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Gas/Liquid Separation Construction

Gas/Liquid Separators Cast
Type 31L-ST

Compact Series

FEATURES
• Lightweight, Compact • Sizes 1” to 4”
• Removes 99% of Liquid and Solid Entrainment
Particles Larger Than 10 Microns • Horizontal Low Profile Design
• Integral Trap
• High Efficiency Over Wide Flow Range • Centrifugal In-line Installation
• No Required Maintenance
• Economical Choice for Most Applications • Threaded or Flanged
• Gas, Steam, or Air Applications
• Iron Construction
OPTIONS
• Trap Heater

Eaton Type 31L-ST Gas/Liquid Vortex Containment Plate also helps direct the liquid loss of line pressure. Internal
Separators automatically Moisture-laden gas enters to the drain trap while at trap parts are made of
remove 99% of all liquid and the inlet of the separator, the same time moving the stainless steel and include a
solid entrainment particles 10 where it is deflected by a clean, dry gas to the separator non-magnetic 18-8 stainless
microns in size or larger from unique Cenpellar™ into a outlet. With Eaton’s exclusive steel valve and seat. Removal
air, gas, and steam processes. VCP, the need for expensive, of a flange releases the trap
centrifugal motion. The delicate baffles used in mechanism for inspection. A
entrained solids and moisture
Low Profile Design droplets are then separated ordinary separators is heater option, Type STH, is
The Type 31L-ST is a horizontal, out by a reduction in velocity eliminated. also available for applications
below freezing. A 50 watt, 120
in-line separator. It is very where they fall into the Integral Drain Trap volt, self-limiting heating
compact and can be supported separator’s integral drain trap. element keeps the reservoir
by the line in which it is The exclusive Eaton Vortex Eaton Type 31L-ST Separators fluid from freezing. The heater
installed. No cumbersome, Containment Plate (VCP) come with standard integral does not increase the line
expensive support stands are ensures they cannot be drain traps. This design saves temperature and can be easily
required. re-entrained. The VCP is space, reduces installation removed for inspection.
constructed with a series of costs, and eliminates the need
The compact design of these carefully placed rings and
separators takes up little more plates that shield the to size and source a properly Engineering Specifications
than the space of the pipeline– separated liquid from the designed drain trap to work
an important consideration in vortex action within the with the separator. The All gas/liquid separators are
space-restricted applications. integral trap automatically constructed of cast iron with
separator to prevent ejects condensate at threaded or flanged
re-entrainment. The VCP predetermined levels without connections.