Apparatus and method to separate and condition multiphase flow
AssigneeSaudi Arabian Oil Company
InventorEhab Elsaadawy
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Abstract
A separator apparatus includes an intake nozzle, first cyclone device, and a second cyclone device. The first and second cyclone devices each include an inlet section, a scroll, a barrel centered on a first axis, a vortex finder, and an underflow portion. The scroll is attached to the inlet section and to the barrel such that the scroll connects the inlet section to the barrel. The vortex finder has a vortex tube arranged concentrically on the axis in an interior volume of barrel. The underflow portion defines an annular gap in fluid connection with the interior volume. The intake nozzle is fluidly connected to the inlet sections of the first and second cyclone devices.
Claims34
A separator apparatus comprising:
- a first cyclone device comprising:
- a first inlet section having a first end and a second end, wherein a cross-sectional area of the first inlet section increases from the first end to the second end;
- a first scroll comprising a curved member;
- a first barrel centered on a first axis, the barrel defining a first interior volume, the first barrel having a diameter, a first end, and a second end, wherein the scroll is attached to the first inlet section and to the first barrel, and connects the first inlet section to the first barrel;
- a first vortex finder comprising a first vortex tube arranged concentrically on the first axis in the first barrel on the first axis adjacent the first end of the first barrel;
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- a first underflow portion comprising a first conical member and a first underflow body, the first underflow portion defining a first annular gap in fluid connection with the first interior volume;
- a second cyclone device comprising:
- a second inlet section having a first end and a second end, wherein a cross-sectional area of the second inlet section increases from the first end to the second end;
- a second scroll;
- a second barrel centered on a second axis, the barrel defining a second interior volume, the second barrel having a diameter, a first end, and a second end, wherein the scroll connected the second inlet section to the second barrel;
- a second vortex finder having a second vortex tube arranged on the second axis concentrically in the second barrel on the axis adjacent the first end of the second barrel;
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- a second underflow portion having a second conical member and a second underflow cylinder, the second underflow portion defining a second annular gap in fluid connection with the second interior volume;
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- an intake nozzle fluidly connected to the first inlet section and second inlet section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.