Device for separating compressed gas into hot and cold streams
For the term "vortex tube" used in fluid dynamics, see Vorticity.
Separation of a compressed gas into a hot stream and a cold stream
The vortex tube, also known as the Ranque-Hilsch vortex tube, is a mechanical device that separates a compressed gas into hot and cold streams. The gas emerging from the hot end can reach temperatures of 200 °C (390 °F), and the gas emerging from the cold end can reach −50 °C (−60 °F).[1] It has no moving parts and is considered an environmentally friendly technology because it can work solely on compressed air and does not use Freon.[2] Its efficiency is low, however, counteracting its other environmental advantages.
Pressurised gas is injected tangentially into a swirl chamber near one end of a tube, leading to a rapid rotation—the first vortex—as it moves along the inner surface of the tube to the far end. A conical nozzle allows gas specifically from this outer layer to escape at that end through a valve. The remainder of the gas is forced to return in an inner vortex of reduced diameter within the outer vortex. Gas from the inner vortex transfers energy to the gas in the outer vortex, so the outer layer is hotter at the far end than it was initially. The gas in the central vortex is likewise cooler upon its return to the starting-point, where it is released from the tube.
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