separates solid particulates from an incoming particulate-fluid suspension. In particular, the one surface of the inlet nozzle is tangent to the inner surface of cyclone vessel and another surface of the inlet nozzle is parallel and continuous with the substantially flat roof. An inlet casing is disposed around a length of the inlet nozzle and configured to transition from a circular casing to an elliptical casing along the length of the inlet nozzle, and couple to the vessel with the elliptical casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Kellogg Brown & Root LLC
    Inventor: William E. Phillips
  • Patent number: 8211219
    Abstract: A filter, in particular for compressed gas systems, includes a filter top part having at least one inlet channel and at least one outlet channel and a filter bottom part having a filter element, wherein the filter top part has a pressure-resistant housing and an insert which is suited in an optimal manner to the course of the inlet and outlet channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Donaldson Filtration Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Michael Schuster, Jens Schäfer, Abdelkhalic Rbayti, Peter Groth
  • Publication number: 20120159912
    Abstract: An oil mist separator for a crankcase ventilation system in an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The oil mist separator is an impact type separator that includes a nozzle device having at least one nozzle, an impact wall and a separation material configured therebetween. The impact wall is located opposite to the at least one nozzle and may be coated with the separation material. A distance is configured between the nozzle and the separation material, and is reduced compared to a surrounding region, and wherein the separation material in a region of the opposing nozzle projects towards the same and thereby reduces the distance of a nozzle outlet to the separation material in this region compared to the surrounding region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Inventor: Stefan Ruppel
  • Patent number: 8206478
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a modular waste liquid separator and collector device, comprising component modules. A first module comprises a support structure, a second module comprises a droplet separator connectable to said support structure, and a third module comprises a waste liquid collector. The component modules are individually portable, and are assembled at the point of use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Pratt & Whitney Line Maintenance Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Sebastian Nordlund, Niklas Linderholm
  • Patent number: 8206491
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided for implementing water separation in the vacuum system of a paper machine. The apparatus includes a guiding baffle structure connected to an inlet pipe and a water trap vessel, and a droplet separation cell mounted at the mouth of an outlet pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Runtech Systems Oy
    Inventor: Juha Karvinen
  • Publication number: 20120151888
    Abstract: An oil separator has a container main body and an flow channel. A partition wall member faces the opening of the flow channel and extends along a wall of the container main body. An upper end member seals the space between the upper end of the partition wall member and the container main body. A side end member seals a space between one side end of the partition wall member and the wall of the container main body. A gap between the partition wall member and the wall of the container main body is narrower than an inner diameter of the flow channel and is largest at an open side end. An outer circumference of the partition wall member is longer than half of the inner diameter of the flow channel and shorter than half of the circumferential length of the inner wall of the container main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Shoji YOSHIMURA, Michiko MAEDA, Yasushi AMANO
  • Patent number: 8202339
    Abstract: An inertial gas-liquid impactor separator includes an inertial impactor collector having an impactor surface extending diagonally relative to axially accelerated flow, which surface is preferably a cone having a leading tip axially facing and axially aligned with the acceleration nozzle. In a further aspect, first and second inertial impactor collectors are provided in series, with an orifice in the first inertial impactor collector providing a nozzle for the second inertial impactor collector. Improved performance is provided by reducing the extent of the stagnation region to change from a narrow band particle size range to a wider band range and to shift cut-off size. An inertial gas-liquid impactor separator has a perforated layer of coalescence media having at least one aperture through which the gas-liquid stream flows. Improved performance is provided by increased penetration of the flow into the media patch and thereby enhancing particle capture by interception, impaction and diffusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Cummins Filtration IP Inc.
    Inventors: Arun Janakiraman, Shiming Feng, Peter K. Herman
  • Patent number: 8202336
    Abstract: A system for capturing and separating solids, liquids, and gases, such as during air drilling of a well, can include a cylindrical vessel with an inlet for receiving an input. A target plate can impact the input, remove solid and liquid therefrom, and direct flow from the inlet, forming a vortex. A first chevron baffle, a second chevron baffle, and a demister baffle can further remove solid and liquid from the input, forming a cleaned gas. The cleaned gas can be burned, the solid can be dried, and the liquid can be recycled for reuse in drilling operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Tri-Flo International, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward Beverly Moe, James Wesley Griffin, Clifford Cantlon
  • Patent number: 8177887
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an aerosol particle collector includes a duct defining a flow path configured to remove larger particles from aerosol flowing through the duct and to store the removed particles in the duct while maintaining a uniform rate of aerosol flow throughout a predetermined useful life of the duct even as stored aerosol particles accumulate in the duct. In another embodiment, an aerosol particle collector includes a duct and a plurality of baffles in the duct. The duct has an elongated inlet extending along a length of the duct and an outlet located at one end of the length of the duct. A first one of the baffles extends along a first side of the duct for deflecting incoming aerosol toward a second side of the duct opposite the first side. A second one of the baffles is for deflecting aerosol toward the outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Geoffrey Schmid, Kira N. Ellsaesser, Henric Larsson
  • Patent number: 8152884
    Abstract: An inertial gas-liquid impactor separator includes flow director guidance structure directing and guiding flow through the housing from the inlet to the outlet along a flow path from upstream to downstream. The flow director guidance structure may include a flow controller controlling and directing flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Cummins Filtration IP Inc.
    Inventors: Stephanie F. Severance, Daniel Y. Hodges, Hamilton E. Harper, Benjamin L. Scheckel, Roger L. Zoch, Merwyn I. Coutinho, Brian W. Schwandt