Gas-liquid vortex separator-eliminator

A gas-liquid vortex separator-eliminator which is adapted to be connected in a closed liquid circulating system having supply and return lines including a circulating pump connected therein for circulating liquid in said circulating system, comprising (a) an upright main body which has an upper chamber (b) and a lower chamber (c), said upper chamber (b) and lower chamber (c) being separated by a horizontal wall (d) that has a gas discharge port (e) in the center thereof, (f) an inlet which has a horizontal axis which generally perpendicularly intersects the vertical axis of said upright main body (a), said inlet (f) having an integral diffuser (g) positioned immediately inside of said lower chamber (c), said integral diffuser (g) being affixed at a horizontal angle and at a vertical angle to said horizontal axis of said inlet (f), (h) an outlet, which has a horizontal axis which is generally aligned on said horizontal axis of said inlet (d) and which generally perpendicularly intersects said vertical axis of said upright main body (a), said outlet (h) having a vertical pipe leg (i) positioned inside of said lower chamber (c) so that the lower segment thereof is positioned in the lower portion of lower chamber (c) and that the vertical axis of said lower segment of said vertical pipe leg (i) is generally aligned in said vertical axis of said upright main body (a), and (j) a gas vent-eliminator positioned within said upper chamber (b), when said separator-eliminator is in operation, said liquid enters said inlet (f), is directed into said lower chamber (c) and exits via said vertical pipe leg (i) and said outlet (h), said horizontal angle and said vertical angle being of sufficient degree from the vertical axis of the outlet to force said water tangentially against the side of said lower chamber (c) and downwardly in said lower chamber (c), respectively, so as to form a water vortex in said lower chamber whereby the gas in said liquid is released in the form of bubbles, said liquid being present during operation in said upper chamber (b) and said lower chamber (c), the lower end of said vertical pipe leg (i) being below where said bubbles form and/or where gas bubbles entrained in said liquid are carried down to by said vortex, said horizontal separating wall (d) being positioned in said upright main body (a) at a level to prevent the tangential fluid motion in said lower chamber (c) from interfering with the passage of gas bubbles up into said upper chamber (b), the gas bubbles rising into said upper chamber (b) and being purged into the atmosphere by means of said gas vent-eliminator within said upper chamber (b).