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US 7,256,044 B2Granted
Elevated pressure apparatus and method for generating a plurality of isolated effluents
AssigneeUop LLC
InventorsArne Karlsson, Mark A. Krawczyk, Ara J. Alexanian, Duncan E. Akporiaye, Ivar M. Dahl
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Abstract
An apparatus and a method for rapidly generating a plurality of isolated effluents have been developed. A specific embodiment involves screening a plurality of solids through simultaneously contacting the members of the plurality with a fluid, sampling the resulting fluids, and processing the resulting fluids to, for example, determine changes as compared to the feed fluid or as compared to other resulting fluids.
Claims9
A method of generating a plurality of effluents comprising:
- a) simultaneously contacting, at elevated pressure, at least one feed fluid with a plurality of solids, each solid contained in one of a multiplicity of vessels to generate a plurality of effluents;
- b) separating, simultaneously, each effluent into a sample portion and a vent portion thereby forming a multiplicity of sample portions and a multiplicity of vent portions;
- c) reducing the pressure of the multiplicity of sample portions and routing, simultaneously, the multiplicity of sample portions to a sampling valve;
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- d) selecting a sample portion, using the sampling valve, and processing the selected sample portion.
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