To facilitate rough-field operations, foreign objects are diverted from the compressor intake by inertial separators in the inlet.
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The two common types of inertial separators are cyclones, which spin the gas stream, causing collisions of the heavier particles with the outside of the cyclone wall, and impactors, where the gas particle stream is directed at a greased metal plate and turned at the last moment, causing the larger particles to stick to the greased plate.
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