Condensate separator of an air conditioning system
AssigneeAxiom Space, Inc.
InventorsShray Chauhan, Christian Michael Cruzen, Sam Cuu Nguyen, Matthew Allen Stallard
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Abstract
A condensate separator includes an enclosure defining a cavity configured to receive an air flow having a liquid condensate entrained in the air flow. The condensate separator also includes a deflector assembly disposed in the cavity and configured to separate the liquid condensate from the air flow and to guide the liquid condensate toward an inner surface of the enclosure. The condensate separator also includes a filter disposed in the cavity and configured to receive the liquid condensate from the inner surface of the enclosure.
Claims20
A condensate separator comprising:
- an enclosure defining a cavity configured to receive an air flow having a liquid condensate entrained in the air flow;
- a deflector assembly disposed in the cavity and configured to separate the liquid condensate from the air flow and to guide the liquid condensate toward an inner surface of the enclosure;
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- a filter disposed in the cavity and configured to receive the liquid condensate from the inner surface of the enclosure.
An air conditioning system comprising:
- a condensate separator comprising an enclosure defining a cavity configured to receive an air flow from a heat exchanger of the air conditioning system, wherein a liquid condensate is entrained in the air flow;
- a deflector assembly disposed in the cavity of the condensate separator, wherein the deflector assembly comprises a plurality of deflectors arranged within the cavity and configured to separate the liquid condensate from the air flow and to guide the liquid condensate toward an inner surface of the enclosure;
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- a filter disposed within a recess of the enclosure, wherein the filter is configured to receive the liquid condensate from the inner surface of the enclosure, and the filter is downstream of the deflector assembly relative to a flow direction of the air flow through the enclosure.
A method of separating a liquid condensate from an air flow, the method comprising:
- receiving the air flow and the liquid condensate entrained in the air flow into a cavity of an enclosure of a condensate separator via an inlet of the enclosure;
- impinging the air flow and the liquid condensate entrained in the air flow against a deflector assembly disposed in the cavity;
- guiding the liquid condensate separated from the air flow via the deflector assembly toward an inner surface of the enclosure;
- guiding the liquid condensate via the inner surface of the enclosure to a filter disposed in the cavity;
- discharging the liquid condensate from the enclosure via a liquid outlet formed in the enclosure;
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- directing the air flow through an outlet of the enclosure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.