Normally demister pad is installed in such a way that vapour flow is upward. When vapour and entrained liquid droplets pass through a demister pad, the vapour passes easily but liquid droplets, due to their greater inertia, cannot make the necessary sharp turns and are thrown into contact with the wire surfaces and briefly held there.
As more droplets enter the pad and collect on the wires, they grow in size, run down the wire to the bottom surface of the mesh seperator and fall from the unit. Over head vapour is now free of entrained liquid.
