Gas/liquid separator
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
InventorLuis E. Lema
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Abstract
A gas/liquid separator which includes a hollow cylindrical separator body ving: 1) an inlet port for receiving a tangential inflow of a gas/liquid mixture, and 2) an outlet port for allowing liquid separated from the mixture to tangentially exit the cylindrical separator body. The inlet port and outlet port are located such that they face 90.degree. apart from one another. A hollow cylindrical vortex finder is positioned concentrically within the cylindrical separator body which allows the primary and secondary gas flows to exit as stipulated.
Claims20
A gas/liquid separator comprising:
- a hollow cylindrical separator body having:
- 1) an inlet port in a top sidewall thereof for receiving a tangential inflow of a gas/liquid mixture, and 2) an outlet port in a bottom sidewall thereof for allowing liquid separated from the mixture to tangentially exit said cylindrical separator body, wherein said inlet port and outlet port are located 90.degree. apart;
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- a hollow cylindrical vortex finder positioned concentrically within said cylindrical separator body, said vortex finder having:
- 1) first gas entrance ports aligned with said inlet port of said separator body for receiving a primary gas flow separated from the mixture, and 2) second gas entrance ports aligned with said outlet port of said separator body for receiving a secondary gas flow separated from the mixture, wherein said cylindrical vortex finder is further provided with means to allow the primary and secondary gas flows to exit same.
A gas/liquid separator comprising:
- a first hollow cylindrical body having identically dimensioned, rectangular inlet and outlet ports positioned to enter a sidewall of said first cylindrical body in a tangential fashion at opposite ends thereof, said inlet and outlet ports further facing 90.degree. away from each other;
- a second hollow cylindrical body located concentrically within said first cylindrical body and having a gas exit port, said second cylindrical body further being provided with perforations aligned with said inlet and outlet ports, whereby when a gas/liquid mixture enters said first cylindrical body through said inlet port, a vortex flow is created therein such that:
- 1) gas is separated from the mixture and enters said second cylindrical body via the perforations aligned with said inlet and outlet ports, and 2) liquid is separated from the mixture and exits said first cylindrical body via said outlet port;
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- means for allowing the gas entering said second cylindrical body to exit same.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.