Pumps – One fluid pumped by contact or entrainment with another – Aerated column
Patent
1996-09-27
1998-01-13
Thorpe, Timothy
Pumps
One fluid pumped by contact or entrainment with another
Aerated column
417108, 417198, 166320, 166372, F04F 108, E21B 2100
Patent
active
057072140
ABSTRACT:
A gas flow control device for injecting gas into a production string for recovering pressure and reducing frictional losses, so that critical flow can be reached at lower pressure drops and higher production pressure, includes a nozzle having first and second ends, and a flow path therebetween, and a Venturi having first and second ends, and a flow path therebetween. The first end of the Venturi portion is disposed adjacent to the second end of the nozzle. The Venturi flow path coaxially aligned with the nozzle flow path to provide a continuous flow path through the valve. A method to increase the production rate, improve the lift efficiency, and eliminate or suppress instability in continuous-flow gas lift wells by use of a flow control device that has a gas flow rate performance that is independent of the tubing pressure even when the tubing pressure is as high as 80% to 93% of the casing pressure.
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Fluid Flow Engineering Company
Kim Ted
Korn Martin
Thorpe Timothy
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