Terminal insert for a cyclone separator
AssigneeG.B.D. Corp.
InventorsWayne Ernest Conrad, Helmut Gerhard Conrad, Ted Szylowiec
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Abstract
A terminal insert for a cyclone separator for separating a material from a fluid. The terminal insert has a distinct member positioned within the cyclone separator to impinge upon at least a portion of the fluid as it rotates within the cyclone separator to destructively interfere with the rotational motion of the fluid within the cyclone separator.
Claims35
A terminal insert for a cyclone separator for separating a material from a fluid, the separator having a longitudinally extending body and a wall, the wall having an inner surface and defining an internal cavity having an outer portion in which the fluid rotates when the separator is in use and an inner portion, the terminal insert comprising a distinct member positioned within the longitudinally extending body to impinge upon at least a portion of the fluid as the fluid rotates within the cavity to destructively interfere with the rotational motion of the fluid within the cavity.
A terminal insert for a cyclone separator for separating a material from a fluid, the separator having a longitudinally extending body and a wall, the wall having an inner surface and defining an internal cavity in which the fluid rotates in a cyclonic pattern when the separator is in use, the terminal insert comprising a member having an outer wall spaced from the inner surface and configured to impart changes in the rate of acceleration to at least a portion of the fluid as the fluid rotates within the cavity to reduce the rotational momentum of the fluid to the point where the fluid has insufficient momentum to maintain a cyclonic flow in the separator.
A cyclone separator for separating a material from a fluid comprising:
- (a) a longitudinally extending body having a wall and defining a longitudinal axis, the wall having an inner surface which defines an internal cavity having an outer portion in which the fluid rotates when the separator is in use and an inner portion;
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- (b) a terminal insert comprising a member having an outer wall spaced from the inner surface and positioned to interact with at least a portion of the fluid as the fluid rotates in the outer portion of the cavity to destructively interfere with the rotational motion of the fluid within the cavity.
A method of separating a first material from a fluid stream comprising the steps of:
- (a) introducing a fluid to flow cyclonically in a cavity having a cyclonic flow region;
- (b) destructively interfering with the rotational motion of the fluid within the cavity;
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- (c) removing the fluid flow from the cyclonic flow region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.