PURPOSE: To prevent the leakage of a liq. from a discharge part by providing the accumulator in the middle of a pipeline, imparting a rising gradient to the accumulator in the flow direction and furnishing an exhaust part at the upper part of a riser.
CONSTITUTION: When a liq. contg. gas flows in direction of the arrow A in the accumulator 5, the flow velocity is sufficiently reduced since the inner diameter is sufficiently large in the accumulator 5, the gas in the gas-water mixture is moved upward by its buoyancy, and the surplus gas is separated. The rear end 5b of the accumulator 5 is filled with the liq. because a rising gradient is imparted to the accumulator 5 in the flow direction, hence the surplus gas slowly moves in the liq. along the upper surface of the accumulator, and the water surface at the front end 5a of the accumulator is not significantly disturbed. Consequently, the water level in the accumulator 5 is detected by a level detecting part 2 provided at the upper part of the riser at the front end 5a to control the liq. surface, and the leakage of water droplets from the exhaust part 4 is prevented.
KAWAGOE HARUMORI
KUMON NAOKI
