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.

A laundry appliance includes a drum for processing laundry. A blower delivers process air through an airflow path that includes the drum. A lint filter is positioned within the airflow path that separates particulate matter from the process air to define entrapped lint particles. A lint disposal mechanism removes the entrapped lint particles from a surface of the lint filter to define removed lint. A holding compartment receives the removed lint for disposal.

A laundry appliance includes a drum for processing laundry. A blower delivers process air through an airflow path that includes the drum. A lint filter is positioned within the airflow path that separates particulate matter from the process air to define entrapped lint particles. A lint disposal mechanism removes the entrapped lint particles from a surface of the lint filter to define removed lint. A holding compartment receives the removed lint for disposal.

A separating device includes a casing, a rotor, and a blade. The casing has a gas inlet, a gas outlet, and a discharge port for solid substances. The rotor is disposed on an inner side of the casing and is configured to be rotatable around a central axis of rotation of the rotor, the central axis of rotation extending along an axial direction of the casing. The blade is disposed between the casing and the rotor and is configured to rotate together with the rotor. The blade has a first end adjacent to the gas inlet and a second end adjacent to the gas outlet. The casing has a space between the second end of the blade and the discharge port in the axial direction.

A separating device includes a casing, a rotor, and a blade. The casing has a gas inlet, a gas outlet, and a discharge port for solid substances. The rotor is disposed on an inner side of the casing and is configured to be rotatable around a central axis of rotation of the rotor, the central axis of rotation extending along an axial direction of the casing. The blade is disposed between the casing and the rotor and is configured to rotate together with the rotor. The blade has a first end adjacent to the gas inlet and a second end adjacent to the gas outlet. The casing has a space between the second end of the blade and the discharge port in the axial direction.

A rotating coalescer having an ejected coalesced liquid separating device is described. The separating device prevents re-entrainment of liquid into a stream of filtered gas. The rotating coalescer includes a rotating filter element or coalescing cone stack positioned within a rotating coalescer housing. The outer surface of the rotating filter element or the outlet of the coalescing cone stack is displaced from the inner surface of the rotating coalescer housing. The gap between the rotating filter element or the coalescing cone stack and the rotating coalescer housing allows for ejected coalesced liquid, such as oil, to accumulate on the inner surface of the rotating coalescer housing for drainage and allows for filtered gas, such as air, to exit through a clean gas outlet of the rotating coalescer housing.

A rotating coalescer having an ejected coalesced liquid separating device is described. The separating device prevents re-entrainment of liquid into a stream of filtered gas. The rotating coalescer includes a rotating filter element or coalescing cone stack positioned within a rotating coalescer housing. The outer surface of the rotating filter element or the outlet of the coalescing cone stack is displaced from the inner surface of the rotating coalescer housing. The gap between the rotating filter element or the coalescing cone stack and the rotating coalescer housing allows for ejected coalesced liquid, such as oil, to accumulate on the inner surface of the rotating coalescer housing for drainage and allows for filtered gas, such as air, to exit through a clean gas outlet of the rotating coalescer housing.

A rotating coalescer having an ejected coalesced liquid separating device is described. The separating device prevents re-entrainment of liquid into a stream of filtered gas. The rotating coalescer includes a rotating filter element or coalescing cone stack positioned within a rotating coalescer housing. The outer surface of the rotating filter element or the outlet of the coalescing cone stack is displaced from the inner surface of the rotating coalescer housing. The gap between the rotating filter element or the coalescing cone stack and the rotating coalescer housing allows for ejected coalesced liquid, such as oil, to accumulate on the inner surface of the rotating coalescer housing for drainage and allows for filtered gas, such as air, to exit through a clean gas outlet of the rotating coalescer housing.

A rotating coalescer having an ejected coalesced liquid separating device is described. The separating device prevents re-entrainment of liquid into a stream of filtered gas. The rotating coalescer includes a rotating filter element or coalescing cone stack positioned within a rotating coalescer housing. The outer surface of the rotating filter element or the outlet of the coalescing cone stack is displaced from the inner surface of the rotating coalescer housing. The gap between the rotating filter element or the coalescing cone stack and the rotating coalescer housing allows for ejected coalesced liquid, such as oil, to accumulate on the inner surface of the rotating coalescer housing for drainage and allows for filtered gas, such as air, to exit through a clean gas outlet of the rotating coalescer housing.

A fluid cleaning and filtering system includes a pre-treatment system before a force generation turbine to condense and pretreat gases and particulate matter; a flow rectifier before a tangential inlet; diffuser pipes for compressing the gases and particulate matter therein and project same into the deflector disks, diffuser pipes at an outlet of the so-called condenser, a purger, a diffuser and a deflector; a force generation turbine; an energy generator using torque from the turbine rotor; an internal energy generator; a flow rectifier in a first tangential inlet and a flow rectifier in a second tangential inlet; a new full-cone atomizer nozzle to wet particles and clean gases; a diffuser in the condensers and a deflector disk for the condensers.