DESIGN OF WIRE MESH MIST ELIMINATORS

Knitted wire mesh mist eliminators are used extensively in many indust rial plants. Their widespread application is essentially due to the lo w cost and efficient removal of entrained liquid droplets from vapor a nd gas streams. Despite the broad range of entrainment removal applica tions, open literature an this topic is limited. All the available des ign relations are based on semiempirical equations with an uncertain r ange of application. In this work, a set of new experimental data was obtained by investigating the performances of commercial eliminators, and a mechanistic model is presented. Comparison between experimental data and the proposed model shows that it can be used to predict separ ation efficiency both for horizontal and vertical arrangements.