Centrifugal Separator Connecting Port for Engine Integration

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing centrifugal separators for internal combustion engines require costly and complex turbine housings and flange interfaces, leading to high design and manufacturing costs, as well as the need for multiple types of turbine housings for different engine types.

Innovation Solution

A centrifugal separator design that includes a connecting portion with a hydraulic connection arranged on it, allowing direct insertion into a machine's connecting aperture, thereby eliminating the need for a turbine housing and simplifying the flange interface, reducing manufacturing and assembly costs.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If a traditional turbine housing with flange interface is used to connect the centrifugal separator to the internal combustion engine, then the connection is secure and functional, but the design and manufacturing costs are high and the structure is complex

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveconnection securityVSAvoidturbine housing structure

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts the hydraulic connection function from the traditional turbine housing structure. The connecting portion is designed as a separate, simplified component that integrates only the essential hydraulic connection features, eliminating the complex turbine housing while maintaining secure connection through direct insertion into the engine block's connecting aperture

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The connecting portion is designed as a universal interface that can be inserted into various engine block connecting apertures. This multi-functional design allows the same connecting portion to work with different engine types, reducing the need for multiple specialized turbine housing designs while ensuring reliable hydraulic connection for rotor rotation

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Reliability

If a traditional turbine housing with flange interface is used, then the hydraulic connection is established, but the manufacturing and assembly costs are high

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvehydraulic connectionVSAvoidmanufacturing cost

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The connecting portion is designed as a simpler, more cost-effective component that can be manufactured using less expensive processes. By replacing the traditional turbine housing with this simplified connecting portion, the patent reduces manufacturing costs while maintaining adequate hydraulic connection functionality for establishing rotor rotation

Inventive Principle:

Principle #27Cheap short-living objects (Disposable)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent merges the connecting function and hydraulic connection function into a single integrated connecting portion. This consolidation eliminates the need for separate turbine housing components and simplifies assembly, reducing both manufacturing complexity and overall cost while ensuring reliable hydraulic connection to the engine block

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

3Adaptability or versatility

If separate turbine housing designs are developed for different engine types, then the connection is optimized for each engine, but the design complexity and production costs increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveengine compatibilityVSAvoidnumber of turbine housing types

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The connecting portion is designed as a universal component that can be adapted to work with various engine block connecting apertures. This single standardized design replaces the need for multiple engine-specific turbine housing variants, reducing design complexity and production costs while maintaining adequate adaptability through the standardized insertion interface

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

This design allows for a cost-efficient manufacturing and assembly process, reduces the complexity of connection interfaces, and eliminates the need for multiple turbine housing designs, while maintaining the functionality of separating liquid and solid particles from gas flows.

Implementation Method 1

Some hydraulic drive arrangements utilize impact force, e.g. where a liquid jet strikes a turbine wheel to create the rotational force.

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectImpact force: Impact Force

Implementation Method 2

A centrifugal separator comprises a rotor unit rotating at high rotational speeds to generate centrifugal forces separating the fluids having different densities.

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectCentrifugal force: Centrifugal Force

Data Source

PatentUS12240003B2Centrifugal separator and machine comprising a centrifugal separator

Publication Date: 2025.03.04 ALFDEX

AI summary

A centrifugal separator is configured to separate liquid and solid particles from a flow of gas generated by a machine. The centrifugal separator includes a centrifugal rotor, a hydraulic drive arrangement configured to rotate the centrifugal rotor, a hydraulic connection for connecting the hydraulic drive arrangement to a hydraulic circuit of the machine, and a connecting portion for connecting the centrifugal separator to the machine. The hydraulic connection is arranged on the connecting portion, and the connecting portion is configured to be inserted into a connecting aperture of the machine. A machine includes the centrifugal separator.