Wright-Austin TS Gas Liquid Separators

Centrifugal Separators for High Volume Liquid Removal with 99% Efficiency

Wright-Austin Type TS gas/liquid separators remove entrained liquid and solids from air, steam or industrial gases. Based on the Type T design, the TS has a longer body that increases the liquid reservoir. It is effective for applications where entrained liquid is up to 60% of the separator’s maximum flow capacity.

Separation is accomplished without complex baffles or flow-obstructing structures, resulting in low pressure drop. There are no moving or serviceable components — the design is self-cleaning and maintenance-free for its entire service life.

How Type TS Separators Work

Moisture-laden gas enters the separator and is deflected downward, creating a powerful vortex. Centrifugal force propels droplets and particles larger than 10 microns to the vessel wall. Only dry gas and finer droplets enter the low-velocity center of the vortex connected to the outlet. Separated liquid coalesces to a common drain; re-entrainment is prevented by a finned Vortex Containment Plate (VCP).

Type TS separators are 99% efficient for removal of entrained droplets and particles larger than 10 microns.

Typical applications include higher-than-normal liquid loading that causes “slugging” (common in refineries and chemical plants), upstream of gas turbines, adsorption towers, gas scrubbers, and steam generator outlets.

Constructed to ASME Section VIII, Division 1. ASME stamp and CRN registration available for sizes 2" and larger. Fabricated from carbon steel, 304SS, 316SS or exotic alloys as required.

Sizing

Unless your application is saturated steam or compressed air at 60°F, sizing requires converting to equivalent air flow at 60°F. Use our online sizing calculator or the charts below:

As a custom fabricated vessel, Type TS separators can include corrosion allowance, support legs, lifting lugs, special NDE/NDT, coatings, inspection ports and reduced connection nozzles.

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