Patent ID: 6475256
Filing Date: 2002-11-05
Classification: B01D,B04C,F01M

Abstract:
A gas-liquid separator comprising:a generally cylindrical vessel defining therein a cyclone chamber and having a gas inlet being open on an inner circumferential wall of the cyclone chamber for introducing a gas into the cyclone chamber in a circumferential direction of the cyclone chamber for separating a liquid component from the gas by a centrifugal separation effect; a gas lead-through pipe having a gas outlet and communicating with the cyclone chamber through the gas outlet, the gas outlet being disposed separately from the gas inlet in an axial direction of the vessel; and a single baffle plate disposed in the cyclone chamber and, said single baffle plate generally dividing a space between: the gas outlet and the gas inlet to form a gas flow flowing from the gas inlet toward the gas outlet along the inner circumferential wall, wherein: said baffle plate is made of a rigid material that maintains its shape when the gas flow is applied to said baffle plate; and the gas lead-through pipe protrudes from the baffle plate at a side of said baffle plate that is opposite to the gas inlet, wherein the baffle plate and the cylindrical vessel define an unobstructed space around the gas lead-through pipe between the gas inlet and the baffle plate.