Reduced pressure drop coalescer

US8545707B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Cummins Filtration IP, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Eric J. Rego · Fond du Lac, US
• Brian W. Schwandt · Fort Atkinson, US
• Eric A. Janikowski · Jefferson, US
• Barry M. Verdegan · Stoughton, US
• Kwok-Lam Ng · Madison, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 30, 2010
• Grant date: Oct 1, 2013
• Expiry date: Jan 19, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B01D17/045
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A coalescer includes fibrous media capturing droplets of the dispersed phase, coalescingly growing the droplets into larger drops which further coalesce and grow to form pools that drain, and adapted to reduce pressure drop thereacross by increasing dispersed phase drainage therefrom.