Separator for a multi-phase flow
AssigneeInnsep AS
InventorsMaria Fernandino, Carlos A. Dorao
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Abstract
A separator for separating a multi-phase flow comprises: a first chamber at an upstream end of the separator, the first chamber comprising an inlet for an inlet flow to enter the first chamber; a second chamber at a downstream end of the separator, the second chamber comprising an outlet for a separated gas flow to exit the second chamber; and a mesh located between the first chamber and the second chamber for separating phases of the multi-phase flow, wherein the mesh is configured to receive the multi-phase flow from the first chamber at an upstream face of the mesh, and is configured to allow the separated gas flow to flow into the second chamber from a downstream face of the mesh.
Claims23
A separator for separating a multi-phase flow, the separator comprising:
- a first chamber at an upstream end of the separator, the first chamber comprising an inlet for an inlet flow to enter the first chamber;
- a second chamber at a downstream end of the separator, the second chamber comprising an outlet for a separated gas flow to exit the second chamber;
- a mesh located between the first chamber and the second chamber for separating phases of the multi-phase flow, wherein the mesh is configured to receive the multi-phase flow from the first chamber at an upstream face of the mesh, and is configured to allow the separated gas flow to flow into the second chamber from a downstream face of the mesh,
- wherein the upstream face of the mesh is spaced apart from the inlet into the first chamber by a distance H1, wherein H1 is related to the mesh diameter d by the following relationship:
- H1>0.5 d
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A method of separating a multi-phase flow comprising:
- flowing a multi-phase flow into an upstream face of a mesh provided in a first chamber of a separator, whereby a non-gas phase is forced radially out through interconnected pores in the mesh towards the periphery of the mesh, whilst a gas phase passes axially through the mesh, out of a downstream face of the mesh into a second chamber,
- wherein the upstream face of the mesh is spaced apart from the inlet into the first chamber by a distance H1, wherein H1 is related to the mesh diameter d by the following relationship:
- H1>0.5 d
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.