US 12,263,492 B2
Intermediate coolant gas separation device for active deaeration system
Eduardo F Goncalves, Troy, MI (US); Nadine Hirceaga, Windsor (CA); and Ronald A Dallison, Farmington Hills, MI (US)
Assigned to FCA US LLC, Auburn Hills, MI (US)
Filed by Eduardo F Goncalves, Troy, MI (US); Nadine Hirceaga, Windsor (CA); and Ronald A Dallison, Farmington Hills, MI (US)
Filed on Jun. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/363,072.
Prior Publication US 2023/0001431 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. B04C 5/04 (2006.01); B01D 19/00 (2006.01); B04C 5/081 (2006.01); F25B 43/04 (2006.01)
CPC B04C 5/04 (2013.01) [B01D 19/0057 (2013.01); B04C 5/081 (2013.01); F25B 43/043 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A centrifugal coolant gas separator for a cooling system, comprising:
a main body defining a cyclone separator chamber therein configured to separate a flow of coolant into gas and liquid coolant;
a liquid outlet formed in the main body and configured to receive the separated liquid coolant from the cyclone separator chamber;
a gas outlet formed in the main body and configured to receive the separated gas from the cyclone separator chamber;
a first inlet configured to receive a forced flow of a first portion of a coolant flow; and
a second inlet configured to receive a second portion of the coolant flow,
wherein the forced first portion of coolant flow induces, through a Venturi effect, the second portion of coolant flow into the cyclone separator chamber for subsequent gas and liquid coolant separation of the first and second portions of coolant flow.