Patent ID: 11927375
Assignee: TRANE INTERNATIONAL INC.
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC F  B | IPC B  F

Claim 0:
1. A liquid-vapor separator, comprising:
a housing;
an inlet disposed on the housing and configured to receive a working fluid into the housing;
a vapor stream outlet disposed on the housing and configured to release a vapor stream of the working fluid;
a demister disposed in the housing and configured to transfer thermal energy between the working fluid and the vapor stream, such that at least a portion of entrained droplets absorb thermal energy from the working fluid to evaporate said portion of the entrained droplets when the vapor stream flows through the demister;
an expander disposed in a lower portion of the housing, the expander being configured to expand the working fluid; and
a flow path for the working fluid flowing from the demister to the expander, the flow path being disposed within the housing, wherein
the working fluid is received through a conduit fluidly connecting the demister and the inlet, and at least a portion of the conduit is disposed within the housing of the liquid-vapor separator.