Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vapor separation systems and methods
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Application No.: US17968915Application Date: 2022-10-19
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Publication No.: US11951435B1Publication Date: 2024-04-09
- Inventor: Victor Alfonso Gonzalez Tellez , Tho V. Nguyen , Haitham J. Khamissi , Oswaldo Alberto Sanchez Rubio , Douglas A. Jones
- Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: GE INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY LLC
- Current Assignee: GE INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US SC Greenville
- Agency: Armstrong Teasdale LLP
- Main IPC: B01D5/00
- IPC: B01D5/00 ; B01D53/00 ; F01M13/04

Abstract:
A vapor separation system including a cooler having an inlet configured to receive an air-oil-water mixture, and an outlet configured to discharge separated oil and water in two different phases of matter. A first sensor is at the outlet of the cooler. A controller is communicatively coupled to the cooler, wherein the controller is configured to receive temperature feedback from the first sensor, and increase or reduce the amount of cooling, with the cooler and based on the temperature feedback, the oil-water mixture to a separation temperature configured to liquefy at least a portion of the oil in the air-oil-water mixture, while maintaining at least a portion of the water in the air-oil-water mixture in a vaporized state.
Public/Granted literature
- US20240226769A9 VAPOR SEPARATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS Public/Granted day:2024-07-11
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