Patent · US Expired

Cyclone including an inlet diffuser tube

US5466372A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

J.M. Voith GmbH · DE

Inventors

Michael Jerabek · Leonding, AT
Wolfgang Ruf · Friedberg, DE
Thomas B. Martin · Montville, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 23, 1994
Grant date	Nov 14, 1995
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 23, 2014

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB04C2005/136
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A wet cyclone having a slender body with a truncated cone at an end thereof includes a heavy fraction outlet at an apex of the truncated cone and an immersion tube on the other end of the body. The immersion tube is cylindrical for withdrawal of a light non-gaseous fraction. A diffuser within the immersion tube deflects the flow within the tube for recovery of pressure head. The diffuser is disposed at a distance from the inlet end of the immersion tube of at least about half the inside diameter of the immersion tube.

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