Separation apparatus for a gas component from spent drilling mud
AssigneeWhite's Equipment Rental, LLC
InventorsBilly R. Riggs, Buckly Binder
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Abstract
A method of using a separation apparatus, the separation apparatus including a fluid chamber and an inlet to the fluid chamber for receiving a gas component of spent drilling mud. The separation apparatus can also include an outlet for directing a purified gas out of the fluid chamber and a splash plate disposed in the fluid chamber adjacent to the inlet to force the gas component of the spent drilling mud downward in the fluid chamber. Furthermore, the separation apparatus includes at least one separation plate having a plurality of holes disposed therein positioned between the splash plate and the outlet to separate the purified gas from the gas component of the spent drilling mud.
Claims18
A separation apparatus, the apparatus comprising:
- a fluid chamber;
- an inlet to the fluid chamber for receiving a gas component of spent drilling mud;
- an outlet for directing a purified gas out of the fluid chamber;
- a splash plate disposed in the fluid chamber adjacent to the inlet to force the gas component of the spent drilling mud downward in the fluid chamber;
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- a dispersion apparatus having a plurality of vertically or horizontally disposed rod elements, the dispersion apparatus is physically disposed in the fluid chamber between the inlet and the splash plate and is attached to and suspended from a top side of the fluid chamber to disperse the gas component of the spent drilling mud entering the fluid chamber, the gas component flowing from the inlet able to flow below the dispersion apparatus prior to contacting the dispersion apparatus.
A method, the method comprising:
- passing a gas component of spent drilling mud to a separation apparatus, the separation apparatus comprising:
- a fluid chamber;
- an inlet to the fluid chamber for receiving a gas component of spent drilling mud;
- an outlet for directing a purified gas out of the fluid chamber;
- a splash plate disposed in the fluid chamber adjacent to the inlet to force the gas component of the spent drilling mud downward in the fluid chamber;
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- a dispersion apparatus having a plurality of vertically or horizontally disposed rod elements, the dispersion apparatus is physically disposed in the fluid chamber between the inlet and the splash plate and is attached to and suspended from a top side of the fluid chamber to disperse the gas component of the spent drilling mud entering the fluid chamber, the gas component flowing from the inlet able to flow below the dispersion apparatus prior to contacting the dispersion apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.