Patent · US Expired

Method of cleaning a drop separator and drop separator with cleaning device

US5389127A · kind A · utility

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Inventors

Dieter Wurz · Ditzingen, DE
Stefan Hartig · Achern, DE
Hubert Wolf · Hammersbach, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 3, 1993
Grant date	Feb 14, 1995
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 3, 2013

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB01D45/10
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method for cleaning a drop separator includes the steps of mounting a plurality of parallel blades along a gas channel, spraying the blades with cleaning jets of wash water pulsed from a plurality of flat jet nozzles, and displacing the plurality of the nozzles perpendicular to a direction of gas flow while spraying the blades.

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