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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2009
Ciro Cerretelli, Maderno, IT;
Kripa Kiran Varanasi, Lexington, MA (US);
Michael Bernhard Schmitz, VS-Villingen, DE;
Emad Ahmad Obaid Gharaibah, Nesoeya, NO;
Christopher Edward Wolfe, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Ciro Cerretelli, Maderno, IT;
Kripa Kiran Varanasi, Lexington, MA (US);
Michael Bernhard Schmitz, VS-Villingen, DE;
Emad Ahmad Obaid Gharaibah, Nesoeya, NO;
Christopher Edward Wolfe, Niskayuna, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A centrifugal compressor comprises at least one stage suited to separate a liquid phase and a gas phase with the aid of at least one of a hydrophobic, super-hydrophobic, hydrophilic or super-hydrophilic surface layer, wherein the hydrophobic and/or super-hydrophobic surface layer is disposed on at least one of an inlet guide vane, impeller, return channel straight hub, or exiting hub bend; and the hydrophilic and/or super-hydrophilic surface is disposed on at least one of the impeller casing, diffuser casing, exiting casing bend, return channel straight hub, exiting hub bend, collection point, or drain.