Aerosol separator

US7563312B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Thomas Wascher · Heidelberg, DE
• Ralf Arheidt · Karlsruhe, DE
• Werner Baumann · Bogen, DE
• Adrei Bologa · Blankenloch, DE
• Hanns-Rudolf Paur · Karlsruhe, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 17, 2005
• Grant date: Jul 21, 2009
• Expiry date: Dec 26, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B01D47/06
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

In an aerosol separator for removing dust particle and droplet aerosols from a flow of contaminated gases, comprising an essentially vertical channel section through which the contaminated gas (exhaust gas) is conducted upwardly, and into which an easily vaporizable liquid is sprayed, in finely divided droplets, a densely packed tube bundle of essentially identical straight tubes consisting of a process-suitable inert material is arranged supported on a perforated conical support structure such that moisture contained in the gas flow is deposited on the inner and outer tube surfaces and flows downwardly counter to the gas flow through the tube bundle and is collected in a gutter mounted to the inner wall of the tube bundle at the bottom end thereof for conducting the condensed liquid together with the contamination of the gas out of the aerosol separator.