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US 4,364,833 AGranted
Apparatus for removing substances from a mixture
AssigneeConoco Inc.
InventorCory L. Loegering
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Abstract
A first parallel plate coalescing assembly comprising vertically oriented plates and a second parallel plate coalescing assembly comprising horizontally disposed plates are disposed in spaced alignment along a flow path defined within a separator vessel. The vertically oriented plates are positioned upstream of the horizontally positioned plates so that the mixture flows through them first.
Claims10
An apparatus for separating a plurality of liquid, solid and gaseous components of a fluid mixture comprising:
- a separator vessel;
- inlet means for introducing said fluid mixture into said vessel;
- outlet means for discharging said components of said fluid mixture from said vessel;
- a fluid flow path in said vessel between said inlet and outlet means;
- a first plurality of plate members in said flow path within said vessel, each of said first plate members defining a plane which is parallel to the plane of an adjacent one of said first plate members and spaced therefrom, said planes of said first plurality of plate members being parallel to said flow path, and
- a second plurality of plate members in said flow path within said vessel, each of said second plate members defining a plane which is parallel to the plane of an adjacent one of said second plurality of plate members and spaced therefrom, said planes of said second plurality of plate members being parallel to said flow path and at right angles to said planes of said first plurality of plate members.
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