Patent ID: 11859666
Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B  F | IPC F

Claim 10:
11. A rotary phase separator, comprising:
a housing defining a separator chamber therein;
a shaft disposed at a longitudinal axis of the rotary phase separator and rotatable about the longitudinal axis;
a plurality of discs positioned along the shaft and rotatable about the longitudinal axis with the shaft, the plurality of discs disposed in the separation chamber and configured to urge separation of gas and liquid from a two-phase liquid and gas fluid in the separator chamber; and
one or more magnetic bearing assemblies supportive of the shaft, each magnetic bearing assembly including
a bearing rotor element; and
a bearing stator element magnetically interactive with the bearing rotor element to support the shaft;
wherein the bearing rotor element is disposed in the housing and the bearing stator element is disposed outside of the housing.