The vanes in vane packs can be either of the no-pocket (straight), single-pocket or double-pocket type.
Of the three vane types the straight vane has the lowest sensitivity to fouling, but has also the lowest gas handling capacity.
The double-pocket vane type has the highest sensitivity to fouling, but its efficiency above λmax (where liquid re-entrainment starts) deteriorates to a lesser degree than with the other types because the separated liquid is better shielded from the gas flow. ).
In horizontally flowed-through vane packs the single- or double-pocket types are normally used. Horizontally flowed-through vane packs are typically used in vertical vane-type demister vessels.
Vertically flowed-through vane packs are equipped with either straight or double-pocket vanes. In this application the low efficiency of the vane pack is less of a problem since the vane pack functions normally as a coalescer for the downstream swirldeck. Howver, the vanepack can not provide the same turndown as a coalescing mistmat.
A vertically flowed-through vane pack with double-pocket vanes is only recommended if the service is clean. Since it has a higher gas handling capacity than mistmats and requires little height (at most about 0.20 m) it is a suitable retrofitting device to upgrade undersized wiremesh demisters by installing it downstream of (i.e. above) the mistmat.
Advantages ·Offers a high gas / liquid separation efficiency at high operating pressures ·Low re-entrainment ·Handles high throughput ·Handles high liquid loading ·Low pressure drop ·Robust construction ·Low installed cost ·Easy to install in new and existing separators ·No moving parts, so no maintenance.
Application ·Production Separators ·Test Separators ·Gas Scrubbers ·Gas Knock-out Drums ·Slug Catchers ·Flash Drums ·Process Vessels and Columns ·Floating Production Units (FPUs).
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