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US 10,967,339 B2Granted
Static mixer
AssigneeVME Process, Inc.
InventorsJustin M. Seal, Michael Thomas, Maurice Michael Laperriere, III
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Abstract
A static mixer for desalting a fluid is disclosed. A static mixer can include a housing, a reduction cone disposed concentrically within the housing; and an expansion cone disposed concentrically within the housing; wherein the static mixer is configured to direct fluid flow through the reduction cone onto the expansion cone, thereby mixing the fluid.
Claims20
A method for static mixing a multiphase fluid, the method comprising:
- passing a fluid through a reduction cone, wherein the fluid comprises a multiphase fluid;
- increasing a velocity of the fluid as the fluid flows through the reduction cone, wherein the fluid has an increased velocity after increasing the velocity of the fluid;
- directing the fluid onto an expansion cone downstream of the reduction cone;
- maintaining the increased velocity with the expansion cone;
- distributing the fluid over the expansion cone;
- and
- mixing the fluid.
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