Separator for a multi-phase flow
AssigneeInnsep AS
InventorsMaria Fernandino, Carlos A. Dorao
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Abstract
A separator for separating a multi-phase flow comprises: a first chamber at an upstream end of the separator, the first chamber comprising an inlet for an inlet flow to enter the first chamber; a second chamber at a downstream end of the separator, the second chamber comprising an outlet for a separated gas flow to exit the second chamber; and a mesh located between the first chamber and the second chamber for separating phases of the multi-phase flow, wherein the mesh is configured to receive the multi-phase flow from the first chamber at an upstream face of the mesh, and is configured to allow the separated gas flow to flow into the second chamber from a downstream face of the mesh.
Claims18
A separator for separating a multi-phase flow, the separator comprising:
- a first chamber at an upstream end of the separator, the first chamber comprising a first surface with an inlet for an inlet flow to enter the first chamber, the first chamber further comprising a second surface opposite the first surface and an annular outer wall;
- a second chamber at a downstream end of the separator, the second chamber comprising an outlet for a separated gas flow to exit the second chamber, the second chamber further comprising a section being defined by the second surface of the first chamber and a second chamber wall;
- a mesh located between the first chamber and the second chamber for separating phases of the multi-phase flow, wherein the mesh is configured to receive the multi-phase flow from the first chamber at an upstream face of the mesh, and is configured to allow the separated gas flow to flow into the second chamber from a downstream face of the mesh, wherein the mesh is rotatable,
- wherein the upstream face of the mesh is spaced apart from the inlet into the first chamber by a distance H1, wherein H1 is related to the mesh diameter d by the following relationship:
- H1>0.5d;
- wherein the second chamber wall at least partially projects into the first chamber such that the annular outer wall of the first chamber surrounds the second chamber wall by a distance H2, wherein H2 is related to a mesh diameter d of the mesh by the following relationship:
- H2>0.5d.
A method of separating a multi-phase flow comprising:
- flowing a multi-phase flow into an upstream face of a mesh provided in a first chamber of a separator, the first chamber comprising a first surface, an annular outer wall, and a second surface opposite the first surface, whereby a non-gas phase is forced radially out through interconnected pores in the mesh towards the periphery of the mesh, whilst a gas phase passes axially through the mesh, out of a downstream face of the mesh into a second chamber, wherein the mesh is rotatable,
- wherein the upstream face of the mesh is spaced apart from the inlet into the first chamber by a distance H1, wherein H1 is related to the mesh diameter d by the following relationship:
- H1>0.5 d;
- wherein the second chamber comprises a section being defined by the second top surface of the first chamber and a second chamber wall, wherein the second chamber wall at least partially projects into the first chamber such that the annular outer wall of the first chamber surrounds the second chamber wall by a distance H2, wherein H2 is related to the mesh diameter d of the mesh by the following relationship:
- H2>0.5d.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.