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US 2010/0139487 A1Published application
Purge Exhaust Processor
AssigneeBendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC
InventorsLeonard A. Quinn, Randall W Nichols, William P. Fornof, Fred Hoffman
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Abstract
A purge exhaust processor includes an inlet chamber receiving a purge exhaust. A portion of the purge exhaust including at least one of moisture, air, and oil is passed from the inlet chamber to a sump volume. A heat source changes a phase of the moisture from liquid to gas. A wick transfers the oil from the sump volume to an oil collector.
Claims9
A method for processing a purge exhaust, the method comprising:
- receiving the purge exhaust in an inlet chamber;
- passing a portion of the purge exhaust including at least one of moisture, air and oil from the inlet chamber to a sump volume;
- changing a phase of the moisture from liquid to gas;
- and
- wicking the oil from the sump volume to an oil collector.
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A method for processing a purge exhaust, the method comprising:
- receiving the purge exhaust in an inlet chamber;
- separating at least one of moisture and oil from the purge exhaust by swirling the purge exhaust in the inlet chamber;
- passing the at least one of the moisture and oil from the inlet chamber to a sump volume;
- changing the moisture from a liquid phase to a gas phase in the sump volume;
- venting the moisture in the gas phase from the sump volume to atmosphere;
- and
- wicking the oil from the sump volume to an oil collector.
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A method for processing a purge exhaust, the method comprising:
- receiving the purge exhaust in an inlet chamber;
- passing a portion of the purge exhaust including at least one of moisture, air and oil from the inlet chamber to a sump volume;
- heating the moisture, thereby changing the phase of the moisture from a liquid to a gas;
- venting at least one of the air and the moisture in the gas phase to atmosphere;
- and
- wicking the oil from the sump volume to an oil collector.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.