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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 21, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Allan D Krul, Jupiter, FL (US);
J Wesley Harris, Jr, West Palm Beach, FL (US);
Assignee:
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
55345 ; 55409 ; 55413 ; 55438 ; 96190 ;
Abstract
The pressure drop through a passageway that flows a compressible fluid that flows axially with a vortex component is reduced by dividing the passageway into smaller parallel passageways. The vortex separator is combined with a deoiler that includes a rotatable inducer and porous media disk(s) in a lubrication system for removing the oil from the air where the oil is contaminated in the bearing compartments and gear boxes of a gas turbine engine.