Vapor and liquid recovery tower
AssigneeMaze Environmental LLC
InventorBrooks Pearce
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Abstract
A vapor and liquid recovery tower (VLRT) includes a top section adapted to receive a liquid stream with entrained gas that gravity flows down through the VLRT, and a packing section comprising packing material adapted to release the entrained gas from the liquid stream to produce a VLRT liquid output and a VLRT gas output. The VLRT may further include a lower section adapted to receive a gas stream that rises up through the packing section, wherein the packing material is further adapted to increase surface area contact between the liquid stream and the gas stream, and wherein the VLRT gas output includes the entrained gas and the gas stream.
Claims15
A system for conditioning a liquid stream comprising:
- a vapor and liquid recovery tower (VLRT) comprising:
- a top section adapted to receive a liquid stream with entrained gas that gravity flows down through the VLRT;
- and
- a packing section comprising packing material adapted to release the entrained gas from the liquid stream to produce a VLRT liquid output and a VLRT gas output;
- at least one of an oil storage tank and an oil liquid transfer pump;
- and
- at least one of a water storage tank and a water liquid transfer pump;
- wherein the liquid stream is a water emulsion, and the VLRT liquid output is a VLRT oil output and a VLRT water output;
- wherein the VLRT oil output gravity feeds out of the VLRT and is routed to the oil storage tank or to the oil liquid transfer pump;
- and
- wherein the VLRT water output gravity feeds out of the VLRT and is routed to the water storage tank or to the water liquid transfer pump.
A system for conditioning a liquid stream comprising:
- a vapor and liquid recovery tower (VLRT) comprising:
- a top section adapted to receive a liquid stream with entrained gas that gravity flows down through the VLRT;
- and
- a packing section comprising packing material adapted to release the entrained gas from the liquid stream to produce a VLRT liquid output and a VLRT gas output;
- a lower section adapted to receive a gas stream that rises up through the packing section;
- wherein the packing material is further adapted to increase surface area contact between the liquid stream and the gas stream;
- and
- wherein the VLRT gas output comprises the entrained gas and the gas stream;
- a separator adapted for receiving live crude oil from a wellhead and for producing a separator oil output and a separator gas output;
- and
- a heater treater adapted for (i) receiving the separator oil output and (ii) producing a heater treater oil output and the heater treater gas output;
- wherein the VLRT is adapted for (i) receiving the heater treater oil output as the liquid stream and receiving the heater treater gas output as the gas stream;
- and (ii) producing a VLRT oil output as the VLRT liquid output.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.