EP2673576

• Vahterus Oysince Nov 15, 2013; EPO record ends Sep 4, 2020

The invention relates to a device (1) for separating droplets, which comprises - an outer casing (2), which has a substantially horizontal cylindrical shell (14) and substantially vertical ends (9); - an inlet connection (7) for a substance to be vapourised for leading a substance to be vapourised into the outer casing;' - a plate pack (3) functioning as an evaporator, which is arranged inside the outer casing, in its lower part (23); - an inlet connection (10) and an outlet connection (11) for a heating substance for leading a heating substance into the plate pack and out of it; - a gravitational droplet separator (4), which is arranged inside the outer casing, above the plate pack; - an outlet connection (8) for vapourised substance for leading the vapourised substance out of the outer casing from its upper part (15); - one or more filler units (12a, 12b) arranged between the outer casing (2) and the plate pack (3) for decreasing the liquid volume of the substance to be vapourised inside the outer casing. The invention is suited to be used for example as a flooded evaporator (3) of a refrigerating machinery and a thereto related droplet separator (4, 5).

From the international application WO2012107645