Steam separator and method of separating steam and water in a laundry appliance

The steam separator (9) according to the present invention comprises an inlet (17) for a water/steam mixture W+S, a water outlet (18) and a steam outlet (19), wherein the inlet (17) and the water outlet (18) are connected by an open drain channel (20). The method of separating steam S and water W in...

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Main Author GASIOROWSKI KAMIL
Format Patent
LanguageChinese
English
Published 30.05.2012
Subjects
BLASTING
FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
HEATING
LAUNDERING
LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILEARTICLES
LIGHTING
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
METHODS OF STEAM GENERATION
NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
NUCLEAR PHYSICS
NUCLEAR REACTORS
PHYSICS
STEAM BOILERS
STEAM GENERATION
TEXTILES
TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE
WEAPONS
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Summary:The steam separator (9) according to the present invention comprises an inlet (17) for a water/steam mixture W+S, a water outlet (18) and a steam outlet (19), wherein the inlet (17) and the water outlet (18) are connected by an open drain channel (20). The method of separating steam S and water W in a steam separator (9) comprises that a mixture of steam and water S+W is fed into an inlet (17) of a steam separator (9); within the steam separator (9), the water W is flowed along an open drain channel (20) to a water outlet (18) of the steam separator (9); and within the steam separator (9), the steam S is risen up to a steam outlet (19) of the steam separator (9). In particular, the inventive steam separator (9) is dedicated to use in a laundry appliance, preferredly a refresher dryer (1).
Bibliography:Application Number: CN201080036209