JOHN CHANGKYOO LEE
Pilots at Blaine Ln, Decatur, IL

4279578, Jul 21, 1981

May 21, 1979

6/041215

Tong S. Kim - Arlington Heights IL
John S. Lee - Decatur IL

Borg-Warner Corporation - Chicago IL

F04C 2902

418 97

Separation of lubricating oil, entrained in the discharge gas produced by a rotary vane compressor, is achieved in a relatively small space by initially passing the oil-laden discharge gas through a first closed chamber, containing an oil separating element, to form a stream of gas having some of its oil removed and having a desired velocity uniformly distributed across the stream's cross section. The gas stream is then circulated within a second and larger closed chamber where the remaining oil is separated out by gravity settling and impingement on the second chamber's walls. The separated oil collects in a reservoir at the bottom of the second chamber to form an oil pool. The oil-free discharge gas exits through an outlet in the second chamber. Oil is drawn off, and returned to the oil distribution system of the compressor, from a quiet portion of the oil pool which is protected from any turbulence of the gas stream by a shield within the second chamber that extends into the oil pool and prevents the re-entrainment of discharge gas, as gas bubbles, into the protected quiet portion of the pool. The shield also serves to prevent the protected oil from being re-entrained into the discharge gas.

2012023, Sep 20, 2012

Dec 3, 2010

13/512626

Scott Bloomer - Decatur IL, US
Phil Hogan - Hamburg, DE
John Inmok Lee - Decatur IL, US
Mark Matlock - Decatur IL, US
Lisa M. Pfalzgraf - Decatur IL, US
Leif Solheim - Decatur IL, US
Lori E. Wicklund - Argenta IL, US

ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND COMPANY - Decatur IL

C07C 57/03, C07C 51/42, C12P 7/64

554223, 435134, 554191, 554175

Vegetable oils having a low level of glycidol esters are disclosed. Methods for reduction of the content of glycidol esters in edible oils are also disclosed.