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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2007
Ranjit R. Darke, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Michael B. Faust, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Allen K. Macknight, Signal Hill, CA (US);
Russell Johnson, Elmhurst, IL (US);
Alexander M. Bershitsky, Glenview, IL (US);
Ranjit R. Darke, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Michael B. Faust, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Allen K. MacKnight, Signal Hill, CA (US);
Russell Johnson, Elmhurst, IL (US);
Alexander M. Bershitsky, Glenview, IL (US);
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
A rigid or semi-rigid demister pad is positioned between an air turbine and an inertial water removal device such as extractor in an air conditioning system for an aircraft. The demister pad comprises packed fibers or strands whose diameter typically ranges from approximately 10 or fewer microns to approximately 280 microns. The demister is capable of catching very small droplets discharged from the air turbine that coalesce into larger droplets that exit the demister pad and enter an adjacent water removal device downstream from the pad to separate the larger water droplets from the stream of air. This avoids using a water separator containing a coalescer bag that requires frequent maintenance and is sensitive to dirt and freezing. The demister can operate at freezing temperature, is not dirt-sensitive and requires no maintenance.