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US 2019/0162205 A1Published application
Split diffuser
AssigneeLiberty Lift Solutions, LLC
InventorWilliam Coleman
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Abstract
A jet pump splitter subassembly is provided having an interior chamber sized to allow a second diffusing cycle while directing the mixed fluid towards at least two exits in the jet pump housing. Preferably each of the exits are spaced uniformly about the periphery of the jet pump.
Claims20
A jet pump comprising:
- a housing,
- a power fluid,
- a wellbore fluid,
- a mixing chamber,
- wherein the power fluid and the wellbore fluid combine into a mixed fluid.
- an expansion chamber,
- a splitter,
- wherein the splitter forms the mixed fluid into at least a first and second stream.
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The jet pump of claim 7 wherein, the splitter is optimized to reduce turbulence within the splitter chamber.
A method of forming a jet pump splitter assembly comprising:
- placing a splitter within a tubular,
- forming at least a first and second port within the tubular,
- wherein the at least first and second ports are each located in a wall of the tubular above the splitter,
- providing an adaptor to provide a flow path for a mixed fluid between a venture and the splitter.
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A jet pump comprising:
- a housing,
- a power fluid,
- a wellbore fluid,
- a venturi,
- wherein the power fluid mixes with the wellbore fluid to form a mixed fluid.
- a first expansion chamber,
- a second expansion chamber,
- at least two ports allowing a mixed fluid to exit the second expansion chamber.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.