Aerosol separator for separating aerosols in a blow-by gas

An aerosol separator (1) for separating aerosols in a blow-by gas and located below and integrated with a cylinder head cover (13), comprising:

• a substantially elongated basic structure and with two opposing wide sides (7) thereof,
• each said wide side (7) having a feed opening (2) for feeding a blow-by gas provided with aerosols,
• an outlet opening (3) for discharging a blow-by gas cleaned of aerosols,
• at least one outflow opening (4) for releasing aerosols removed from the blow-by gas, and which is arranged through a bottom of said aerosol separator (1) between a separate flow path (5) of the respective feed opening (2) and the outlet opening (3), and
• a plurality of projections (6) for configuring each said separate flow path (5) running from the respective feed opening (2) to the at least one outflow opening (4) in a meandering manner in a longitudinal direction (8) of the aerosol separator (1) away from said respective feed opening (2) and towards a center of said aerosol separator (1), to decelerate the blow-by gas which enters the feed opening (2) and which is provided with aerosols, in terms of its flow rate, wherein
• the projections (6) in their end region (61), around which blow-by gas flows, have a portion with increasing projection width (62),
• the projections (6) are of rounded shape in an end region (61) thereof, and
• an outflow opening (4) is arranged through the bottom of said aerosol separator (1) upstream of an apex region in each said meandering flow path (5).