Mist eliminator for eliminating droplets from a gaseous flow

A mist eliminator for eliminating droplets from a gaseous flow, in which flow passageways including constrictions and deflecting sections are formed by means of profile elements on the walls of which the droplets are eliminated and which are oriented such that the eliminated liquid may flow along said walls towards the inlet portion of the flow passageways under the action of gravity, characterized in that a droplet acceleration section is provided between adjacent profile elements upstream of a first deflecting section effective to eliminate droplets, said droplet acceleration section being dimensioned so that at least small droplets are accelerated at the inlet to the first deflecting section to a velocity which differs only slightly from the gas flow velocity.

A mist eliminator for eliminating droplets from a gaseous flow, in which flow passageways including constrictions and deflecting sections are formed by means of profile elements on the walls of which the droplets are eliminated and which are oriented such that the eliminated liquid may flow off along said walls substantially transversely to the main flow direction under the action of gravity, a droplet acceleration section being provided between adjacent profile elements in the region preceding a deflecting section and collecting flutes being formed on an eliminating surface following the deflecting section, characterized in that the maximum thicknesses of each profile element is about 0.2 to about 0.6 times the centre distance between two adjacent profile elements, that the length of the droplet acceleration section is about 0.5 times to about twice the centre distance, and that the collecting flutes are disposed on the eliminating surfaces in such a way that their tips, as viewed in the direction of flow, are spaced from the preceding deflecting section by between about 1/4 and about 2/3 the length of the eliminating surface following said deflecting section.