Flotation performance enhancement
AssigneeCameron International Corporation
InventorsLuis Eduardo Caires-Fernandez, Daniel E. Shannon
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Abstract
Flotation separation apparatus and methods are described herein, comprising a vessel having a plurality of flow guides oriented vertically in the vessel, a liquid inlet at a lower part of the vessel, a gas inlet at the lower part of the vessel, a first liquid outlet at an upper part of the vessel, a second liquid outlet at the lower part of the vessel, and a gas outlet at the upper part of the vessel.
Claims20
A separator vessel, comprising:
- a plurality of flow guides oriented vertically in the vessel;
- a fluid inlet at a lower part of the vessel;
- a gas inlet at the lower part of the vessel;
- a first fluid outlet at an upper part of the vessel;
- a second fluid outlet at the lower part of the vessel;
- and
- a gas outlet at the upper part of the vessel.
A method of separating phases of a separable liquids mixture, the method comprising:
- flowing a separable liquids mixture between vertically oriented flow guides in a vessel;
- bubbling a gas through the separable liquids mixture between the vertically oriented flow guides;
- removing a first separated liquid phase and a second separated liquid phase from the vessel;
- and
- removing the gas from the vessel.
A method of separating liquid phases of a separable liquids mixture, the method comprising:
- flowing a separable liquids mixture between one or more vertically oriented flow guides in a vessel;
- bubbling a gas through the separable liquids mixture through the one or more vertically oriented flow guides;
- providing a quiescent zone above the vertically oriented flow guides;
- removing a first separated liquid phase from the quiescent zone;
- removing a second separated liquid phase from the vessel;
- and
- removing the gas from the vessel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.