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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2007
James Kevin Mount, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Richard Walker Nicholson, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Duane Howard Anstead, Fairfield, OH (US);
Robert Proctor, West Chester, OH (US);
Pradeep Hemant Sangli, Bangalore, IN;
Prasad Laxman Kane, Pune, IN;
Mark Leonard Hopper, West Chester, OH (US);
James Kevin Mount, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Richard Walker Nicholson, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Duane Howard Anstead, Fairfield, OH (US);
Robert Proctor, West Chester, OH (US);
Pradeep Hemant Sangli, Bangalore, IN;
Prasad Laxman Kane, Pune, IN;
Mark Leonard Hopper, West Chester, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides an air-oil separator comprising a first region having a mixture of air and oil, a second region wherein separation of at least some of the oil from the air-oil mixture occurs and at least one multi-directional injector plug located on a rotating component in flow communication with the first region and the second region, the multi-directional injector plug having a discharge head that is oriented such that at least a part of the air-oil mixture discharged therefrom has a component of velocity that is tangential to the direction of rotation of the rotating component.