INTEGRATED VORTEX SEPARATOR

An integrated vortex separator (116) (IVS) is disclosed. The IVS (116) includes a housing (202) in communication with a waste inlet via which a waste stream is drawn under suction into a waste tank (102). In a first stage, the waste stream is drawn into a centrifugal vortex flow to facilitate the re...

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Hauptverfasser:	NORIEGA, Kristin, CHUH, Yen, HOANG, Thao
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	AIRCRAFT APPARATUS USING FREE VORTEX FLOW, e.g. CYCLONES ARRANGEMENTS OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSIONTRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT AVIATION CENTRIFUGAL APPARATUS OR MACHINES FOR CARRYING-OUT PHYSICAL ORCHEMICAL PROCESSES COSMONAUTICS EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT FLYING SUITS PARACHUTES PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL SEPARATION TRANSPORTING
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Zusammenfassung:	An integrated vortex separator (116) (IVS) is disclosed. The IVS (116) includes a housing (202) in communication with a waste inlet via which a waste stream is drawn under suction into a waste tank (102). In a first stage, the waste stream is drawn into a centrifugal vortex flow to facilitate the removal of solid and liquid waste from the waste stream, leaving a primary airstream. Within the housing (202), a filter assembly includes outer and inner inverted cones with a conical cavity therebetween, the cavity serving as a second stage into which the vortex flow is redirected to remove additional liquid from the airstream. Radial vanes (210) extending inward from the outer cone define portals between adjacent vanes, through which the redirected vortex flow is isolated from the original vortex flow. Exhaust ports in communication with the conical cavity allow the substantially moisture-free airstream to be drawn from the IVS via a vent line.