Gas-Liquid Separator with Dual Flow Impaction and Coalescence
AssigneeCummins Filtration IP, Inc.
InventorsDaniel Y. Hodges, Matthew T. VandenBush, Brian W. Schwandt, Peter K. Herman, Christopher E. Holm
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Abstract
A gas-liquid separator assembly has dual flow first and second split partial paths. The first path is an impaction separation path effecting liquid particle separation from a gas-liquid stream by inertial impaction. The second path is a coalescence-separation path effecting liquid particle separation from the gas-liquid stream by coalescence.
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A gas-liquid separator assembly comprising a housing having a flowpath therethrough from upstream to downstream, said housing having an inlet receiving a gas-liquid stream, and an outlet discharging a gas stream, a separator in said housing causing liquid particle separation from said gas-liquid stream, said flowpath comprising dual flow first and second paths, said first path being an impaction-separation path effecting liquid particle separation from said gas-liquid stream by inertial impaction, said second path being a coalescence-separation path effecting liquid particle separation from said gas-liquid stream by coalescence.
A gas-liquid separator assembly comprising a housing having a flowpath therethrough from upstream to downstream, said housing having an inlet receiving a gas-liquid stream, and an outlet discharging a gas stream, a separator in said housing causing liquid particle separation from said gas-liquid stream, said separator splitting said flowpath into first and second split partial paths, said first split partial path being an impaction-separation path effecting liquid particle separation from said gas-liquid stream by inertial impaction, said second split partial path being a coalescence-separation path effecting liquid particle separation from said gas-liquid stream by coalescence.
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