Patent ID: 7160348

Claim:
A mist elimination device for removal of moisture from a gas stream, which comprises: a chamber having an upper inlet for a flow of the gas stream, a lower outlet for collected liquid and a second outlet for a product gas stream, a hood located generally axially in said chamber having walls sloping downwardly from an upper crown to a lower extremity defining an exterior and a space beneath the hood, at least one moisture collection channel provided on the exterior surface of said walls positioned to collect liquid on said walls and guide the collected liquid to at least one flow channel positioned to direct collected liquid to below the hood, at least one moisture collection channel provided on an interior surface of the walls positioned to collect liquid entrained in the gas stream and passing from the exterior of the hood into the space beneath the hood, and an outlet duct communicating with the space beneath the hood and joined to the second outlet for guiding gas entering the space beneath the hood to the second outlet.