Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Eccentric pipe-in-pipe downhole gas separator
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Application No.: US15342188Application Date: 2016-11-03
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Publication No.: US11028682B1Publication Date: 2021-06-08
- Inventor: Hong-Quan Zhang
- Applicant: The University of Tulsa
- Applicant Address: US OK Tulsa
- Assignee: The University of Tulsa
- Current Assignee: The University of Tulsa
- Current Assignee Address: US OK Tulsa
- Agency: Head, Johnson, Kachigian & Wilkinson, PC
- Main IPC: E21B43/38
- IPC: E21B43/38 ; E21B17/18 ; E21B43/12 ; E21B34/08 ; E21B33/12
Abstract:
An eccentric pipe-in-pipe downhole gas separator apparatus for separation of gas from liquid in a downhole well. The separator apparatus includes an outer tube having an inner diameter and an inner tube having an outer diameter smaller than the inner diameter of the outer tube. The inner tube is eccentric to the outer tube wherein a conduit having a crescent shaped cross-section is formed between the inner diameter of the outer tube and the outer diameter of the inner tube.
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