Hybrid separator

A method operative for purposes of effecting therewith the separation of liquid from a vapor-liquid mixture that is made to flow in a passageway having an inlet and an outlet, and wherein the passageway is defined by a peripheral wall that has a through slot provided therein comprising:

• receiving at the inlet of the passageway a flow of a vapor-liquid mixture;
• applying a centrifugal force to cause droplets of the liquid in the vapor-liquid mixture that is received at the inlet of the passageway to flow through the through slot in the peripheral wall;
• and
• exhausting from the outlet of the passageway the flow of vapor-liquid mixture after droplets of liquid have been removed therefrom.

A vapor-liquid separator comprising:

• a cylindrical chamber having (i) an inlet opening, (ii) an outlet opening, (iii) a wall, including an inner surface and an outer surface, said inner surface being operative to define a passageway that extends longitudinally between said inlet opening and said outlet opening, and (iv) a series of adjacent slots suitably formed so as to extend both along a circumference and through both said inner surface and said outer surface of said wall of said chamber;
• a plurality of spinner blades suitably disposed within said passageway so as to be positioned below said slot;
• a first mesh having (i) a first end, (ii) a second end, and (iii) a mesh wall that is operative to define a compartment (a) that extends longitudinally between said first end and said second end and (b) having said cylindrical chamber disposed therein;
• a second mesh having (i) a first end, (ii) a second end, and (iii) a mesh wall that is operative to define a second compartment (a) that extends longitudinally between said first end and said second end and (b) having said first mesh disposed therein;
• and
• a third mesh having (i) a first end, (ii) a second end, and (iii) a mesh wall that is operative to define a third compartment (a) that extends longitudinally between said first end and said second end and (b) having said second mesh disposed therein.