Separators demister

Demister separators are employed where liquid carry over is a problem. The recovery... 

Cyclones (Figure 4-3). These are robust and not susceptible to fouling or wax. Multicyclones are compact and are reasonably efficient for foam, but not for slugs. The efficiency of a cyclone decreases with increasing diameter, and cyclones are not applicable above 5 ft. diameter. They possess a good efficiency for smaller flow rates. However, cyclones are expensive to operate, especially under vacuum conditions, because they have a higher pressure drop than either a knockout drum or a demister separator. 

Demister Separators. A demister separator is fitted either with a vane demister package or with a wire mesh demister mat. The latter type is much preferred, although it is unsuitable for fouling service. The wire mesh demister is a widely applied type of separator, and is adequate for all gas-liquid flow regimes over a wide range of gas flow rates. 

A knockout drum or demister separator may be either a vertical or a horizontal vessel. A vertical vessel is generally preferred because its efficiency does not vary with the liquid level. Alternatively, a horizontal... 

In case of any liquid droplets likely to be entrained in the gases, a suitable demister/ separator should be placed ahead of the exhauster suction port. This will minimize damage to the moving parts. 

Provision for demisters, separators for catalyst particles and arresting escape of un-reacted particles should be made. 

As small droplets of liquid are usually still present in the gas phase, demisting secWons are required to recover the liquid mist before it is carried over" in the gas stream out of the separator. The largest liquid droplets fall out of the gas quickly under the action of gravity but smaller droplets (less than 200 microns) require more sophisticated extraction systems. 

Knockout vessels are the most common form of basic separator. The vessel contains no internals and demisting efficiency is poor. However, they perform well in dirty service conditions (i.e. where sand, water and corrosive products are carried in the well stream). 

Gas cleaning by filtration, demisting, electrostatic precipitation, wet collection of particulates, cyclonic separation. 

The four stage exhaust box Includes the oil box separator, the demister pad, the oil mist eliminator, and the synthetic oil baffle. Additional features include ein automotive type spin-on oil filter, a built-in inlet anti-suckback valve that prevents oil from being drawn into the system when the pump is stopped, eind a built-in gas ballast, available on the RA version, which permits pumping with high water vapor loads. 

Becoil demister unit Separator shell Baffle... 

Since butyraldehyde has a low boiling point (75 °C) separation of catalyst from both reactants and product is straightforward. Most of the rhodium remains in the reactor but prior to recovery of propene and distillation of crude product the gaseous effluents from the reactor are passed through a demister to remove trace amounts of catalyst carried over in the vapour. This ensures virtually complete rhodium recovery. 

As the separation of condensate from steam is unlikely to be critical, a demister pad will not be specified. 

Fog formation. In the condensation of a vapour from a non-condensable gas, if the bulk temperature of the gas falls below the dew point of the vapour, liquid can condense out directly as a mist or fog. This condition is undesirable, as liquid droplets may be carried out of the condenser. Fog formation in cooler-condensers is discussed by Colburn and Edison (1941) and Lo Pinto (1982). Steinmeyer (1972) gives criteria for the prediction of fog formation. Demisting pads can be used to separate entrained liquid droplets. 

A fuel cell system for automobile application is shown in Figure 1.5 [41]. At the rated power, the PEMFC stack operates at 2.5 atm. and 80°C to yield an overall system efficiency of 50% (based on lower heating value of hydrogen). Compressed hydrogen and air are humidified to 90% relative humidity at the stack temperature using process water and heat from the stack coolant. A lower system pressure is at part load and is determined by the operating map of the compressor-expander module. Process water is recovered from spent air in an inertial separator just downstream of the stack in a condenser and a demister at the turbine exhaust. 

Entrainment Separators. In any process in which the product is volatilized, including both Gas Recycle and Liquid Recycle, ppm or ppb levels of metal catalyst may be entrained in the vapors leaving the separation system. Entrainment separators (Figure 2.9) are often included to recover the metal. Vaporous product effluent from a gas recycle reactor may be sent to a separator where it is passed through a demisting pad to return some aldehyde and condensation product and particularly to prevent potential carryover of catalyst. [6]... 

Effectiveness of Internals in Controlling foam. Originally, the separators contained limited internals—an inlet disengaging device, surge baffles, an anti-foam baffle, and a demister at the outlet. After severe foaming occurred, however, a bank of parallel plates (Dixon plates) was filled in each separator on one of the Ninian and one of the Brent trains The plates provide a large surface area and are sloped so that the separated oil flows dow n to the surface of the liquid. The installation is illustrated m Ftg S. The parallel plates arc 4 in. apart and extend from near the top of the vessel in the vapor space down to the normal liquid level. 

FIG. 14-110 Typical impingement separators, (a) Jet impactor. (b) Wave plate, (c) Staggered channels. (Blaw-Knox Food 6- Chemical Equipment, Inc.) (d) Vane-type mist extractor. (Maloney-Crawford Tank and Mfg. Co.) (e) Peerless line separator. (Peerless Mfg. Co.) (/) Strong separator. (Strong Carlisle and Hammond.) (g) Karbate line separator. (Union Catbide Corporation) (h) Type E horizontal separator. (Wright-Austin Co.) (0 PL separator. (Ingersoll Rand.) (/) Wire-mesh demister. (Otto H. York Co.)... 

Gas-phase liquid particle. The gas-phase liquid particle size of choice is generally 150 pm or less, which results in excellent gas-phase separation of liquids. For more critical liquid particle removal, such as with turbine blade gas suction, a 100-pm particle size input is recommended with a supporting demister pad in the separator. 

The steam may be purified by Droplet Separation techniques such as knitted wire mesh demister pads, wave plate separators and fiber pad separators using PTFE fibers. It can also be purified by scrubbing devices such as packed columns, venturi scrubbers, and irrigated sieve plates. Sometimes a combination of Droplet Separators and Scrubbers are used because AN emissions from neutralizers are very difficult to remove due to the very fine particles103. 

For the 12.7 cm column, the gas and slurry distributor was 1.25 mm thick, with, a 1Q to 13 open area of 0.9 mm holes. The 30.5 cm column used different 0.3 open area, distributor plates, with 0.9, 3.2 and 12.7 mm diameter holes. The gas traveled with the slurry, separated at the column top, and passed through a demister pad, liquid trap, and rotameter before being vented. 

In general, practice has shown that about 95% of entrainment can be removed economically in gravity separators and in excess of 99% in separators with wire demisters or other solid surfaces on which impingement and coalescence are forced. In scrubbers and high-speed centrifuges this figure approaches 100%. 

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