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A droplet separator for removing liquid droplets from a gas stream entraining same, comprises a stack of corrugated plates having a given crest-to-crest spacing which can be represented as a wavelength ll

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In a droplet separator for removing all liquid droplets of a size above a minimum limiting droplet diameter d from a gas stream entraining said droplets with a defined droplet-size spectrum at an inlet velocity v and comprising a stack of vertically extending corrugated separator plates having an in

In a droplet separator for removing all liquid droplets of a size above a minimum limiting droplet diameter d from a gas stream entraining said droplets with a defined droplet-size spectrum at an inlet velocity v and comprising a stack of vertically extending corrugated separator plates having an interplate spacing T, a crest-to-crest spacing lK measured in a straight-line dimension between said inlet and outlet sides, the improvement which comprises, in combination with means for supplying the gas stream to said inlet side of said stack at said velocity v: (a) each of said plates is formed by a plurality of plate members of length LT measured in a straight-line dimension between the inlet and outlet sides of the stack, the successive plate members of each plate overlapping over a distance U measured in a straight-line dimension between the inlet and outlet sides of the stack at a respective pocket; (b) the length LT being greater by the distance U than nl2 where n is the number selected from one half and one; (c) said passage length LK is substantially equal to m l2 where m is an integer; and (d) the product of the inlet velocity v and lK and a characteristic velocity vc constituting the allowable inlet velocity of the separator at which the spacing T defines the limiting droplet diameter d, l2 and 7 times T.