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Cyclone separator

US4576724A · kind A · utility

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18Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 4, 1985
Grant dateMar 18, 1986
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 4, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB04C5/13
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A cyclone separator for removing oil from seawater, the oil being up to a few percent of the volume, is proportioned as follows, symbols having the meaning shown on the FIGURE, a notable feature being the smallness of d.sub.o, the overflow: 10.ltoreq.1.sub.2 /d.sub.2 .ltoreq.25; 0.04<4A.sub.i /.pi.d.sub.1.sup.2 .ltoreq.0.10; d.sub.o /d.sub.2 <0.1; d.sub.1 >d.sub.2 ; d.sub.2 >d.sub.3. The half-angle of the convergence of the taper T.sub.2 is from 20' to 2.degree..

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