# US 12,005,378 B2 · System and method for separating parts of a liquid based on gas content > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,005,378 B2 - Document ID: US12005378B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/284,374 - Filed: 2019-10-11 - Published: 2021-11-04 - Granted: 2024-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2018-10-11 - Assignees: C.C. Jensen A/S - Applicants: C.C. Jensen A/S - Inventors: Morten Henneberg; Anders Damsgaard Serup; Masood Jaffari - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12005378B2 ## CPC - B01D 19/0063: {Regulation, control including valves and floats (for construction and details of valves F16K)} - B01D 19/0068: {General arrangements, e.g. flowsheets (B01D19/0063 takes precedence)} - B01D 19/0073: {by a method not covered by groups B01D19/0005 - B01D19/0042} - F01M 11/03: Mounting or connecting of lubricant purifying means relative to the machine or engine; Details of lubricant purifying means (filters B01D) - B01D: SEPARATION (separating solids from solids by wet methods B03B, B03D; by pneumatic jigs or tables B03B; by other dry methods B07; magnetic or electrostatic separation of solid materials from solid materials or fluids, separation by high-voltage electric fields B03C; centrifuges, vortex apparatus B04; presses per se for squeezing-out liquid from liquid-containing material B30B9/02; treatment of water C02F, e.g. softening by ion-exchange C02F1/42; {arrangements of air intake cleaners in gas turbine plants F02C7/05} ; arrangements or mounting of filters in air-conditioning, air-humidification or ventilation F24F13/28) - F01M: LUBRICATING OF MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; LUBRICATING INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; CRANKCASE VENTILATING ## Abstract A system and method for separating parts of a liquid based or depending on gas content is disclosed herein. The system, in an embodiment, comprises a pressure chamber, an inlet through which liquid is pumped into said chamber, a first liquid outlet connected to an upper part of said pressure chamber, and a second liquid outlet connected to a lower part of said pressure chamber. The first and second liquid outlets comprise a first valve element and a second valve element, respectively, that are configured to control the pressure inside said pressure chamber. While under pressure, a first subpart of the liquid inside said pressure flows out of the first liquid outlet, and a second subpart of the liquid inside said pressure flows out of the second liquid outlet. The first subpart has a greater percentage of gas content than the percentage of gas content, if any, in the second subpart. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system for separating parts of a liquid depending on gas content, the system comprising: a pressure chamber; an inlet configured to receive a liquid that is pumped into said pressure chamber, wherein the liquid comprises a gas content; a first liquid outlet connected to an upper part of said pressure chamber, the first liquid outlet comprising a first valve element; and a second liquid outlet connected to a lower part of said pressure chamber, the second liquid outlet comprising a second valve element, wherein said first and second valve elements are configured to enable control of a pressure inside said pressure chamber, whereby, while under the pressure, the first liquid outlet is configured to output a first subpart of the liquid, and the second liquid outlet is configured to output a second subpart of the liquid, and wherein the first subpart comprises a greater percentage of the gas content than any percentage of the gas content in the second subpart. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the first and second valve elements are configured to maintain a pressure inside said pressure chamber between 1 and 50 bar. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein a sum of the first subpart of the liquid from said first outlet and the second subpart of the liquid from said second liquid outlet total 100%, wherein the first valve element limits the first subpart of the liquid from said first liquid outlet, and wherein the first subpart of the liquid comprises one of: (a) an amount that is less than 50% of the sum, (b) an amount that is less than 40% of the sum, or (c) an amount that is less than 33% of the sum. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the second valve element comprises a static spring-based valve. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1 further comprising a measurement equipment configured to measure properties of the liquid, and wherein said measurement equipment is positioned at the second liquid outlet. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The system of claim 5, wherein said second valve element is positioned after said measurement equipment. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The system of claim 5 further comprising a junction positioned downstream from said measurement equipment and configured to combine the liquid from the first and second liquid outlets. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1 further comprising a pump configured to pump said liquid into the upper part of said pressure chamber. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein said pressure chamber is shaped as an elongated cylinder. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein a filter is positioned at said inlet, which is connected to the pressure chamber. ### Claim 11 A method of separating parts of a liquid based on gas content, the method comprising: providing a pressure chamber configured to receive a liquid that is pumped into the pressure chamber, wherein the liquid comprises a gas content, and wherein said pressure chamber comprises: a first liquid outlet connected to an upper part of said pressure chamber, the first liquid outlet comprising a first valve element; and a second liquid outlet connected to a lower part of said pressure chamber, the second liquid outlet comprising a second valve element, wherein said first and second valve elements are configured to control a pressure inside said pressure chamber, whereby, while under the pressure, a first subpart and a second subpart of the liquid inside said pressure chamber flow out of the first and second liquid outlets respectively, wherein the first subpart comprises a first amount of the gas content, the first amount being one of: (a) a portion of the gas content; or (b) all of the gas content, wherein any of the gas content in the second subpart comprises a second amount that is less than the first amount. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the pressure chamber further comprises a measuring equipment configured to measure a particle content of liquid from the second liquid outlet. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein the first and second liquid outlets are configured to combine liquid from said second liquid outlet downstream of the measurement equipment with the liquid from said first liquid outlet. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein the liquid is oil. ### Claim 15 A system operable to separate parts of a fluid, the system comprising: a pressure chamber comprising: a first part defining an inlet; a second part defining a first outlet; and a third part located below the second part when the pressure chamber is vertically oriented, wherein the third part defines a second outlet; a first channel in fluid communication with the first outlet; a first valve positioned at least partially within the first channel; a second channel in fluid communication with the second outlet; and a second valve positioned at least partially within the second channel, wherein the pressure chamber is configured to receive a fluid that is pumped into the inlet, wherein the fluid comprises a liquid content and a gas content, wherein the first and second values are configured to control a designated pressure inside the pressure chamber, wherein the first outlet is configured to output a first fluid part of the received fluid, wherein the second outlet is configured to output a second fluid part of the received fluid, wherein the first fluid part comprises a first amount of the gas content, wherein the first amount comprises one of: (a) a portion of the gas content; or (b) all of the gas content, wherein, due at least partially to the designated pressure, any of the gas content in the second fluid part comprises a second amount that is less than the first amount. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, wherein: the pressure chamber comprises an elongated shape; the system comprises a junction that fluidly connects the first channel to the second channel; and the junction is configured to distribute a combination of the first and second fluid parts for a desired use. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, wherein: the first value is located downstream from the first outlet; the second value is located downstream from the second outlet; and the second valve comprises a static spring-based valve. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, wherein the liquid content comprises oil. ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, comprising a measurement device that is in fluid communication with the second channel. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The system of claim 19, wherein: the measurement device is configured to provide information related to the second amount of any of the gas content in the second fluid part; and the pressure chamber comprises an elongated shape.