Ed W. Smith Machine Works, Inc. 3117 Commerce Street, Dallas, Texas 75226 Phone: (214) 939-0577    FAX (214) 939-0580 Email: danbrown@ed-w-smith.com

1. The gas enters the vane section and is compressed at the accelerator blades.

2. The gas jets past the accelerator blade and expands with induced turbulence.

3. Free liquid entrained in the gas stream is agitated and impinges on the surface of the vanes. The liquids run along the vane where they coalesce by surface tension into

larger drops.

4. The liquids collect in the vane pockets where they are out of the gas flow, and then drain by gravity down the pocket into a liquid collection chamber provided at the bottom of the unit.

5. This process is repeated along the flow path through the vane elements ensuring high efficiency separation.

• Vertical and Horizontal Gas Separators for the gas production, process and transmission industries used to protect plants, compressor stations and piping systems

• In-Line Separators for the gas process and transmission industries used interstage in reciprocating compressor systems and other applications where large liquid slugs are not encountered

• Slug Catchers for the gas process and transmission industries to protect expensive piping systems from large liquid slugs

• Horizontal and Vertical Filter-Separators for the gas process and transmission industries known world-wide as the industry “workhorse” protecting plants and compressors from both solid and liquid entrainment

• Steam Drum and Steam Kettle Mist Extractors and Vapor Eliminators to protect vital turbo-machinery

• Custom internals for other industrial process separator applications are also available

Ed W. Smith Machine Works, Dallas, TX