Gas separation – With liquid trap seal or valve
Patent
1996-12-11
1999-07-13
Bushey, C. Scott
Gas separation
With liquid trap seal or valve
55466, 96408, 137177, 2105321, F16T 554
Patent
active
059220945
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for automatically removing water from a digester system includes a sediment trap attached to a drain system wherein gas, water and sediment enter the sediment trap by way of gas lines, water and sediment are separated from the gas and settle within the sediment trap while the gas is expelled from the sediment trap, and wherein the gas pressure and weight of the water column within the sediment trap are balanced against a water column within a water outlet line to form a water seal to prevent gas from escaping into the atmosphere while simultaneously expelling excess water accumulating in the sediment trap.
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