Counterflow vortex breaker
US11839884B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 23, 2019 |
| Grant date | Dec 12, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 2, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB04C5/081
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A vortex breaker for a particulate separator has a first set of vanes spaced along a perimeter of a first shape and a second set of vanes spaced along a perimeter of a second shape, where the second shape resides within the first shape. Each of the vanes has a top edge, a bottom edge, an inside edge, and an outside edge. The vanes in the first and second sets of vanes intersect the first and second shapes, respectively. The vanes in the first set are oriented in a first rotational direction, and the vanes in the second set are oriented in a second rotational direction that is opposite the first rotational direction. The first set of vanes and the second set of vanes define fluid flow paths between the outside edges and the inside edges of the sets of vanes.
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