
To avoid bringing a liquid phase to a compressor, or extracting a condensed part of a gas mixture, different types of separators are directly integrated into our exchangers or pressure tanks.
Technical specifications :
In various gas treatment or steam conditioning processes, the flows circulating at the inlet or outlet of heat exchangers are sometimes loaded with liquid or solid particles. As an example, a common application consists in carrying out a first dehumidification step at the outlet of an air cooler. Indeed, by cooling atmospheric air (characterized by its relative humidity), a condensation of part of the vapour contained takes place. This condensed steam can be found in the form of droplets or mist depending on the flow regimes (separate phase, intermittent, dispersed,...) and the separation device must be able to collect the liquid phase on one side and allow the gas to continue its journey through the process. The separation can be done by devices such as cyclone or coalescing mats. In other situations, if we take the case of a steam or refrigerant in a thermodynamic cycle, it is necessary to avoid dragging a liquid phase towards a compressor or a turbine. In these cases the separators can be of the coalescing mat or baffle type. In all these applications, the pressure drop must be controlled for reasons of the overall performance of the installation.Some technical data on wet air and dry steam applications:
Name of item | Wet air cooler | LP separator |
Fluid | Wet air | Saturated steam |
upstream operating pressure | 21.45 bar | 3.2 bar a |
percentage / liquid flow rate | 0.039 kg/s | 90% |
Inlet temperature | 35 °C | saturation |
After separation temperature | 35 °C | 175 °C |
Gas flow rate/separated steam | 12.6 kg/s | 30 t/h |
Pressure drop | 0.08 bar | 0.09 bar |
Design pressure | 24 bar | -1/ 4.2 bar |
Hydrotest pressure | 15 bar | 6 bar |
Design temeprature | -10 / 120 °C | 0 / 250 °C |
Welding befficiency | 0,7 | 0,85 |
Corrosion allowance | 3 | 1.5 |
Material | ||
shell | P265 GH | P265 GH |
Separator element | 304 L | 304L |
nozzles | P235 GH -TC1 | P235 GH – TC1 |
Geometric Specificities :
Integrated in exchanger outlet box (wet air cooler) and vertical separator tank (superheated steam)Constructive Specificities :
Code: ASME VIII (cooler) CODAP (superheated steam) Regulation: DESP 97/23/EC Welding Processes: ASME IX or EN 288-3 Approved Welders' approvals: According to ASME IX or EN 1418 Semi-automatic MIG/MAG processesQuality Specificities:
LOFC according to customer and local specifications.
Séparateur cyclone

