Patent ID: 9194265
Filing Date: 2015-11-24
Classification: B01D,F01M,F02D,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A rotating separator for separating liquid from a fluid mixture, the rotating separator comprising: a separator assembly comprising a housing and an annular rotating separating filter element rotating about an axis extending along an axial direction in said housing, said annular rotating separating filter element having an inner periphery defining a hollow interior, and having an outer periphery, said housing having a sidewall with an inner surface facing said outer periphery of said annular rotating separating filter element and spaced along a radial direction radially outwardly of said annular rotating separating filter element by a plenum therebetween, said housing having an inlet for supplying said mixture to said hollow interior, said housing having an outlet delivering a separated component of said mixture from said plenum, said housing having a drain delivering separated liquid from said plenum, the direction of flow through said annular rotating separating filter element being inside-out from said hollow interior through said annular rotating separating filter element to said plenum, said plenum having one or more flow path separating guides minimizing the flow of separated liquid to said outlet, said one or more flow path separating guides comprising one or more fins extending into said plenum from said inner surface of said sidewall of said housing, wherein said fins are tilted into the flow path of liquid extending from said annular rotating separating filter element such that said one or more fins are pointing in a direction opposite to the direction of rotation of said annular rotating separating filter element.