Flow compensator
Assigneeapique inc
InventorsErdogan Erigican, Jing Huang
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Abstract
An apparatus is disclosed including: a housing including a conduit having an inlet port and an outlet port; an insert at least partially disposed within the conduit and including a tapered portion extending from a narrower end proximal the inlet port to a wider end distal the inlet port; and a facility for adjusting the position of the insert within the conduit. In some embodiments, the apparatus is configured to receive a mixed flow of liquid and gas at the inlet port, direct the mixed flow through the conduit around a portion of the insert disposed within the chamber, and outlet the mixed flow at the outlet port.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a housing comprising a conduit having an inlet port and an outlet port;
- an insert at least partially disposed within the conduit and comprising:
- a tapered portion extending from a narrower end proximal the inlet port to a wider end distal the inlet port;
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- a facility for adjusting the position of the insert within the conduit;
- wherein the apparatus is configured to receive a mixed flow of liquid and gas at the inlet port, direct the mixed flow through the conduit around a portion of the insert disposed within the chamber, and outlet the mixed flow at the outlet port.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.