Fluid flow device
AssigneeThe British Hydromechanics Research Association
InventorAlan E. Moore
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Abstract
A fluid flow device is disclosed wherein fluid flows from an outer conduit to an inner co-axial conduit through a communicating chamber at one end of the conduits. To prevent turbulence in the fluid flow due to the change of axial direction, vanes are provided, some of which extend into the communicating chamber. Some of the vanes may extend continuously from the outer conduit through the communicating chamber to the inner conduit. A flow straightener may also be provided downstream of the vanes in the inner conduit.
Claims6
A fluid flow device comprising two co-axial conduits, a communicating chamber at one end of both conduits through which fluid may flow from one conduit to the other, reversing its axial direction of flow as it does so, vanes within the communicating chamber, each extending in a plane containing the common axis of the conduits and extending from the communicating chamber into the inner conduit and from the communicating chamber into the outer conduit, the planes of adjacent vanes being inclined at angles other than 90 degrees.
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