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Swirling flow generator for gas-liquid separation

US10881996B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 8, 2016
Grant dateJan 5, 2021
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Expiry dateNov 10, 2037

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02T10/12
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A swirling flow generator for gas-liquid separation includes a swirling flow generating ribbon for swirling a gas-liquid two-phase fluid flowing through a pipe to guide a liquid toward an inner surface of the pipe by centrifugal force. A terminal end of the swirling flow generating ribbon where the gas-liquid two-phase fluid is to flow out includes a first terminal edge and a second terminal edge. The first and second terminal edges connect a first terminal end point, a second terminal end point, and a middle terminal end point. The first terminal end point is in a first of radially outward ends and the second terminal end point is in a second of the radially outward ends. The middle terminal end point is closer to a side where the gas-liquid two-phase fluid is to flow in than the first and second terminal end points and is on an axial line.

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