Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Secondary-phase separation apparatus and a method thereof
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Application No.: US15713295Application Date: 2017-09-22
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Publication No.: US10888801B2Publication Date: 2021-01-12
- Inventor: Todd William Kirk , Daniel Clifford Whitney
- Applicant: EXTERRAN WATER SOLUTIONS ULC
- Applicant Address: CA Calgary
- Assignee: EXTERRAN WATER SOLUTIONS ULC
- Current Assignee: EXTERRAN WATER SOLUTIONS ULC
- Current Assignee Address: CA Calgary
- Agent D. Doak Horne
- Main IPC: B01D17/02
- IPC: B01D17/02 ; B01D17/12 ; C02F1/24 ; C02F1/40 ; C02F101/32

Abstract:
A separation tank for separating a contaminant from a multiple-phase fluid stream has a vessel formed by a top wall, a bottom wall, and a sidewall. The vessel has a plurality of nested and fluidly connected chambers therein. A fluid inlet is in fluid communication with the outermost chamber of the vessel for introducing the multiple-phase fluid stream thereinto. A fluid outlet is in fluid communication with the innermost chamber of the vessel for discharging a contaminant-removed fluid stream out of the vessel. At least one chamber of the vessel has one or more gas inlets at a lower portion thereof for injecting gas bubbles into the chamber for facilitating contaminant removal. In operation, the fluid stream travels from the fluid inlet through the plurality of chambers to the fluid outlet along an elongated helical spiral flow path.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190091607A1 SECONDARY-PHASE SEPARATION APPARATUS AND A METHOD THEREOF Public/Granted day:2019-03-28
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