Patent ID: 7648543

Claim:
An inertial gas-liquid separator for removing liquid particles from a gas-liquid stream, comprising a housing having an inlet for receiving a gas-liquid stream, and an outlet for discharging a gas stream, first and second flow branches through said housing from said inlet to said outlet, said first flow branch having a first set of one or more nozzles receiving said gas-liquid stream from said inlet and accelerating said gas-liquid stream in said first flow branch in a downstream direction through said first set of one or more nozzles and against a first inertial impactor collector in said housing in the path of said accelerated gas-liquid stream through said first flow branch and causing liquid particle separation, said second flow branch having a second set of one or more nozzles receiving said gas-liquid stream from said inlet and accelerating said gas-liquid stream in said second flow branch in a downstream direction through said second set of one or more nozzles and against a second inertial impactor collector in said housing in the path of said accelerated gas-liquid stream through said second flow branch and causing liquid particle separation, a variable flow controller in said second flow branch and controlling flow therethrough.