Multi-stage apparatus for separating liquid droplets from gases

US7578863B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MANN+HUMMEL GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Stefan Becker · Mannheim, DE
• Carsten Schippers · Münstermaifeld, DE
• Wolfgang Heikamp · Waldsee, DE
• Tobias Neumann · Remagen, DE
• Jens Gutekunst · Gondelsheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 11, 2007
• Grant date: Aug 25, 2009
• Expiry date: Apr 11, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F01M13/04
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

An oil/air separator in which a drainage line is connected to an outlet in the interior of a vessel, e.g., a pressure vessel, upon installation of the oil/air separator in the vessel.