FLUID SEPARATION AND CONDENSATE CONTROL SYSTEMS

    公开(公告)号:EP4450143A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-23

    申请号:EP24165089.4

    申请日:2024-03-21

    Abstract: Phase separator systems may include a condenser (202, 402, 602) configured to convert humid air into a two-phase fluid having a gaseous portion and a liquid portion. A directing conduit is arranged downstream from the condenser (202, 402, 602) and configured to direct the two-phase fluid through a narrowing path defined by the directing conduit. A separator is arranged downstream from the directing conduit and configured to interact with the two-phase fluid to capture the liquid portion and permit the gaseous portion to bypass the separator and flow downstream therefrom as a reduced moisture content airflow. A condensate director is arranged between the condenser (202, 402, 602) and the separator and includes a plurality of collector elements arranged to capture liquid droplets and direct said liquid droplets along the plurality of collector elements. Each collector element has a free distal end at a downstream end thereof and arranged to direct the liquid droplets toward the separator.

    OPTICAL SENSOR
    2.
    发明公开
    OPTICAL SENSOR 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:EP4443140A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-09

    申请号:EP24167723.6

    申请日:2024-03-28

    Abstract: A waste processing system includes a storage tank (16) to collect urine, a dose pump (22) to mix a volume of urine pretreat with a volume of water and dispense the resultant pretreat mixture into the storage tank (16), and a sensor (30) configured to monitor one or more properties of the pretreat mixture. The sensor (30) is an optical sensor transmitting a light signal through the pretreat mixture. A method of monitoring a flow of a pretreat mixture of a waste processing system includes mixing a volume of urine pretreat with a volume of water at a dose pump (22) defining a pretreat mixture, directing the pretreat mixture along a fluid pathway toward a storage tank (16), and measuring one or more properties of the pretreat mixture via an optical sensor (30) disposed along the fluid pathway.

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