# US 2014/0360189 A1 · Integrated separator turbine > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0360189 A1 - Document ID: US20140360189A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/285,732 - Filed: 2014-05-23 - Published: 2014-12-11 - Earliest claimed: 2013-06-06 - Assignees: Dresser-Rand Company - Inventors: Harry F. Miller; Pascal Lardy; Michael S. Cormier; William C. Maier - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140360189A1 ## CPC - F01K 21/06: Treating live steam, other than thermodynamically, e.g. for fighting deposits in engine - F03G 4/026: {open loop geothermal collectors} - F03G 4/037: {having other power cycles, e.g. Stirling, transcritical or supercritical cycles; combined with other power sources, e.g. wind, gas or nuclear} - F03G 4/069: {characterised by the brine or scale treatment, e.g. brine desalination, scale deposit prevention or corrosion-proofing} - F03G 4/074: {Safety arrangements} - F01K: STEAM ENGINE PLANTS; STEAM ACCUMULATORS; ENGINE PLANTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ENGINES USING SPECIAL WORKING FLUIDS OR CYCLES (gas-turbine or jet-propulsion plants F02; nuclear power plants, engine arrangements therein G21D) - F03G: SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA OR LIKE MOTORS; MECHANICAL-POWER PRODUCING DEVICES OR MECHANISMS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR OR USING ENERGY SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (arrangements in connection with power supply in vehicles from force of nature B60K16/00; electric propulsion with power supply in vehicles from force of nature B60L8/00) ## Abstract A fluid processing system and method are provided for separating a liquid portion from a multiphase fluid. The system and method may include a steam turbine assembly coupled with a rotary shaft, and a separator coupled with the rotary shaft and positioned upstream of the steam turbine assembly. The separator may include an inlet end configured to receive a multiphase fluid, an outlet end fluidly coupled with the steam turbine assembly, and a separation chamber extending from the inlet end to the outlet end. The separation chamber may be configured to separate a liquid portion from the multiphase fluid to thereby provide a substantially gaseous fluid to the steam turbine assembly. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A fluid processing system, comprising: a steam turbine assembly coupled with a rotary shaft; and a separator coupled with the rotary shaft and positioned upstream of the steam turbine assembly, the separator comprising: an inlet end configured to receive a multiphase fluid, an outlet end fluidly coupled with the steam turbine assembly, and a separation chamber extending from the inlet end to the outlet end, the separation chamber configured to separate a liquid portion from the multiphase fluid to thereby provide a substantially gaseous fluid to the steam turbine assembly. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The fluid processing system of claim 1, wherein the separator is a rotary separator. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The fluid processing system of claim 1, wherein the multiphase fluid comprises a geothermal fluid. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The fluid processing system of claim 1, wherein the steam turbine assembly and the separator are disposed in a common housing. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The fluid processing system of claim 1, wherein the separator further comprises a tubular body defining the separation chamber, the tubular body including an inner and outer circumferential surface and an annular groove defined by the inner circumferential surface thereof, the annular groove at least partially extending radially outward from the inner circumferential surface towards the outer circumferential surface of the tubular body. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The fluid processing system of claim 5, wherein the separator further comprises a deflector member coupled with the rotary shaft, the deflector member including an outer surface spaced radially inward from the inner circumferential surface of the tubular body, relative to the rotary shaft, and configured to direct the liquid portion toward the inner circumferential surface. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The fluid processing system of claim 5, wherein the tubular body defines a plurality of discharge ports, each discharge port radially extending from the inner circumferential surface to the outer circumferential surface. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The fluid processing system of claim 7, wherein the plurality of discharge ports are disposed in the annular groove. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The fluid processing system of claim 1, wherein the steam turbine assembly comprises: rotor blades disposed about the rotary shaft and coupled therewith; and stator vanes disposed circumferentially about the rotary shaft and positioned upstream of the rotor blades, the stator vanes defining an end wall passage extending from an inlet of the stator vanes to an outlet of the stator vanes, the inlet of the stator vanes configured to receive the substantially gaseous fluid from the separator, and the end wall passage configured to direct the substantially gaseous fluid to the rotor blades. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The fluid processing system of claim 9, wherein the separator is coupled with the rotary shaft directly upstream of the stator vanes of the steam turbine assembly. ### Claim 11 A fluid processing system, comprising: a steam turbine assembly comprising: a rotary shaft, rotor blades disposed about the rotary shaft and coupled therewith, and stator vanes disposed circumferentially about the rotary shaft and positioned upstream of the rotor blades, the stator vanes defining an end wall passage extending from an inlet to an outlet of the stator vanes; and a rotary separator coupled with the rotary shaft of the steam turbine assembly and positioned directly upstream of the steam turbine assembly, the rotary separator comprising: an inlet end configured to receive a multiphase fluid, an outlet end fluidly coupled with the steam turbine assembly, and a separation chamber extending from the inlet end to the outlet end, the separation chamber configured to separate a liquid portion from the multiphase fluid to thereby provide a substantially gaseous fluid to the steam turbine assembly. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The fluid processing system of claim 11, wherein the rotary shaft is a single segment. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The fluid processing system of claim 11, wherein the rotary shaft comprises multiple segments coupled together by at least one gear. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The fluid processing system of claim 11, wherein the multiphase fluid comprises a geothermal fluid. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The fluid processing system of claim 11, wherein the steam turbine assembly and the rotary separator are disposed in a common housing. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) The fluid processing system of claim 11, wherein the rotary separator further comprises a tubular body, the tubular body including an inner and outer circumferential surface and an annular groove defined by the inner circumferential surface, the annular groove at least partially extending radially outward from the inner circumferential surface towards the outer circumferential surface of the tubular body. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The fluid processing system of claim 16, wherein the rotary separator further comprises a deflector member coupled with the rotary shaft, the deflector member having an outer surface spaced radially inward from the inner circumferential surface of the tubular body, relative to the rotary shaft, and configured to direct the liquid portion toward the inner circumferential surface. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The fluid processing system of claim 17, wherein the tubular body defines a plurality of discharge ports, each discharge port radially extending from the inner circumferential surface to the outer circumferential surface. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The fluid processing system of claim 18, wherein the plurality of discharge ports are disposed in the annular groove. ### Claim 20 A method for separating a liquid portion from a multiphase fluid for a fluid processing system, comprising: receiving the multiphase fluid from a fluid source at an inlet end of a rotary separator fluidly coupled with the fluid source; rotating a rotary shaft, the rotary shaft common to the rotary separator and a steam turbine assembly positioned downstream of the rotary separator; separating the liquid portion from the multiphase fluid in a separation chamber of the rotary separator to provide a substantially gaseous fluid; and directing the substantially gaseous fluid directly to an inlet of the steam turbine assembly via an outlet end of the rotary separator.