Internal-combustion engines – Charge forming device – Crankcase vapor used with combustible mixture
Patent
1994-12-27
1996-01-30
Okonsky, David A.
Internal-combustion engines
Charge forming device
Crankcase vapor used with combustible mixture
F02B 4708, F02M 2506
Patent
active
054873711
ABSTRACT:
The design and construction of past air-oil separators included labyrinth type designs with a series of baffles which can be expensive and complicated to manufacture. The present invention utilizes an air-oil separator which allows the introduction of blow-by gas to high velocity fresh air at its boundary layer in order to separate oil and air from the blow-by gas. The air-oil separator has an annular housing with first and second compartments. The blow-by gas enters a constricted middle portion of the first compartment through a plurality of openings. Simultaneously, fresh air at a high velocity flows through the constricted middle portion. The blow-by gas is accelerated with the fresh air flow at the boundary layer of the fresh air. The fresh air flow and blow-by gas reach an annular opening in the second compartment which strips the boundary layer from the fresh air flow causing the blow-by gas to split off into an annular outer gallery at a high velocity. The outer gallery has an annular wall with a surface curving away from the fresh air flow path which promotes a centrifugal action causing the oil particles within the blow-by gas to collide with and collect on the wall surface. The oil, now removed from the blow-by gas, drains from the outer gallery into the oil pan. The fresh air and remaining air from the blow-by gas are carried toward the combustion chamber. Boundary layer fluid flow and centrifugal Separation are utilized in this simple and efficient method of air-oil separation.
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Beckman Kurt D.
Hinchee Beth A.
Caterpillar Inc.
Okonsky David A.
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