Oil centrifuge having a throttle point and safety valve

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10252280-B2
Application number	US-201715844990-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 18, 2017
Priority date	Jul 31, 2013
Publication date	Apr 9, 2019
Grant date	Apr 9, 2019

Abstract

An oil centrifuge has an integral, rotatably mounted centrifuge rotor and a feed tube connected to the centrifuge rotor. A flow path is provided that supplies oil to the centrifuge rotor. The feed tube is a section of the flow path. The flow path has a throttle point having a reduced throttle cross section that is reduced relative to an upstream flow path cross section of the flow path upstream of the throttle point.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An oil centrifuge comprising:
a centrifuge rotor integrated into an interior of the oil centrifuge and mounted on bearings to rotating on an axis of rotation within an interior of the oil centrifuge, the centrifuge rotor including:
a rotor casing having at least one rotor casing part forming the rotor casing, the rotor casing including:
a circumferential radial outer wall;

a feed tube connected to the rotor casing in a fixed rotational relationship to rotate with the rotor casing, the feed tube arranged on the axis of rotation, the feed tube arranged in an interior of the rotor casing and spaced radially inwardly away from the circumferential radial outer wall of the rotor casing;

a flow path adapted to supply oil to the centrifuge, wherein the feed tube is connected to and forms a section of the flow path;
a throttle point formed as a venturi nozzle arranged in the feed tube of the rotor casing and rotating together with the rotor casing, the throttle point having:
an inlet end having an upstream flow cross-section;
an opposing outlet end having a downstream flow cross-section;
a bottleneck section arranged between the inlet end and the outlet end, the bottleneck section having a flow cross-section that is smaller than both the upstream flow cross-section and the downstream flow cross-section;
wherein a flow cross-section of the flow path tapers gradually with no sudden steps in cross-section from the Inlet end to the bottleneck;
wherein the flow cross-section of the flow path enlarges gradually with no sudden steps in cross-section from the bottleneck to the outlet end.

2. The oil centrifuge as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the flow path has a downstream flow path cross section downstream of the throttle point and the downstream flow path cross-section is increased relative to the bottleneck flow cross-section.

3. The oil centrifuge as claimed in claim 2 , wherein
the upstream and downstream flow cross-sections are identical.

4. The oil centrifuge as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the throttle point is in an inflow region of the feed tube.

5. The oil centrifuge as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
a diameter of the throttle point is maximally 90% of a largest diameter of the flow path.

6. The oil centrifuge as claimed in claim 5 , wherein
the diameter of the throttle point is maximally 70% of the largest diameter of the flow path.

7. The oil centrifuge as claimed in claim 6 , wherein
the diameter of the throttle point is maximally 50% of the largest diameter of the flow path.

8. An oil centrifuge comprising:
a centrifuge rotor integrated into an interior of the oil centrifuge and mounted on bearings to rotating on an axis of rotation within an interior of the oil centrifuge, the centrifuge rotor including:
a rotor casing having at least one rotor casing part forming the rotor casing, the rotor casing including:
a circumferential radial outer wall;

the rotor casing having a feed tube secured to rotate with the rotor casing, the feed tube arranged on the axis of rotation, the feed tube arranged in an interior of the rotor casing and spaced radially inwardly away from the circumferential radial outer wall of the rotor casing;

a flow path adapted to supply oil to the centrifuge, wherein the feed tube is connected to and forms a portion of the flow path;
a throttle point having a reduced throttle cross-section that is reduced relative to an upstream flow path cross-section of the flow path upstream of the throttle point,
wherein the throttle point is formed in the feed tube;
a safety valve arranged in the flow path and projecting into and interior of the feed tube of the rotor casing, the safety valve having:
a movable valve closure body arranged within the safety valve, the movable valve closure body displaced by pressure of the flow of oil to the oil centrifuge into a closed state in the safety valve, closing off the flow path of oil;

an actuating pin formed integrally with the feed tube of the centrifuge rotor and projecting into the safety valve, the actuating pin engaging against and holding the movable valve closure body in an open state allowing for flow into the centrifuge rotor;
a pressure valve arranged in the flow path in the oil centrifuge,
wherein the safety valve is arranged downstream of the pressure valve,
wherein the pressure valve is held in a closed state by a spring until oil pressure in the flow path reaches or exceeds a preset pressure threshold, transitioning the pressure valve to an open state.

9. A centrifuge rotor configured for mounting on bearings to rotate about an axis of rotation within an interior of an oil centrifuge, the centrifuge rotor comprising:
a rotor casing having at least one rotor casing part forming the rotor casing, the rotor casing including:
a circumferential radial outer wall;

a feed tube connected to the rotor casing in a fixed rotational relationship to rotate with the rotor casing, the feed tube arranged on the axis of rotation, the feed tube arranged in an interior of the rotor casing and spaced radially inwardly away from the circumferential radial outer wall of the rotor casing;
a flow path adapted to supply oil to the centrifuge, wherein the feed tube forms a portion of a flow path supplying oil to the centrifuge rotor;
a throttle point formed as a venturi nozzle arranged in the feed tube of the rotor casing, the throttle point having:
an inlet end having an upstream flow cross-section;
an opposing outlet end having a downstream flow cross-section;
a bottleneck section arranged between the inlet end and the outlet end, the bottleneck section having a flow cross-section that is smaller than both the upstream flow cross-section and the downstream flow cross-section;
wherein a flow cross-section of the flow path tapers gradually with no sudden steps in cross-section from the Inlet end to the bottleneck;
wherein the flow cross-section of the flow path enlarges gradually with no sudden steps in cross-section from the bottleneck to the outlet end.

Assignees

• Mann & Hummel Gmbh

Inventors

• Bauditsch Peter
• Weindorf Martin
• Haubenreich Helmuth
• Storch Thomas

Classifications

• B04B9/06

  Fluid drive · CPC title

• B04B9/10

  Control of the drive; Speed regulating {(for solid bowl screw centrifuges B04B1/2016)} · CPC title

• B04B11/04 Primary

  Periodical feeding or discharging; Control arrangements therefor · CPC title

• B04B5/005

  Centrifugal separators or filters for fluid circulation systems, e.g. for lubricant oil circulation systems · CPC title