US 2018/0023572 A1 · DEVICE FOR CONDITIONING FLOW OF WORKING FLUIDS

Abstract

The disclosure describes a flow conditioning device for dampening pulses and improving performance of a compressor. In one approach, a diffuser device includes a housing member having a first end and a second end, the housing member coupled to an outlet of a compressor, and a diffuser member disposed within the housing member. The diffuser member is in fluid communication with a working fluid delivered from the compressor, and includes a core member extending along a longitudinal axis of the diffuser member, and a plurality of flutes extending radially from the core member. In some approaches, the plurality of flutes and an inner surface of the housing define a plurality of fluid channels for delivering the working fluid from the first end to the second end of the housing member. In some approaches, the diffuser member is rotatably coupled to the housing member.

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Dependent claims

An assembly comprising:

a housing member having a first end and a second end, the housing member coupled to a rotary displacement device;
and
a diffuser member disposed within the housing member, the diffuser member including:
a core member extending along a longitudinal axis of the diffuser member;
and
a plurality of flutes extending radially from the core member.

3 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

15/672,798Filed 9 Aug 2017

Priority

23 Feb 2015

Published

25 Jan 2018

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

F04C 29/12
Component parts, details or accessories of pumps or pumping installations, not provided for in groups F04C18/00 - F04C28/00: arrangements for…
F04C 18/126
Of other than internal-axis type: with radially from the rotor body extending elements, not necessarily co-operating with corresponding recesses…
F04C 23/006
Of dissimilar working principle: having complementary function
F04C 29/0035
Systems for the equilibration of forces acting on the pump: equalization of pressure pulses

Device for conditioning flow of working fluids

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Device for conditioning flow of working fluids

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Abstract

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