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4.3.4 - Wire Mesh

The use of wire mesh has considerably reduced in recent years. Because of the danger of becoming blocked, separating systems of this type have to be flushed periodically. The pressure losses depend greatly on the degree of liquid loading. Packages of wire mesh are capable of achieving a degree of separation of 99.9%, given droplets of 6 - 20 microns limiting size.