Patent ID: 8679237
Filing Date: 2014-03-25
Classification: B01D,F01D,F05D,Y02T

Abstract:
1. Centrifugal oil separator for an aircraft engine for separating the oil particles contained in the vent air, with the oil separator including a rotating hollow body with a metallic foam body attached therein and at least one high-voltage electrode arranged upstream of the metallic foam body, characterized in that the metallic foam body is integrated into a hollow engine shaft with oil exit holes provided therein in the area of the metallic foam body which issue into a collecting channel, with air inlet openings arranged upstream of the metallic foam body in the engine shaft issuing into a vent air chamber which is statically arranged on the circumference of the engine shaft and connected to vent air inlet lines and in which the high-voltage electrodes connected to a high-voltage generator are arranged.