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US 2016/0362622 A1Published application
Seal pot design
AssigneeRes USA, LLC
InventorsWEIBIN JIANG, BRUCE E. MCCOMISH, BRYAN C. BORUM, BENJAMIN H. CARRYER, MARK D. IBSEN, MARK K. ROBERTSON, ERIC R. ELROD, SIM WEEKS, HAROLD A. WRIGHT
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Abstract
An apparatus including at least one seal pot having at least one penetration through a surface other than the top of the seal pot, each of the at least one penetrations being configured for introduction, into the at least one seal pot, of solids from a separator upstream of the at least one seal pot; a substantially non-circular cross section; or both at least one penetration through a surface other than the top of the seal pot and a substantially non-circular cross section.
Claims20
A method comprising
- providing a seal pot comprising a substantially non-circular cross section and at least one penetration through a surface other than the top of the seal pot, wherein said seal pot is configured to balance pressure between vessels operated at a pressure differential while providing a seal between said vessels, wherein said pressure differential is less than about 25 psig;
- introducing a fluidization medium into the seal pot to fluidize contents in the seal pot;
- and
- operating said seal pot at a pressure of less than about 25 psig.
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