Liquid separation and extraction
AssigneeIngen Process Limited
InventorPaul William Gayton
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Abstract
A process for the separation and extraction of liquid from a multi-component fluid within a conduit in which said liquid tends to settle, said process comprising introduction of a coil tubing into a predetermined settlement region within said conduit, said tubing having an inlet at said settlement region and being operatively connected to aspirating means, whereby the said liquid is separated within the settlement region and aspirated into the tubing and thereby extracted.
Claims4
A process for the separation and extraction of liquid from a multi-component fluid within a generally horizontal flow line in which said liquid tends to settle, said process comprising introduction of a coil tubing into a predetermined settlement region within said flow line, said tubing having an inlet at said settlement region and being operatively connected to aspirating means, the coil tubing being maintained at a lower pressure than the flow line to encourage flow of liquid into the coil tubing for extraction whereby the said liquid is separated within the settlement region and aspirated into the tubing and thereby extracted,
- wherein said coil tubing runs along the bottom of the flow line.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.