Gas-liquid separator

Claim 1

A separator for liquid and gas, including, a cylindrical shell mounted vertically, an inlet through the wall of the shell conducting gas in which liquid is entrained, a cylinder mounted within the shell and comprising a first curved baffle surface upon which is directed the gas and entrained liquid and mounted such that liquid is forced to impinge upon and adhere to the first surface and gas is directed into a spiral path leaving the first surface, said cylinder further comprising a second baffle surface attached as a downward extension of the first baffle surface which forms a path for the adhering liquid from the first curved baffle surface on which the liquid falls toward collection in the lower portion of the shell, rods attached by their external surfaces from each of their first ends to the lower edge of the second baffle surface and their second ends extending to near the internal wall of the shell of the separator so as to provide a path along the external surfaces of the rods for descending liquid on the second baffle surface to the internal wall of the shell, an oulet connected to the upper portion of the shell for the removal of separated gas, and an outlet connected to the lower portion of the shell for the removal of separated liquid from the lower portion of the shell.