Liquid separation and extraction
AssigneeIngen Process Limited
InventorPaul William Gayton
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Abstract
A process for the separation and extraction of liquid from a multi-component fluid within a conduit in which said liquid tends to settle, said process comprising introduction of a coil tubing into a predetermined settlement region within said conduit, said tubing having an inlet at said settlement region and being operatively connected to aspirating means, whereby the said liquid is separated within the settlement region and aspirated into the tubing and thereby extracted.
Claims6
A process for the separation and extraction of liquid from a multi-component fluid within a flow line in which said liquid tends to settle, said process comprising introduction of a coil tubing into a predetermined settlement region within said flow line, said tubing having an inlet at said settlement region and being operatively connected to aspirating means, the coil tubing being maintained at a lower pressure than the flow line to encourage flow of liquid into the coil tubing for extraction whereby the said liquid is separated within the settlement region and aspirated into the tubing and thereby extracted.
A process according to either one of the preceding claims, wherein the coil tubing is substantially smaller in diameter in comparison to the flow line.
A process according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the flow line is a pipeline formed of a plurality of pipe sections joined end to end.
A process according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein additional coil tubing strips are inserted into the flow line to provide further liquid removal at other locations in the flow line.
A process for the separation and extraction of liquid from a multi-component fluid within a flow line in which said liquid tends to settle, substantially as hereinbefore described.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.