Separator for a gas/liquid flow
AssigneeInnsep AS
InventorsCarlos A. Dorao, Maria Fernandino
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Abstract
The invention is separator for separating a fluid flow of gas with droplets (G, L), comprising an inlet (10) for the gas to be separated to a rotor (4) with a mesh (5) for coalescing the droplets (L) and releasing coalesced liquid (L′) from a peripheral part (50) of the rotor (4). Novel features of the separator is that—the mesh (5) generally forms an axial passage for said gas (G) from the inlet (10), through said rotor (4), to an outlet (20) for liquid depleted gas (G′), and—the rotor (4) with the mesh (5) is arranged for transporting the coalesced liquid (L′) laterally out of the axial passage to a wall (6) arranged for receiving the coalesced liquid (L′).
Claims28
A separator for separating a fluid flow of gas with liquid droplets, comprising an inlet into a chamber for said gas with droplets to a rotor, said rotor having an axis and comprising a mesh for coalescing said droplets and releasing coalesced liquid from a liquid permeable peripheral part of said rotor, characterized by
- said mesh generally forming an axial passage for said gas along the axis from said inlet, through said rotor, to an outlet for liquid depleted gas, and
- said rotor with said mesh adapted to transport said coalesced liquid laterally out of said axial passage toward a chamber wall surrounding the mesh arranged for receiving said coalesced liquid, and
- a radial gap in said chamber upstream of the rotor adapted to allow gas flow to exert a lateral pressure on droplets from the inlet through the upstream gap generally toward the chamber wall surrounding the mesh.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.