Inertial gas-liquid impactor separator with flow director
AssigneeCummins Filtration IP, Inc.
InventorsStephanie F. Severance, Daniel Y. Hodges, Hamilton E. Harper, Benjamin L. Scheckel, Roger L. Zoch, Merwyn I. Coutinho, Brian W. Schwandt
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Abstract
An inertial gas-liquid impactor separator includes flow director guidance structure directing and guiding flow through the housing from the inlet to the outlet along a flow path from upstream to downstream. The flow director guidance structure may include a flow controller controlling and directing flow.
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An inertial gas-liquid impactor separator for removing liquid particles from a gas-liquid stream comprising a housing having an inlet for receiving a gas-liquid stream and an outlet for discharging a gas stream, at least one nozzle in said housing receiving said gas-liquid stream from said inlet and accelerating said gas-liquid stream through said nozzle, an inertial impactor collector in said housing in the path of said accelerated gas-liquid stream and causing liquid particle separation, and a flow director directing flow through said housing from said inlet to said outlet along a flow path from upstream to downstream, the flow director comprising a pair of combined nozzle/impactor plates facing each other across a gap, comprising a first nozzle/impactor plate having at least a first acceleration nozzle therethrough, and a second nozzle/impactor plate having at least a second acceleration nozzle therethrough, said first acceleration nozzle accelerating flow therethrough and across said gap against said second nozzle/impactor plate providing a first inertial impactor collector causing liquid particle separation, said second acceleration nozzle accelerating flow therethrough and across said gap against said first nozzle/impactor plate providing a second inertial impactor collector causing liquid particle separation.
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