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US 4,046,528 AGranted
Degassing system
AssigneeSmith International, Inc.
InventorWalter E. Liljestrand
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Abstract
A system for degassing fluids, particularly drilling muds, which includes a pump for introducing the gas laden fluid, under pressure, into a closed degassing vessel wherein the gas is disengaged, in a substantially oxygen free atmosphere, from the fluid, the gas and degassed fluids leaving the degassing vessel through a common outlet which is equipped with an exhausting system for discharging the disengaged gas from the system.
Claims17
In a system for degassing fluids, the combination comprising:
- a degassing vessel having an inlet and an outlet, said outlet being disposed substantially at the bottom of said vessel and including an outlet conduit forming a common discharge from said vessel for said fluid and gas disengaged in said vessel;
- means connected to the inlet of said degassing vessel for introducing fluid under pressure into said vessel;
- means connected to said outlet conduit for exhausting gas disengaged from said fluid in said vessel;
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- means for substantially preventing introduction of air into said vessel through said outlet conduit.
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