Centrifugal gas separator
AssigneeEteros Technologies Inc.
InventorsErik Ingram, Rudi Klossok, Joe Heywood
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Abstract
A centrifugal gas separator includes a separation chamber defined by a peripheral wall spaced apart from, extending around a central axis of and extending axially between opposite ends of the chamber. A peripheral intake port co-operates with the peripheral wall to introduce a rotating flow of a gaseous intake stream comprising a gas component and a non-gas component along an inside surface of the peripheral wall. A peripheral exhaust port defined through the peripheral wall diverts a radially outermost portion of the rotating flow, including at least some of the non-gas component, to exit the chamber. A gas component output port is configured to allow the gas component to be drawn from an axially central volume of the separation chamber.
Claims21
A centrifugal gas separator for separating gas and non-gas components of a gaseous stream, the separator comprising:
- a centrifugal separation chamber defined by a peripheral wall spaced apart from and extending around a central axis of the chamber, the peripheral wall extending axially between spaced apart side walls disposed at axially opposite ends of the chamber;
- a peripheral intake port configured to co-operate with the peripheral wall to introduce a rotating flow of a gaseous intake stream comprising a gas component and a non-gas component along an inside surface of the peripheral wall;
- a peripheral exhaust port defined through the peripheral wall, configured to divert a radially outermost portion of the rotating flow comprising at least some of the non-gas component to exit the chamber;
- a gas component output port, configured to allow the gas component to be drawn from an axially central volume of the separation chamber;
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- a ramp extending from the peripheral wall and from one of the side walls disposed at one of the axially opposite ends of the separation chamber wherein the ramp is inclined to redirect an axially outmost component of the rotating flow adjacent the one of the side walls from which the ramp extends, to impart the axially outmost component of the rotating flow with an axially inward velocity component.
A centrifugal gas separator comprising:
- means for introducing a rotating flow of a gaseous intake stream comprising a gas component and a non-gas component along an inside surface of a peripheral wall of a centrifugal separation chamber, the peripheral wall extending around a central axis of the chamber and extending axially between side walls disposed at axially opposite ends of the chamber;
- means for diverting a radially outermost portion of the rotating flow, including at least some of the non-gas component, to exit the chamber through the peripheral wall of the chamber;
- means for allowing the gas component to be drawn from an axially central volume of the separation chamber;
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- means for redirecting an axially outmost component of the rotating flow adjacent one of the side walls disposed at one of the axially opposite ends of the chamber, to impart the axially outmost component of the rotating flow with an axially inward velocity component.
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