Process for removal of liquid aerosols from gaseous streams
US4676807A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 5, 1985 |
| Grant date | Jun 30, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 5, 2005 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S55/25
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Processes for the high efficiency removal liquid aerosols from gaseous streams and coalescing filters for carrying out such processes are provided. The filter comprises a porous medium having a critical surface energy less than the surface tension of the liquid to be removed and the dynamic film thickness of the liquid to be removed is from about 0.5 D to about 0.8 D, where D is the mean pore diameter of the porous medium, whereby, in operation, the correlation of the pore size with the dynamic film thickness of the liquid coupled with the relationship between the surface tension of the liquid and the critical surface energy of the porous medium provide high efficiency removal of the liquid aerosol with a minimum resistance of flow. The effluent typically contains 0.05 ppm or less, by weight, of aerosol.
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