Curved vortex tube

摘要

A vortex tube with an arcuate hot leg. A vortex tube include a vortex chamber couple to a first tube, a cold leg, to carry a cold air stream and a second tube, the hot leg, to cause the separation of hot and cold air. The hot leg bends in an arc to allow a longer and more efficient hot leg in reduced linear space.

主权项

1. An apparatus comprising:
a vortex chamber defining an inlet port and a first and second outlet port, the inlet port to be coupled to a compressed fluid supply; a first outlet tube coupled to the first outlet port of the vortex chamber emitting a cool air flow when the inlet port is supplied with compressed air; and a second outlet tube coupled to the second outlet port and emitting a hot air flow when compressed air is supplied to the inlet port, the second tube defining at least one arc wherein the second outlet tube has a length in the range of 20 to 40 times the smallest diameter of the second outlet tube and the longest dimension of the apparatus is less than 22.5 times the smallest diameter of the second outlet tube.