Piping internals to control gas-liquid flow split

A method for improving the distribution of a fluid flow between outlet conduits of a conduit junction, comprising:

• introducing a fluid flow including both a gas phase component and a liquid phase component into an inlet conduit of a conduit junction, the conduit junction having at least two outlet conduits;
• providing a baffle structure in the inlet conduit, the baffle structure comprising
• a structure that defines a central opening;
• a ring surrounding the structure defining the central opening, an inner surface of the ring being in contact with the structure defining the central opening;
• a plurality of slots in the ring, each slot having a slot entrance;
• at least one barrier plate located a distance above an entrance for each of the plurality of slots, the at least one barrier plate providing a total barrier plate surface area that is greater than a combined area of the slot entrances;
• and
• at least one drainage hole, the drainage hole have an area less than an area of a slot entrance;
• wherein an exit from a central opening of the baffle structure is no more than about 2.0 times the length of the baffle structure from the conduit junction;
• passing the fluid flow through the baffle structure, at least a portion of the gas phase component passing through the central opening of the baffle structure and at least a portion of the liquid phase component passing through the plurality of slots in the ring;
• and
• dividing the fluid flow between the at least two outlet conduits, a volume of the gas phase component received by each outlet conduit differing by about 15% or less, and a volume of the liquid phase component received by each outlet conduit differing by about 15% or less,
• wherein a volume of the gas phase component and/or the liquid phase component received by each outlet conduit differs by at least about 20 % in the absence of the baffle structure.