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Abstract
Natural gas extracted from underground reservoirs contains various contaminants, including mechanical impurities, dust particles, water vapor, condensate, and liquid droplets. The presence of these impurities negatively affects gas transportation, processing, and utilization by increasing equipment wear, accelerating corrosion and erosion processes, and reducing the operational efficiency of technological systems. Therefore, the development of effective gas purification equipment remains an important task for the oil and gas industry. The proposed separator incorporates a two-stage cleaning system consisting of Z-shaped vane baffles and a spiral static separator. The influence of particle size on purification efficiency was analyzed, demonstrating that larger particles are removed with significantly higher efficiency, while smaller particles require intensified centrifugal action. The results indicate that the proposed separator design improves gas cleaning performance while maintaining a simple and reliable construction. The developed solution can contribute to increasing the operational efficiency of gas treatment facilities, reducing maintenance costs, and improving the quality of natural gas supplied to transportation and processing systems.