System and method for conditioning flow of a wet gas stream
AssigneeNuovo Pignone Tecnologie Srl
InventorsJitendra Kumar Gupta, Rene Du Cauze de Nazelle, Carlo Maria Martini, Massimiliano Cirri, II
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Abstract
A flow conditioning device for conditioning a wet gas stream having a plurality of liquid droplets and a gas flow is presented. The flow conditioning device includes a first segment including a first convergent section configured to break the plurality of liquid droplets from a first size to a second size. Further, the flow conditioning device includes a second segment coupled to the first segment and including a second convergent section configured to break the plurality of liquid droplets from the second size to a third size.
Claims17
A flow conditioning device for conditioning a wet gas stream having a plurality of liquid droplets and a gas flow, comprising:
- a first segment comprising a first convergent section configured to break the plurality of liquid droplets from a first size to a second size;
- a second segment coupled to the first segment and comprising a second convergent section configured to break the plurality of liquid droplets from the second size to a third size;
- a first divergent section operatively coupled between the first convergent section and the second convergent section and configured to decelerate the wet gas stream;
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- a wedge disposed at a central body of the first divergent section to form the second segment.
A method, comprising:
- receiving a wet gas stream comprising a plurality of liquid droplets having a first size and a gas flow;
- conditioning, by a first convergent section of a flow conditioning device, the plurality of liquid droplets so as to reduce a size of the plurality of liquid droplets from the first size to a second size;
- decelerating, by a first divergent section coupled to the first convergent section, the plurality of liquid droplets having the second size;
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- conditioning, by a second convergent section coupled to the first divergent section, the plurality of liquid droplets so as to reduce the size of the plurality of liquid droplets from the second size to a third size.
A system comprising:
- a compressor;
- a flow conditioning device operatively coupled to an inlet of the compressor and comprising:
- a first convergent section configured to:
- receive a wet gas stream comprising a gas flow and a plurality of liquid droplets having a first size;
- condition the plurality of liquid droplets so as to reduce a size of the plurality of liquid droplets from the first size to a second size;
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- a first divergent section coupled to the first convergent section and configured to decelerate the wet gas stream comprising the plurality of liquid droplets having the second size;
- a second convergent section coupled to the first divergent section and configured to condition the plurality of liquid droplets so as to reduce the size of the plurality of liquid droplets from the second size to a third size;
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- a second divergent section coupled to the second convergent section and configured to decelerate the wet gas stream.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.