Patent ID: 9610524
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: A47L,B01D

Claim:
1. A separator for a wet gas stream, the separator comprising: an upper section having an outer peripheral wall, a top, and a bottom, the bottom comprising a perforated baffle, the top having a gas inlet, and the perforated baffle defining a gas outlet; a cone-shaped baffle positioned on the perforated bottom baffle and extending toward the inlet in the top of the upper section; a vortex flow section defined by the cone-shaped baffle and the outer peripheral wall, the vortex flow section being fed by the curved flow path defined by the cone-shaped baffle; a lower section below the perforated baffle, the lower section having a gas outlet and a liquid outlet; the upper section comprising a liquid collecting medium positioned toward the outer peripheral wall of the upper section; the liquid collecting medium being a mist pad or particulate matter; the bottom of the upper section comprising liquid openings into the lower section below the liquid collecting medium; and the lower section comprising an outer baffle extending from the bottom of the upper section and positioned between the liquid opening and opening in the perforated baffle.