Gas cleaning separator
AssigneeAlfa Laval Corporate AB
InventorThomas Eliasson
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a separator and more specifically, but not exclusively, to a centrifugal separator for the cleaning of a gaseous fluid. A centrifugal separator is provided as comprising a housing defining an inner space, and a rotor assembly for imparting a rotary motion onto a mixture of substances to be separated. The rotor assembly is located in said inner space and is rotatable about an axis relative to the housing. The rotor assembly comprises an inlet for receiving said mixture of substances, an outlet from which said substances are ejected from the rotor assembly during use, and a flow path for providing fluid communication between the inlet and outlet, wherein the outlet is positioned more radially outward from said axis than the inlet.
Claims21
A gas cleaning separator for separating a flowable mixture of substances of difference densities, the separator comprising:
- a housing defining an inner space,
- a rotor assembly for imparting a rotary motion onto said mixture of substances, the rotor assembly being located in said inner space and rotatable about an axis relative to the housing, wherein the rotor assembly comprises an inlet for receiving said mixture of substances, an outlet from which said substances are ejected from the rotor assembly during use, and a flow path for providing fluid communication between the inlet and outlet, wherein the outlet is positioned more radially outward from said axis than the inlet;
- and
- a housing member defining a region for receiving fluid ejected from the rotor assembly and directing said fluid to a first outlet aperture of the housing;
- and wherein
- the housing member is provided with means for segregating an inlet to said region from fluid which, in use, re-circulates back towards said inlet after having flowed past said inlet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.