Flow compensator
AssigneeApiqe Holdings, LLC
InventorsErdogan Erigican, Jing Huang
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Abstract
An apparatus is disclosed including: a housing including a conduit having an inlet port and an outlet port; an insert at least partially disposed within the conduit and including a tapered portion extending from a narrower end proximal the inlet port to a wider end distal the inlet port; and a facility for adjusting the position of the insert within the conduit. In some embodiments, the apparatus is configured to receive a mixed flow of liquid and gas at the inlet port, direct the mixed flow through the conduit around a portion of the insert disposed within the chamber, and outlet the mixed flow at the outlet port.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a housing comprising a conduit having an inlet port;
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- an insert at least partially disposed within the conduit, the insert having a longitudinal axis, wherein the insert comprises:
- a tapered portion extending from a narrower end proximal the inlet port to a wider end distal the inlet port;
- an outlet port located distal the tapered portion;
- a cylindrical portion extending from the tapered portion toward the outlet port;
- one or more surface features extending along an exterior surface of the cylindrical portion;
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- a hollow interior portion connecting an exterior portion of the insert to the outlet port;
- wherein the apparatus is configured to receive a mixed flow of liquid and gas at the inlet port, direct the mixed flow through the conduit along the exterior portion of the insert past the one or more surface features, into and through the hollow interior portion, and outlet the mixed flow at the outlet port;
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- wherein the one or more surface features is configured to regulate and stabilize the mixed flow of liquid and gas;
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- wherein the one or more surface features extend along the longitudinal axis of the insert from the wider end of the tapered portion towards the hollow interior portion and extend along at least 50% of the overall length of the cylindrical portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.