A device for removing solids from a gas stream, comprising: - a longitudinal hollow element comprising an inlet, a first outlet and second outlet, and an internal rotation-generating element for the gas stream, and the rotation-generating element, which causes the gas stream to rotate around a centerline of the hollow element, is arranged between the first outlet and the second outlet in the longitudinal direction of the hollow element, and comprises a central axial passage, said passage is fluidly connected to the first outlet by an extraction line, said first outlet arranged between the inlet and the rotation-generating element in the longitudinal direction of the hollow element, wherein a section of the hollow element is arranged between the second outlet and the rotation-generating element and has a decreasing inner circumference in the longitudinal direction of the hollow element towards said second outlet, and the second outlet of the longitudinal hollow element is fluidly connected to a container for accumulation of the solids, such that the solids are transported by help of a minor fraction of the gas stream into the container during use; and - a housing having at least a first outlet, within which housing the longitudinal hollow element is arranged, forming a space between an inner surface of the housing and an outer surface of the hollow element, said space in fluid contact with the first outlet of the hollow element and the first outlet of the housing; wherein the interior of the container is fluidly connected to the space, or the first outlet of the housing, by a recycle line having a first and a second end, the first end of the recycle line arranged internal to the container and the second end arranged downstream of the first outlet of the longitudinal hollow element, such that the minor fraction of the gas stream is extracted through the recycle line and routed to the first outlet of the housing during use. - a longitudinal hollow element comprising an inlet, a first outlet and second outlet, and an internal rotation-generating element for the gas stream, and the rotation-generating element, which causes the gas stream to rotate around a centerline of the hollow element, is arranged between the first outlet and the second outlet in the longitudinal direction of the hollow element, and comprises a central axial passage, said passage is fluidly connected to the first outlet by an extraction line, said first outlet arranged between the inlet and the rotation-generating element in the longitudinal direction of the hollow element, wherein a section of the hollow element is arranged between the second outlet and the rotation-generating element and has a decreasing inner circumference in the longitudinal direction of the hollow element towards said second outlet, and the second outlet of the longitudinal hollow element is fluidly connected to a container for accumulation of the solids, such that the solids are transported by help of a minor fraction of the gas stream into the container during use; and - a housing having at least a first outlet, within which housing the longitudinal hollow element is arranged, forming a space between an inner surface of the housing and an outer surface of the hollow element, said space in fluid contact with the first outlet of the hollow element and the first outlet of the housing;