METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REMOVING SOLID PARTICLES FROM A GAS

摘要

The invention relates to a method and a device for separating a substance from a gas flow, comprising of realizing a vortex in the gas flow and separating the gas flow transversely of the axial direction of the vortex into a primary partial gas flow and a secondary partial gas flow, wherein the secondary partial gas flow comprises a larger content of substance for separating than the primary partial gas flow, wherein the gas flow is accelerated to supersonic speeds prior to realizing of the vortex in the gas flow, wherein the substance to be separated comprises initially solid particles. It is significant here that the solid particles do not clog the device. This is all the more surprising as the gas flow contains components which condense in the device. Condensation will therefore take place on the particles, which will thereby become sticky.