Patent ID: 6056128
Filing Date: 2000-05-02
Classification: B01D,Y10S

Abstract:
A coalescer for separating a first liquid component from a multiple-component liquid mixture wherein the first liquid component has a lower specific gravity than the liquid mixture, the coalescer comprising:a housing comprising a front plate, a back plate, a pair of opposed side plates and a bottom plate which define an interior of said housing, said housing having an entry port and a first exit port and a flow path therebetween, one of said plates having a discharge port therethrough;a cartridge removably received inside the interior of the housing, said cartridge comprising an inclined top wall, a first wall, a second wall, a front wall, a back wall and a grid located underneath said inclined top wall and between said first and second walls, said grid comprising a plurality of parallel inclined plates residing along the flow path between the entry port and the first exit port, thereby to promote separation of the first liquid component from the liquid mixture when the liquid mixture flows along the flow path to the first exit port, the grid causing the first liquid component to rise upwardly in the housing, through an outlet formed in the top wall of the cartridge; and into a trough defined by upper portions of the first, second, front and back walls of the cartridge above said inclined top wall of said cartridge,said front and back walls of said cartridge contacting said front and back plates of said housing, said cartridge having a second exit port aligned with said discharge port, whereby the first liquid component moves upwardly through the outlet, into the trough, down the inclined top wall of the cartridge and then through a discharge spout engaged with the aligned second exit port and discharge port as the liquid mixture flows along the flow path.