Moisture separator for fluid compressor
AssigneeIngersoll-Rand Company
InventorsRobert C. Rodgers, Lance S. Hathcock
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Abstract
A moisture separator including a separator tank that defines a separation chamber, the separator tank having an inlet; and a separation element located at the separator tank inlet, the separation element including an outer ring having a first side and a second side, the outer ring defining a flow opening; a hub located in the flow opening; and a plurality of flow directing elements, each flow directing element including a rib joining the outer ring and the hub, and a first guide vane made integral with the rib and located along the first side of the outer ring, and a second guide vane made integral with the rib and located along the second side of the outer ring.
Claims12
A moisture separator comprising:
- A) a separator tank that defines a separation chamber, the separator tank having an inlet,and a discharge port, the separation chamber further defining a sump;
- B) a separation element located at the separator tank inlet, proximate the separation chamber, the separation element comprising an outer ring having a first side and a second side, the outer ring defining a flow opening;
- a hub located in the flow opening;
- and a plurality of flow directing elements, each flow directing element comprising a rib joining the outer ring and the hub, a first guide vane made integral with the rib and located along the first side of the outer ring, and a second guide vane made integral with the rib and located along the second side of the outer ring, the moisture separator further comprising a discharge flow tube having a discharge end located in the separator tank discharge port and an inlet end located in the separation chamber, wherein the discharge flow tube is L-shaped, the inlet end of the discharge flow tube has a diameter, and the inlet end of the discharge flow tube is separated from the tank inlet by a distance equal to the product of 1.25 and the diameter of the inlet end.
A moisture separator comprising:
- A) a separator tank that defines a separation chamber, the separator tank having an inlet, and an inlet flange having a thickness;
- B) a separation element located at the separator tank inlet, proximate the separation chamber, the separation element comprising an outer ring having a first side and a second side, the outer ring defining a flow opening having a diameter, the thickness of the inlet flange being equal to the flow opening diameter;
- a hub located in the flow opening;
- and a plurality of flow directing elements, each flow directing element comprising a rib joining the outer ring and the hub, a first guide vane made integral with the rib and located along the first side of the outer ring, and a second guide vane made integral with the rib and located along the second side of the outer ring in the separation chamber inlet.
A moisture separator comprising:
- A) a separator tank that defines a separation chamber, the separator tank having an inlet;
- B) a separation element located at the separator tank inlet, proximate the separation chamber, the separation element comprising an outer ring having a first side and a second side, the outer ring defining a flow opening;
- a hub located in the flow opening;
- and a plurality of flow directing elements, each flow directing element comprising a rib joining the outer ring and the hub, a first guide vane made integral with the rib and located along the first side of the outer ring, and a second guide vane made integral with the rib and located along the second side of the outer ring, the first guide vane, rib, and second guide vane of each flow directing element arranged in a step-like configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.