Gas extractor providing active fluid transport and circulation

A system comprising:

• a vessel accumulating a composite fluid including a gas;
• a gas extractor configured to separate the gas from the composite fluid to form a gaseous fraction;
• and
• a gas analyzer fluidically coupled to the gas extractor, wherein the gas analyzer is configured to analyze the gaseous fraction,
• wherein the gas extractor includes:
• a main body defining a flow path formed from a separations chamber at an upstream end of the flow path and a head space chamber at the downstream end of the flow path, wherein the main body further comprises:
• a first set of apertures disposed about the separations chamber portion of the main body, and
• a second set of apertures disposed about the head space chamber portion of the main body;
• an agitator housed within the main body at an upstream end of the separations chamber, wherein:
• the agitator is configured to generate a vortex that conveys the composite fluid through the flow path,
• the vortex expels a liquid fraction and a solids fraction of the composite fluid from the main body via the first set of apertures, and
• the vortex conveys a gaseous fraction of the composite fluid into the head space chamber for extraction from the second set of apertures.

A method of operating a gas extractor, the method comprising:

• receiving a composite fluid into an inlet of the gas extractor, wherein the inlet is at a first end of a main body defining a flow path formed from a separations chamber at an upstream end of the flow path and a head space chamber at the downstream end of the flow path;
• generating a vortex in the composite fluid within the main body, wherein the vortex is generated by an agitator housed within the main body, and wherein the vortex conveys the composite fluid through the flow path;
• expelling a liquid fraction and a solids fraction of the composite fluid from the main body through a first set of apertures disposed about the separations chamber portion of the main body;
• conveying a gaseous fraction of the composite fluid into the head space chamber for extraction from a second set of apertures disposed about the head space chamber portion of the main body.