US 12,129,776 B2
Separator for separating fluid from a gas flow and assembly kit for a separator
Karun Chandra Kumar, Karnataka (IN); Chowalloor Rapheal Antomon, Bengaluru (IN); Rohit Dattatray Surve, Karnataka (IN); and Thomas Schleiden, Oberstenfeld (DE)
Assigned to MANN+HUMMEL GmbH, Ludwigsburg (DE)
Filed by MANN+HUMMEL GmbH, Ludwigsburg (DE)
Filed on Aug. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/895,287.
Application 17/895,287 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2021/052849, filed on Feb. 5, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 105 029.1 (DE), filed on Feb. 26, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0003147 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. B01D 46/00 (2022.01); F01M 13/04 (2006.01)
CPC F01M 13/04 (2013.01) [F01M 2013/0477 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A separator configured to separate a liquid from a gas flow, the separator comprising:
a nozzle carrier element comprising a nozzle arrangement comprising one or more nozzles;
an impact element arranged downstream in a flow direction of the gas flow at least partially opposite the nozzle arrangement;
a permanent cover device configured to cover at least one of the one or more nozzles of the nozzle arrangement, wherein the permanent cover device is configured to reduce by at least 50% a through-flow of the gas flow through the at least one of the one or more nozzles of the nozzle arrangement in comparison to the one or more nozzles of the nozzle arrangement that are free from the permanent cover device.