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Oil separator and outdoor unit with the oil separator

US6574986B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 29, 2002
Grant dateJun 10, 2003
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Expiry dateMar 29, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF25B2500/01
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An oil separator including a shell (50) with a cylindrical section and a taper section which narrows in a downward direction and which is formed as an integral part at the bottom of the cylindrical section, an outlet pipe (51) which is inserted through the top of the shell so that the central axis of the outlet pipe coincides with the central axis of the shell, a discharge pipe (52) connected to an opening provided at the bottom of the taper section, and an inlet pipe (53) connected tangentially to the inner surface of the cylindrical section for introducing a gas liquid two phase flow into the shell, wherein the distance between the shell opening (50a) and the tip (51a) of the outlet pipe inside the shell is at least 5 times the inside diameter of the inlet pipe (53).

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