Patent ID: 7287651

Claim:
A fuel and water separator comprising: an outer housing having an inlet passage, coalescing media disposed in a generally upper portion of the housing and retained therein by an inclined wall plate having an inclined screen portion extending thereof, at least one baffle plate defining a plurality of openings, a fuel and water mixture entering the separator via said inlet passage to pass generally upwardly through said at least one baffle plate and said coalescing media forming means to separate from the fuel by coalescence droplets generally carried in the flow stream with sufficient velocity, such that water droplets becoming attached to the coalescing media to form heavier droplets which have overcome the flow rate of the fuel mixture, and which are dropped toward the bottom of the separator, separation of water from fuel being effected by the lowering of the fuel flow rate to reduce emulsification of water with fuel, said flow passing generally upwardly via said inclined wall plate and screen portion and passing from the separator via an outlet passage, and separation being further effected by heavy particulates of substantial specific gravity passing to the bottom of the separator with droplets, while smaller water droplets too light to fall to the bottom of the separator are carried with the fuel and pass generally vertically upwardly via the baffle plates which act as primary barriers to trap particulate matter.