Apparatus for separating oil aerosols from air
AssigneeFilterwerk Mann & Hummel GmbH
InventorsGuenter Jokschas, Lothar Keller, Michael Wolf
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Abstract
An apparatus for separating an oil aerosol from air, including a separating element which is configured as an annular coalescer which coalesces the oil or oil mist in a known manner into larger oil drops which settle by gravity in the separating element and downstream therefrom. The separating element is disposed in a housing and fastened to a flanged piece, the flange piece including an adapter element to which additional flanged pieces and/or connecting lines for supplying and carrying away the air are attached.
Claims16
An apparatus for separating an oil aerosol from air comprising a plurality of separating elements connected in parallel, each of the separating elements being configured as an annular coalescer which coalesces an oil mist into larger oil drops which settle downwardly by gravity, each of the separating elements being disposed in a respective housing, and the housings being fastened to at least one flanged piece, wherein each flanged piece comprises an inlet for the oil mist, an outlet for de-oiled air, and a channel for draining the oil.
An apparatus according to claim, 10, wherein each of said flanged pieces further comprises an outlet for the oil mist, and an inlet for the de-oiled air.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.