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US 10,708,538 B2Granted
Air-dirt separator with coalescing baffles
AssigneeWessels Company
InventorsJane E. Roddy, James J. Fuller
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Abstract
An air-dirt separator adapted to reduce entrained air and separate debris from fluid moving through the air-dirt separator is described in the present disclosure. The air-dirt separator includes a housing and coalescing baffles mounted in the housing.
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An air-dirt separator adapted for use in a hydronic system, the air-dirt separator comprising
- a housing having an inlet and an outlet each adapted to be fluidly coupled to a line, the housing shaped to define an internal cavity arranged between the inlet and the outlet, and
- a plurality of coalescing baffles arranged in the internal cavity of the housing, each of the plurality of coalescing baffles perforated with holes and arranged to define a tortuous primary flow path through the internal cavity from the inlet to the outlet of the housing,
- wherein each of the plurality of coalescing baffles is formed from a flat sheet that is bent to form a zig-zag shape to expand and contract the primary flow path and change the pressure and velocity of the fluid flow moving through the air-dirt separator, and
- wherein the inlet and the outlet are arranged along a common axis and each of the coalescing baffles extends toward the inlet and toward the outlet as each coalescing baffle extends transversely to the common axis from below the inlet and the outlet to above the inlet and the outlet.
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An air-dirt separator adapted for use in a hydronic system, the air-dirt separator comprising
- a housing having an inlet and an outlet each adapted to be fluidly coupled to a line, the housing shaped to define an internal cavity arranged between the inlet and the outlet, and
- a plurality of coalescing baffles arranged in the internal cavity of the housing, each of the plurality of coalescing baffles perforated with holes and shaped to provide a zig-zag shape,
- wherein the zig-zag shape of the coalescing baffles define a tortuous primary flow path through the internal cavity and the plurality of coalescing baffles are arranged to expand and contract the primary flow path between the inlet and the outlet, and
- wherein the inlet and the outlet are arranged along a common axis and each of the coalescing baffles extends toward the inlet and toward the outlet as each coalescing baffle extends transversely to the common axis from below the inlet and the outlet to above the inlet and the outlet.
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An air-dirt separator adapted for use in a hydronic system, the air-dirt separator comprising
- a housing having an inlet and an outlet each adapted to be fluidly coupled to a line, the housing shaped to define an internal cavity arranged between the inlet and the outlet, and
- a plurality of coalescing baffles arranged in the internal cavity of the housing, each of the plurality of coalescing baffles perforated with holes and having a first portion that extends in a first direction, a second portion that extends in a second direction different than the first direction, and a bend that interconnects the first portion and the second portion to provide a zig-zag shape defined by the first portion, the second portion, and the bend,
- wherein the inlet and the outlet are arranged along a common axis and each of the coalescing baffles extends toward the inlet and toward the outlet as each coalescing baffle extends transversely to the common axis from below the inlet and the outlet to above the inlet and the outlet.
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