Patent ID: 8534266
Filing Date: 2013-09-17
Classification: B01D,F02M,Y02T

Abstract:
1. An oil separator for separating oil constituents contained in gas fuel, for connection to a gas fuel line of a gas-powered combustion engine, comprising: a casing with an inlet opening and an outlet opening for the gas fuel; a filter element incorporated in the casing, through which gas fuel can flow, which forms a seal between an entry area connected with the inlet opening in terms of flow and an exit area connected with the outlet opening; a first oil collection tank set up in the entry area in a gravitational direction under a port connected with the inlet opening for discharging the gas fuel into the entry area, for holding oil separated from the gas fuel in the entry area through gravitational separation; and a second oil collection tank adapted to collect oil coming from the filter element in the exit area, and situated in the exit area in the gravitational direction under a port connected with the outlet opening, wherein the filter element is contained within a filter module, the first oil collection tank is contained wholly within an oil collection module, and a terminal module contains the inlet opening and outlet opening, the filter module detachably coupled to a first side of the terminal module and the oil collection module detachably coupled to a second side of the terminal module, the first side of the terminal module opposite the second side of the terminal module.