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The liquid/gas separator for soapy water consists of a fixed cylindrical housing defining a fixed chamber for supporting a rotating shaft supported about the longitudinal axis. A preswirl chamber communicating with the main chamber in which are disposed parallelly spaced annular coalescing disks sup

The liquid/gas separator for soapy water consists of a fixed cylindrical housing defining a fixed chamber for supporting a rotating shaft supported about the longitudinal axis. A preswirl chamber communicating with the main chamber in which are disposed parallelly spaced annular coalescing disks supported to the rotating shaft, serves, with the preswirl chamber, to rotate the centrifuged water to form a water ring adjacent the outer wall of the chamber and flows the gas through a central passage formed in the shaft along the longitudinal axis to be vented in response to a control valve located at the open end of the shaft remote from the preswirl chamber. Control means responsive to the differential of the static pressure of the water ring and the gas pressure, control the venting of the gas. Additional control means are included for high and low level settings to provide override information for control of the judiciously located solenoid valve for the venting of the gas in the liquid/water separator and for override in the system utilizing the liquid/gas separator.

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Means for separating air and water from a soapy water and air mixture including a fixed housing having a cylindrical wall defining a fixed annular chamber, a rotating shaft rotary supported in said chamber about a longitudinal axis, and a plurality of axially spaced annular coalescer disks supported

Means for separating air and water from a soapy water and air mixture including a fixed housing having a cylindrical wall defining a fixed annular chamber, a rotating shaft rotary supported in said chamber about a longitudinal axis, and a plurality of axially spaced annular coalescer disks supported to said shaft and radially extending adjacent to, but spaced from said cylindrical wall, preswirl means including an inlet to impart centrifugal motion to the soapy water and air mixture admitted thereto from said inlet communicating with said fixed annular chamber, said preswirl means and said annular coalescer disks centrifuging water from said soapy water and air mixture to form and rotate a ring of said centrifuged water adjacent said cylindrical wall, said coalescer disks coalescing a portion of said centrifuged water, vent means including apertures in said coalescer disks adjacent said longitudinal axis and a passage in said shaft remote from said preswirl means for venting the separated air, means to impart rotary motion to said shaft, regulating means responsive to operating conditions in said chamber to regulate the flow of air in said vent means, and a water outlet in said housing communicating with said water ring for discharging separated water.