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Compact, efficient, monitorable immiscible fluid separator
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Inventors: Fleming, William E.;
Assignee: Fluid Separation Technologics Inc. (San Jose, CA)
Primary Examiner: Drodge; Joseph W.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Schreiber; Donald E.
Disclosed is a fluid separator for isolating a component from a composite fluid having one fluid entrained within, but immiscible in, another fluid, and the two fluids have differing specific gravities. An enclosed chamber of the separator houses an elongated spillway having a first end that receives the composite fluid through an inlet-port. A second end of the spillway, located in the chamber's sump, includes spillway outlet-ports for discharging the composite fluid into the chamber. The separator also includes a flat, first solid plate that slopes diagonally across the chamber from the top of the spillway near the inlet port to the sump. A flat, second solid plate slopes diagonally across the chamber from the bottom of the spillway in the sump to a juncture with the first solid plate. Fluid flowing through the separator passes through gaps between the peripheries of the first and second plates and a wall that encloses the chamber. An outlet-port baffle within the chamber establishes a partially open cavity adjacent to an outlet-port that admits to the outlet-port the flow of the fluid discharged from the separator. V-shaped baffles secured within the sump and top of the chamber restrain movement of isolated contaminants. A top, sump and several multi-purpose ports pierce the walls of the outer housing at various locations to receive valves and other accessories. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION An object of the present invention is to provide an improved, immiscible fluid separator that is capable of swift, flexible and efficient isolation of various different materials.
Another object of the present invention is to provide an improved, immiscible fluid separator that resists plugging.
Another object of the present invention is to provide an improved, hermetically sealed, immiscible fluid separator that has no moving parts, or internal seals or seats.
Another object of the present invention is to provide an improved, immiscible fluid separator that is easy to maintain.
Another object of the present invention is to provide an improved, immiscible fluid separator that has a long service life.
Another object of the present invention is to provide an improved, immiscible fluid separator that has minimal adverse environmental impact.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide an improved, immiscible fluid separator which is simple, that is cost effective, and easy to manufacture.
Briefly, a fluid separator in accordance with the present invention isolates a component from a composite fluid in which a first fluid is entrained within, but is immiscible in, a second fluid, the two fluids having differing specific gravities.
The fluid separator includes an outer housing that encloses a chamber.
The outer housing includes a side wall, that is preferably formed in the shape of a right circular cylinder encircling a vertical axis of the chamber.
The side wall is closed at an upper end of the chamber by a top wall, that is preferably dome-shaped, and is closed at a lower end of the chamber by a bottom wall, that is also preferably dome-shaped.
The domes of the preferred top and bottom walls are respectively oriented to establish a convex upper-end and a convex lower-end for the chamber, thereby establishing a sump at the lower end of the chamber.
The walls of the outer housing are pierced by a fluid inlet-port for receiving a flow of the composite fluid into the fluid separator, and by a fluid outlet-port for discharging a flow of the second fluid from the fluid separator
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