Patent ID: 7033410
Filing Date: 2006-04-25
Classification: F01M,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A centrifugal separator for separating oil from a gas stream, said separator comprising a housing, a gas inlet opening into the housing, and a gas outlet and an oil outlet leading out of the housing, wherein the housing is non-rotatably mounted, and an impeller with blades which cause a centrifugal flow is arranged in the housing so as to be rotatable about a longitudinal axis of a drive shaft, wherein the gas inlet and the gas outlet are arranged on opposite sides of a separating wall extending perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the drive shaft, and blades are attached to the separating wall and disposed on a side of the separating wall facing the gas inlet, and wherein blades producing a centripetal flow are attached to the separating wall and disposed on a side of the separating wall facing the gas outlet.