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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2007
Ning Fang, West Chester, OH (US);
Duane Howard Anstead, Fairfield, OH (US);
Robert Proctor, West Chester, OH (US);
Pradeep Hemant Sangli, Bangalore, IN;
Prasad Laxman Kane, Pune, IN;
Gary Paul Moscarino, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Bala Corattiyil, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Ray Harris Kinnaird, Fort Thomas, KY (US);
David William Pugh, Fairfield, OH (US);
Mark Eden Zentgraf, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Ning Fang, West Chester, OH (US);
Duane Howard Anstead, Fairfield, OH (US);
Robert Proctor, West Chester, OH (US);
Pradeep Hemant Sangli, Bangalore, IN;
Prasad Laxman Kane, Pune, IN;
Gary Paul Moscarino, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Bala Corattiyil, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Ray Harris Kinnaird, Fort Thomas, KY (US);
David William Pugh, Fairfield, OH (US);
Mark Eden Zentgraf, Cincinnati, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a vortex generator that may be used in systems for separating oil from air oil mixtures. The vortex generator comprises a rotating disk having a rim having a plurality of passages extending through it and a cavity formed by the rotating disk and a cavity wall wherein a vortex is created when there is a flow through the plurality of passages into the cavity.