摘要 |
<p>AN APPARATUS FOR SEPARATING MULTI-PHASE FLUIDS, COMPRISING A CYCLONIC SEPARATOR (40) HAVING AN INLET (42) FOR MULTI-PHASE FLUIDS, A CYCLONIC SEPARATION CHAMBER, A FIRST OUTLET (44) FOR RELATIVELY HIGH DENSITY FLUIDS AND A SECOND OUTLET (46) FOR RELATIVELY LOW DENSITY FLUIDS, AND A SECONDARY SEPARATOR (52) COMPRISING A SEPARATION VESSEL IN WHICH FLUIDS ARE SEPARATED PRIMARILY BY GRAVITY, A FIRST INLET (96) CONNECTED TO RECEIVE THE RELATIVELY HIGH DENSITY FLUIDS, A SECOND INLET (94) CONNECTED TO RECEIVE THE RELATIVELY LOW DENSITY FLUIDS, A FIRST OUTLET (54) IN THE UPPER PART OF THE VESSEL FOR A SEPARATED GAS PHASE AND A SECOND OUTLET (56) IN THE LOWER PART OF THE SEPARATION VESSEL FOR A SEPARATED LIQUID PHASE.</p> |