Solid particle separator for gas flows loaded with solid particles

A device for separating solid particles from a gas flow loaded with solid particles, and particularly for separating coarsely grained solid particles, said device comprising:

• a housing having a discharge end and an expansion section through which the gas flow to be cleaned passes and having a discharge opening for the solid particles;
• a submerged tube disposed on the discharge end of said housing, said submerged tube having an adjustable submersion depth;
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• a generally dynamically balanced guidance and torsion element disposed within said housing and positioned a distance from the inner wall of the housing that imparts a rotational directionality to the gas flow loaded with solid particles resulting in centrifugal separation of the solid particles, said torsion element forming a truncated cone disposed within the expansion section of the housing which increases solid particle separation with regard to grand size and steepness of a separation efficiency curve by the centrifugal forces by a dead space separation in a flow shadow of the submerged tube, whereby a mass of the gas flow and its load of solid particles do not directly effect the separation result.