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US 11,686,515 B2Granted
Membrane purge system
AssigneeCarrier Corporation
InventorsRajiv Ranjan, Yinshan Feng, Parmesh Verma, Michael A. Stark
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Abstract
A separator for removing contamination from a fluid of a heat pump includes a housing having a hollow interior, a separation component mounted within the hollow interior, and at least one turbulence-generating element positioned within the hollow interior adjacent the separation component.
Claims17
A separator for removing contamination from a fluid of a heat pump comprising:
- a housing having a hollow interior;
- at least a first baffle and a second baffle arranged within the hollow interior of the housing to form a plurality of fluidly distinct zones spaced along a longitudinal axis of the housing including at least a first zone, a second zone, and a third zone, wherein an inlet is formed in the first zone, a first outlet is formed in the second zone, and a second outlet is formed at the third zone, the first baffle having a plurality of openings formed therein to fluidly couple the first zone and the second zone;
- a separation component mounted within only a portion of the plurality of zones of the hollow interior;
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- at least one turbulence-generating element positioned within the second zone of the hollow interior adjacent the separation component, the at least one turbulence-generating element being mounted to an interior surface of the housing.
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A separator for removing contamination from a fluid of a heat pump system comprising:
- a housing having a hollow interior;
- a separation component mounted within the hollow interior;
- a metal connector arranged at at least one end of the separation component, the metal connector having an opening configured to receive the separation component to mount the separation component within the hollow interior;
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- at least one vibration isolator arranged between an exterior surface of the separation component and an adjacent surface of the opening of the metal connector, wherein the at least one vibration isolator forms an interface between the separation component and the opening of the metal connector.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.