The Influence of Plate Spacing on the Separation Characteristics of Corrugated Plate Gas-liquid Separators
To investigate the factors affecting the separation performance of corrugated plate gas-liquid separators and to standardize the selection of structural parameters for corrugated plate gas-liquid separators.The numerical simulation software Fluent was used to simulate the corrugated plate gas-liquid separator under different inlet velocities and plate spacings.The results showed that the inlet and outlet pressure drops and drop-let separation efficiency would increase with the increase of inlet velocity;As the spacing between plates increases,the separation efficiency of droplets will decrease,but there is no significant change in the pressure drop at the inlet and outlet.Add a dimensionless number(Wt)to re-present the relationship between the spacing between corrugated plates and the section length of corrugated plates.To ensure the normal opera-tion of the corrugated plate gas-liquid separator,it is necessary to ensure that Wt is greater than 2.