VACUUM PLANT Russian patent published in 2002 - IPC

FIELD: degassing various suspensions under vacuum. SUBSTANCE: proposed plant has cylindrical housing with intake pipe line arranged inside it; gas and degasified liquid medium discharge branch pipes are connected to housing; degassing unit and float valve are also arranged in housing; is mounted vertically and is provided with cover; plant is provided with spring- loaded (relative to cover) valve body mounted at intake pipe line outlet and with float valve coaxially fitted on intake pipe line for axial motion. Degassing unit is made in form of vertically mounted bent plates arranged radially around intake pipe line in zone of its outlet section; bent plates are engageable with cylindrical or conical ferrules at outlet; these ferrules are mounted coaxially relative to intake pipe line forming circular passages between them and walls of housing and intake pipe line; located on intake pipe line above float valve is compensating chamber whose upper wall is made from rigid material and lower wall is made from elastic materials; this wall is connected with float valve. EFFECT: enhanced operational reliability of plant. 2 dwg