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US 2017/0370500 A1Published application
Fluid flow control devices and systems, and methods of flowing fluids therethrough
AssigneeFlowserve Management Company
InventorsBradford Haines, Gifford Decker, Mark Haehl
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Abstract
Fluid flow control devices comprise a body including a central aperture extending along a longitudinal axis therethrough and a plurality of channels extending from an outer sidewall of the body to an inner sidewall of the body. At least one first channel may intersect at least one other channel. Fluid flow control systems, methods of forming fluid flow control devices, and methods of flowing a fluid through a fluid flow control device are also disclosed.
Claims9
A method of flowing a fluid through a fluid flow control device, comprising:
- flowing a fluid through a first substantially arcuate channel that extends from an outer surface of a body to an inner surface of an aperture extending through the body;
- flowing a fluid through at least one second substantially arcuate channel that from the outer surface of the body to the inner surface of the aperture, the at least one second substantially arcuate channel intersecting the first substantially arcuate channel, the first substantially arcuate channel and the at least one second substantially arcuate channel being bounded by channel sidewalls extending smoothly and continuously from the outer surface of the body to the inner surface of the aperture;
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- impinging the fluid flowing through the first substantially arcuate channel into the fluid flowing through the at least one second substantially arcuate channel, wherein the intersecting channels fit simultaneously through an area having an approximate width of a single channel.
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A fluid flow control device, comprising:
- a body comprising a central aperture therethrough extending along a longitudinal axis thereof;
- at least one first channel extending substantially arcuately from an outer sidewall of the body to an inner sidewall of the body;
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- at least one second channel extending substantially arcuately from the outer sidewall of the body to the inner sidewall of the body and intersecting the at least one first channel, wherein two intersecting channels fit simultaneously through an area having an approximate width of a single channel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.