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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2014
Atlas Copco Airpower, Naamloze Vennootschap, Wilrijk, BE;
Isabelle De Wolf, Wilrijk, BE;
Evi Bultinck, Wilrijk, BE;
Jo Wouters, Wilrijk, BE;
Ken Goris, Wilrijk, BE;
ATLAS COPCO AIRPOWER, NAAMLOZE VENNOOTSCHAP, Wilrijk, BE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a filter unit for filtering a compressed gas contaminated with oil, in particular compressed air, wherein the filter unit contains a coalescence filter for coalescing the contaminant contained in the compressed gas, in particular oil. The coalescence filter comprises a housing with a gas supply for supplying the gas to a primary coalescence medium disposed in the housing, the gas flowing in a flow direction, wherein the primary coalescence medium contains at least one first layer of a first porous coalescence medium and a second layer of a second porous coalescence medium adjacent to the first layer, wherein the primary coalescence medium has a total thickness of at least 3.5 mm, measured at a pressure of 2 N/cm.