Cyclone separator having a variable longitudinal profile
AssigneeG.B.D. Corp.
InventorsWayne Ernest Conrad, Helmut Gerhard Conrad, Ted Szylowiec
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Abstract
A cyclone separator having an improved efficiency to remove a broader spectrum of contained particles is disclosed. The inner wall of the cyclone separator is configured to continuously impart changes in the acceleration of a fluid as it rotates within the cyclone cavity.
Claims25
A non-frusto-conical cyclone separator comprising a longitudinally extending body having a wide end, a narrow end, an outer wall and a receiving portion defining a collecting chamber in fluid communication with the separator for receiving material which is separated from the fluid by the cyclone separator, the wall having an inner surface which is continuous in the longitudinal direction and defines an internal cavity within which the fluid rotates when the separator is in use, at least a portion of the inner surface of the wall is configured to continuously impart changes in the rate of acceleration to the fluid as the fluid rotates within the cavity, wherein the fluid flows in and exhausts out of said separator via said wide end, or the fluid flows in said separator via said wide end and exhausts out of said separator via said narrow end.
A non-frusto-conical cyclone separator comprising a longitudinally extending body having a longitudinally extending axis, a receiving portion defining a collecting chamber in fluid communication with the separator for receiving material which is separated from the fluid by the cyclone separator, a wide end, a narrow end, and an outer wall, the wall having an inner surface and defining an internal cavity within which a fluid rotates when the separator is in use, at least a portion of the inner surface of the wall defined by a continuous n-differentiable curve swept 360 degrees around the axis wherein n≧2 and the second derivative is not zero everywhere,
- wherein the fluid flows in and exhausts out of said separator via said wide end, or the fluid flows in said separator via said wide end and exhausts out of said separator via said narrow end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.