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US 12,330,090 B2Granted
Degassing apparatus with a bubble breaker
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsShatil Sinha, James Duvall Bollacker, Ram Kumar Upadhyay
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for a degassing apparatus with a degassing chamber and a container. The container is located within the degassing chamber and defines a holding chamber with an opening. An insert for being received in the opening. The insert including at least one conduit extending between an inlet and an outlet.
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A degassing apparatus comprising:
- a degassing chamber;
- a container, located within the degassing chamber, and defining a holding chamber with an opening;
- a bubble breaker located at the opening, the bubble breaker comprising:
- a bottom surface facing the holding chamber;
- a top surface spaced from the bottom surface;
- at least one conduit extending between and fluidly connecting an inlet defining a first hydraulic diameter at the bottom surface and an outlet defining a second hydraulic diameter less than the first hydraulic diameter at the top surface.
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A degassing apparatus comprising:
- a degassing chamber;
- a container, located within the degassing chamber, and defining a holding chamber with an opening;
- a bubble breaker fluidly coupled to the opening and having multiple spaced conduits, each conduit extending between an inlet facing the holding chamber and an outlet facing the opening.
A method for dispersing gas bubbles in a degassing apparatus, the method comprising:
- agitating liquid with an agitator to release at least one gas bubble;
- passing the at least one gas bubble through an inlet in a bubble breaker into at least one conduit having a decreasing cross-sectional area;
- exhausting the at least one gas bubble through an outlet from the at least one conduit onto a surface of the bubble breaker;
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- expanding the at least one gas bubble at the surface to a maximum bubble width at which the at least one gas bubble bursts.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.