Cyclone separator

US7159723B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MANN+HUMMEL GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Torsten Hilpert · Erdmannhausen, DE
• Pius Trautmann · Dingolfing, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 7, 2003
• Grant date: Jan 9, 2007
• Expiry date: May 21, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F01M2013/0427
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A cyclone separator including an initial cyclone arrangement (1) arranged first in relation to a flow direction (18) through the separator; a second cyclone arrangement (2) connected in series with the initial cyclone arrangement; a bypass channel (3) bypassing the second cyclone arrangement (2), and a volumetric flow controlled valve device (4) for selectively directing a partial stream (5) through the bypass channel (3).