Inlet device for large oil field separator

Details Inlet device for large oil field separator Inlet device for large oil field separator

1996-09-03

1998-02-03

Upton, Christopher

Liquid purification or separation

Gravitational separator

Material supply distributor

210538, 210541, C02F 140

Patent

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057140685

ABSTRACT:
An inlet momentum absorber for passing an oil/water/gas mixture into a separator vessel having an inlet nozzle that extends through the vessel wall into the interior thereof, and a nozzle axis. A dish-shaped deflector is supported within the vessel adjacent to the deflector being intersected by the nozzle axis. A plurality of closely spaced apart cylindrical posts are arranged in an enlarged circumferential pattern defining a dispersing area within the vessel, the dispersing area being formed equilaterally around the nozzle axis. The closely spaced cylindrical posts provide a multitude of tortuous paths through which the oil/water/gas mixture flows from the dispersing area into the interior of the vessel. The tortuous paths are free of sharp edges to thereby minimize shearing of dispersed droplets.

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