Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Air separation modules and methods of removing condensate from air separation modules
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Application No.: US16710783Application Date: 2019-12-11
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Publication No.: US11491442B2Publication Date: 2022-11-08
- Inventor: James R. Doherty , Beakal T. Woldemariam , Donald E. Army , David Anderson , Eric Surawski
- Applicant: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NC Charlotte
- Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
- Current Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Charlotte
- Agency: Cantor Colburn LLP
- Main IPC: B01D53/26
- IPC: B01D53/26 ; B01D46/00 ; B01D53/22 ; B64D37/32 ; C01B21/04

Abstract:
An air separation module includes a cylindrical canister and a separator. The cylindrical canister has a longitudinal axis, an inlet, an oxygen-depleted air outlet, and a drain portion with an oxygen-enriched air outlet. The separator is arranged within the cylindrical canister to separate a compressed air flow into an oxygen-depleted air flow fraction and an oxygen-enriched air flow fraction, the oxygen-depleted air flow fraction provided to the oxygen-depleted air outlet and the oxygen-enriched air flow fraction to the drain portion of the canister. The drain portion extends tangentially from the cylindrical canister to issue the oxygen-enriched air flow fraction with entrained condensate from the oxygen-enriched air outlet with a tangential flow component. Nitrogen generation systems and methods of removing condensate from air separation modules are also described.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210178320A1 AIR SEPARATION MODULES AND METHODS OF REMOVING CONDENSATE FROM AIR SEPARATION MODULES Public/Granted day:2021-06-17
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