Gas separation – With inflow gas control or distribution
Reexamination Certificate
2006-12-19
2006-12-19
Hopkins, Robert A. (Department: 1724)
Gas separation
With inflow gas control or distribution
C055S426000, C055S428000, C055S447000, C096S189000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07150773
ABSTRACT:
A liquid device for extracting liquids entrained in gasses flowing through a pipeline consists of a housing having a separation and collection chamber for the extracted liquids and a flow through passage for the gasses being dried. As the gasses flow into an extractor insert, they first flow through a diffuser which aligns the gas flow and reduces the pressure in the flow. As the gasses hit the concave end of the extractor insert they are forced into a spiraling flow within the insert. The combination of reduced pressure and the spin cause any entrained liquids to be spun out of the gas flow. Both the gas and the liquids them pass through apertures in the lower surface of the extractor insert, with the liquids dropping into the collection chamber for later evacuation, while the gasses rise to an outlet port which exits to the pipeline.
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Cantor & Colburn LLP
Hopkins Robert A.
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