Degassing apparatus
AssigneeJaguar Land Rover Limited
InventorOliver Petschenyk
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Abstract
Aspects of the present invention relate to an apparatus comprising at least two chambers, each chamber comprising at least one wall defining the chamber, a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet through the wall of the chamber and an opening separate from the fluid inlet and fluid outlet. The fluid inlet and fluid outlet are configured such that a fluid enters the chamber via the fluid inlet and exits via the fluid outlet. A gas enters the chamber via the fluid inlet and exits the chamber via the opening, wherein the opening of each of the chambers is fluidly connected to a common fluid reservoir. The apparatus may be used for degassing multiple coolant circuits in a vehicle.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising
- at least two chambers, each chamber comprising:
- at least one wall defining the chamber,
- a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet through the wall of the chamber, and
- an opening separate from the fluid inlet and fluid outlet;
- wherein
- the fluid inlet and fluid outlet are configured such that a fluid enters the chamber via the fluid inlet and exits via the fluid outlet,
- a gas enters the chamber via the fluid inlet and exits the chamber via the opening,
- the opening of each of the chambers is fluidly connected to a common fluid reservoir,
- a first chamber of the at least two chambers is fluidly connected to a first fluid circuit,
- a second chamber of the at least two chambers is fluidly connected to a second fluid circuit,
- the common fluid reservoir comprises a top portion, and
- the opening of the first chamber is closer to the top portion of the common fluid reservoir than the opening of the second chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.