Patent ID: 8080080

Claim:
An air deoiling device coalescing and separating entrained liquids from a gaseous air stream, comprising: a modular air deoiling element of detachably mated components, said mated components being removably inserted together as a unit into a pressure vessel, said detachably mated components including i) a preseparator separating a portion of said entrained liquids from said gaseous stream, said preseparator separating an untreated gas region from a preseparator gas region; ii) a main separator comprising a coalescing element aggregating liquid droplets in said gaseous stream into larger liquid droplets; a drainage line arranged in said main separator and operable to remove separated liquid; and iii) a post-separator separating said larger droplets from said gaseous stream; wherein said detachably mated modular components are selected and combined to customize the air deoiling element as a function of application and required performance data wherein the preseparator comprises a baffle plate, a guide apparatus or a centrifugal separator selected from the group consisting of a cyclone and an impeller.