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AssigneeSaudi Arabian Oil Company
InventorsRegis Didier Alain Vilagines, Guillaume Robert Jean-Francois Raynel, Fahd Ibrahim Alghunaimi, Abdullah A. Alomier
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Separators for separating a multi-phase composition include a separator casing defining a chamber and a permeate outlet, at least one hydrocyclone within the separator casing, and at least one ceramic membrane. Each hydrocyclone includes a hydrocyclone inlet, a tapered section downstream of the hydrocyclone inlet, an accepted outlet, and a reject outlet. The ceramic membrane may be disposed within the separator casing and downstream of the accepted outlet of the hydrocyclone or may be disposed within at least a portion of the tapered section of the hydrocyclone. The ceramic membrane includes a retentate side and a permeate side, where the permeate side is in fluid communication with the chamber. Systems and methods for separating a multi-phase composition into a lesser-density fluid, a greater-density fluid, and a medium-density fluid using the separators are also disclosed.
A separator comprising:
A method of separating a multi-phase composition having an aqueous phase, an oleaginous phase, and a solid phase, the method comprising passing the multi-phase composition to a separator operable to separate the multi-phase composition into a lesser-density fluid, a medium-density fluid, and a greater-density fluid, the separator comprising:
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