Patent ID: 6776813
Filing Date: 2004-08-17
Classification: B01D,Y10S

Abstract:
Liquid separation and filtration device for drying and cleaning of compressed gases, comprising:a hollow, cylindrical tank which is closed on the top and bottom, and which has an inlet and an outlet, filter means in an interior space of said cylindrical tank, said filter means being in the form of a filter cartridge and being positioned with an annular gap being formed between the filter means and an inside wall of the cylindrical tank, a centrifugal liquid separation means with a separation space, said separation means being positioned in the interior space of the tank axially upstream of the filter means, with an annular gap being formed between the liquid separation means and the inside wall of the cylindrical tank, and with an outlet side of said liquid separation means being in fluid communication with an inlet side of said filter means, and a condensate collection space in said tank in communication with said separation means, wherein a flow path is provided for compressed gas fed into the inlet of the tank, through the liquid separation means, then through the filter means, and for compressed gas which has been cleaned and dried from an outlet side of the filter means to the outlet of the tank.