Patent ID: 7105036

Claim:
A drift eliminator comprising: a first plurality of air channel modules comprising: a first plurality of sheets having an undulating shape creating a series of alternating peaks and troughs; a second plurality of sheets having an undulating shape creating a series of alternating peaks and troughs, wherein the sheets of the first and second pluralities of sheets of the first plurality of air channel modules are alternately stacked, and wherein the troughs of the sheets in the first and second pluralities of sheets of the first plurality of air channel modules abut each other, thereby creating air channels between the peaks of the first and second pluralities of sheets of the first plurality of air channel modules; a second plurality of air channel modules comprising: a first plurality of sheets having an undulating shape creating a series of alternating peaks and troughs; a second plurality of sheets having an undulating shape creating a series of alternating peaks and troughs; wherein the sheets of the first and second pluralities of sheets of the second plurality of air channel modules are alternately stacked, and wherein the troughs of the sheets in the first and second pluralities of sheets of the second plurality of air channel modules abut each other, thereby creating air channels between the peaks of the first and second pluralities of sheets of the second plurality of air channel modules; and at least one planar sheet positioned between two of the air channel modules in the first plurality of air channel modules, wherein the drift eliminator is configured to remove at least about 99.99% by volume of entrained water in air, which flows through the air channels, and wherein a last sheet of the first plurality of air channel modules is nested in a primary sheet of the second plurality of air channel modules so that substantially no gap is formed between the last sheet and the primary sheet.