Flow development and cogeneration chamber
AssigneeSpiroflo Holdings, Inc.
InventorsAlan Miller, Darin L. Lane
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Abstract
A fluid handling and cogeneration system has an inlet conduit receiving a fluid, a housing having a inlet end, a outlet end and an interior surface. The housing encloses an inner body which together with the housing is arranged to form an annular space between the interior surface of the housing and an exterior surface of the inner body. The system also includes at least one diverter configured such that the fluid is directed to circulate around the inner body and traverse the annular space from the diverter toward the outlet end of the housing in an organized fashion. A generator is provided within the housing to harness the fluid traversing the annular space to generate electrical power.
Claims19
A flow development chamber comprising:
- an exterior housing having an inlet opening;
- an inner body within the exterior housing;
- an outlet tube extending from the exterior housing;
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- a diverter pipe inside the outlet tube to collect flow from the exterior housing,
- wherein the flow development chamber is configured to circulate flow inside the exterior housing and to advance the circulating flow towards the outlet tube,
- wherein the flow development chamber is further configured to form an organized circulating flow comprising a spiraling flow and a separate helical flow around the spiraling flow, and
- wherein a first substance or mixture having a first density is substantially diverted into the spiraling flow, and a second substance or mixture having a second density different from the first density is substantially diverted into the helical flow.
A method of substantially separating a first substance or mixture from a second substance or mixture by utilizing a flow development chamber comprising an exterior housing having an inlet opening, an interior body within the exterior housing, an outlet tube extending from the exterior housing, and a diverter pipe inside the outlet tube to collect flow from the exterior housing, the method comprising:
- circulating flow inside the exterior housing, wherein the circulating flow is substantially organized or diverted into a spiraling flow comprising a first substance or mixture having a first density, and a separate helical flow around the spiraling flow and comprising a second substance or mixture having a second density different from the first density;
- advancing the spiraling flow and the helical flow into the outlet tube;
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- collecting the first substance or mixture in the spiraling flow in the diverter pipe, while the second substance or mixture in the helical flow flows substantially around the diverter pipe into a space between an interior surface of the outlet tube and an exterior surface of the diverter pipe.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.