Patent ID: 7459001

Claim:
Vane diffuser for placement in a separator for separating at least one of a liquid phase and particulate material from a gas flowing through the vane diffuser in a flow direction, the vane diffuser comprising: a top plate; a bottom plate; a plurality of curved, parallel vanes disposed between the top plate and the bottom plate and defining diffuser channels therebetween, each of said vanes having a thickness which increases continuously in the flow direction to a maximum, then continuously decreases resulting in a cross sectional area of the diffuser channels which expands evenly, said diffuser channels leading to an outlet in the flow direction; and a distribution chamber delimited by the top plate, the bottom plate and the plurality of curved, parallel vanes, the distribution chamber having means for communicating with an inlet pipe stub of the separator to admit the gas into the vane diffuser and the outlet therefrom.