AIR SEPARATION MODULES AND METHODS OF REMOVING CONDENSATE FROM AIR SEPARATION MODULES

    公开(公告)号:US20210178320A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-17

    申请号:US16710783

    申请日:2019-12-11

    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.

    Air separation modules and methods of removing condensate from air separation modules

    公开(公告)号:US11491442B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-08

    申请号:US16710783

    申请日:2019-12-11

    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.

    AIR SEPARATION MODULES, NITROGEN GENERATION SYSTEMS, AND METHODS OF MAKING AIR SEPARATION MODULES

    公开(公告)号:US20210178302A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-17

    申请号:US16710795

    申请日:2019-12-11

    Abstract: An air separation module includes canister, a separator, and a band. The canister has an inlet end, an axially opposite outlet end, and an oxygen-enriched air flow fraction outlet port between the inlet end and the outlet end of the canister. The separator is supported within the canister and is arranged to separate compressed air flow into an oxygen-depleted air flow fraction and an oxygen-enriched air flow, provide the oxygen-depleted air flow fraction to the outlet end of the canister, and divert the oxygen-enriched air flow fraction to the oxygen-enriched air flow outlet port. The band is fixed to the canister and extends about the separator at a location axially between the oxygen-enriched air flow fraction outlet port and the inlet end of the canister to support the air separation module. Nitrogen generation systems and methods of making air separation modules are also described.

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