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Enhanced Wire Mesh Mist Eliminators

Enhanced wire mesh mist eliminators have an excellent track record as a low cost, highly versatile and efficient method of removing liquid entrainment from gas streams.

They are produced as a bed of knitted mesh which presents a tortuous path and large surface area to the droplets entrained in the gas stream. Separation is achieved by impingement on, and capture by, the filaments of the mesh where the droplets coalesce and drain.

Installation can be made in a variety of ways but gas flow is usually either vertically upwards, with the liquid draining counter-current to gas flow, or horizontal, with the liquid draining in a direction normal to the gas flow.

Typical horizontal vessel arrangement

Enhanced offers standard designs which are ideal for routine applications, providing excellent separation efficiency and improved designs down to droplet sizes as small as 2 microns, and with a pressure drop typically less than 1”W.C.

 

Enhanced wire mesh mist eliminators
can be supplied to most international
industry standards


Typical vertical vessel arrangement

Each mist eliminator is manufactured to suit the dimensions of the vessel or housing into which it will be installed.

Most Enhanced wire mesh mist eliminators are supplied complete with rigid support grids, which allow direct installation onto appropriate supports such as beams and rings within the vessel. Sectional installation allows ease of handling and access through vessel manways. Accessories such as tie wire, bolting, clamps and support beams can be supplied where necessary.

 

Typical separation efficiency curve for a Type 9030 mist eliminator

SPECIAL MODELING TECHNIQUES FOR OPTIMISED DESIGNS

Materials of Construction
 Metal
 Plastic
 High performance multi filament fibers
Stainless Steel 316(L), 304(L), 321, 316Ti
Polypropylene
PTFE
Monel
Hostaflon ET (ETFE)
Glass Wool
Hastaloy
Teflon FEP
w
Incaloy 825 & Incaloy DS
PVDF
s
Nickel
s
s
Titanium
s
s

 

Typical features of Enhanced wire mesh mist eliminators
 Feature
 Metal
 Plastic
Pad Density (kg/m2)
40 to 220
32 to 72
Wire Diamaeter
0.15 to 0.3
0.2 to 0.5
Free Volume (%)
97.6 to 99.1
95.7 to 97
Specific Surface Area
(m2)/(m3)
140 to 650
360 to 1050

For more demanding applications, Enhanced has a sophisticated modeling technique which moves mist eliminator design away from conventional industry ‘rules of thumb’ and provide:

Optimised structure

Tailored features e.g. fibre material, free volume and mesh pattern for specific process requirements

More precise method of performance prediction over a range of possible inlet conditions

Ability to consider effects of changing drop size distribution and liquid hold-up

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