US 12,330,090 B2
Degassing apparatus with a bubble breaker
Shatil Sinha, Clifton Park, NY (US); James Duvall Bollacker, Niskayuna, NY (US); and Ram Kumar Upadhyay, Niskayuna, NY (US)
Assigned to General Electric Company, Evandale, OH (US)
Filed by GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US)
Filed on Oct. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/958,991.
Prior Publication US 2024/0109004 A1, Apr. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. B01D 19/02 (2006.01); B01D 19/00 (2006.01); B29B 13/00 (2006.01)
CPC B01D 19/02 (2013.01) [B01D 19/0073 (2013.01); B01D 19/0094 (2013.01); B29B 13/00 (2013.01); B29B 2013/005 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A degassing apparatus comprising:
a degassing chamber;
a container, located within the degassing chamber, and defining a holding chamber with an opening;
a bubble breaker located at the opening, the bubble breaker comprising:
a bottom surface facing the holding chamber;
a top surface spaced from the bottom surface;
at least one conduit extending between and fluidly connecting an inlet defining a first hydraulic diameter at the bottom surface and an outlet defining a second hydraulic diameter less than the first hydraulic diameter at the top surface.