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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2007
Bala Corattiyil, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Duane Howard Anstead, Fairfield, OH (US);
Mark Eden Zentgraf, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Stephen Anthony Wilton, West Chester, OH (US);
Ramon Themudo, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Gary Paul Moscarino, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Kenneth Lee Fisher, Blue Ash, OH (US);
Bala Corattiyil, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Duane Howard Anstead, Fairfield, OH (US);
Mark Eden Zentgraf, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Stephen Anthony Wilton, West Chester, OH (US);
Ramon Themudo, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Gary Paul Moscarino, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Kenneth Lee Fisher, Blue Ash, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a free vortex air-oil separator that may be used in systems for separating oil from air oil mixtures. The free vortex air-oil separator comprises a free vortex chamber having a first chamber wall, a second chamber wall located axially aft from the first chamber wall and a rim located in a radially outer region from an axis of rotation, a plurality of vent holes in the rim and a cavity formed by the first and second chamber walls, and the rim, wherein a free vortex is created when there is a flow into the cavity through the plurality of vent holes.