Device for the intermediate storage of condensation water

A device for intermediate storage of condensation water includes a swirl body in the inlet area, which causes the inflowing air-water mixture to rotate, and a venturi tube through which the air-water mixture leaves the device. A ring groove in which water accumulates because of the swirl is arranged downstream of the swirl body, and water accumulated in the ring groove is sucked into the venturi tube via one more suction pipes. Because of a flow rate reduction and because of the swirl splashing water accumulates in an expansion zone which has an expanded cross-section, and which has air interior surface with a step-shaped construction for generating an increased surface adhesion force. Several separating metal sheets in the expansion zone brake the swirl and bind the accumulated gushing water by adhesion forces, and guide it by capillary forces to the interior surface of the expansion zone. The gushing water accumulated at the ends of the separating metal sheets is sucked off by one or more suction pipes, into the venturi tube, for a delayed return of the splashing water into the air-water mixture.