Separator to Separate a Liquid/Liquid/Gas/Solid Mixture
AssigneeDPS Bristol (Holdings) Limited
InventorDavid J. Parkinson
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Abstract
A separator for separating or partially separating oil, water, gas and solids from hydrocarbon production well fluids comprises a vessel and a cyclone contained within the vessel. An inlet passage passes through a wall of the vessel and into the cyclone, the inlet passage having means for causing the flow to rotate within the cyclone. A first outlet passage for an oil rich phase extends from a position within the cyclone and substantially on a central axis of the cyclone; a second outlet passage for a water phase extends from a base of the vessel; and a third outlet passage for the solids extends from a lower end of the cyclone.
Claims16
-18. (canceled)
A separator for separating out a flow into a first fluid, a second fluid which is denser than the first fluid, and solids, the separator comprising:
- a vessel;
- a cyclone contained within the vessel;
- an inlet passage passing through a wall of the vessel and into the cyclone, the inlet passage being adapted to cause the flow to rotate within the cyclone, an upper end of the cyclone being open to the vessel so that, in use, the second fluid overflows the cyclone into the vessel;
- a first outlet passage for the first fluid extending from a position within the cyclone and substantially on a central axis of the cyclone;
- a second outlet passage for the second fluid extending from a base of the vessel;
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- a third outlet passage for the solids extending from a lower end of the cyclone to the exterior of the vessel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.