VORTEX APPARATUS Russian patent published in 2008 - IPC B04C7/00 F25B9/04 F28D7/16 

FIELD: mechanics.

SUBSTANCE: vortex apparatus comprises casing wit upper and lower covers, the lower one making a condensate collector, gas inlet/outlet and condensate outlet branch pipes, partitions, vortex pipe, initial compressed gas flow rate control device and condensate-separation units. Aforesaid vortex pipe includes a cold flow and hot flow pipes. Initial compressed gas flow rate control device incorporates a screw-type tightening device (STD) with adjusting washer furnished with a cross-piece with stem arranged in the STD membrane hole. The said stem passes via the cold flow pipe and through the gland in the upper cover out from the apparatus and is furnished with the rotation drive. The condensate-separation units comprise pipe laid between the said partitions, two pairs of crosswise slots arranged opposite to each other on the hot flow pipe at the distance of (1.25 to 1.45) d, where d is the pipe ID, from the STD edge and shifted relative to each other by 90°. Note that the said slots are arranged along the axis at the distance of (0.15 to 0.25) d. The circular chamber outlet channels, inside the hot flow pipe, are terminates at the gap between the casing wall and thin-wall cylinder. The hot flow pipe outlet is furnished with a nozzle and thin-wall cylinder is provided with confuser-diffuser element making an injector.

EFFECT: control over initial compressed gas flow rate by external effects and higher efficiency of condensation-separation processes.

1 cl, 4 dwg