摘要 |
A device for separating a mixture of fluids having a feed inlet, a gas outlet, an outlet for the lighter liquid and an outlet for the heavier liquid, which device comprises a normally horizontal supply pipe with the feed inlet at its upstream end, an inclined pipe having a closed lower end, a gas discharge system communicating with the gas outlet, a discharge system for lighter liquid communicating with the outlet, and a discharge system for heavier liquid communicating with the outlet, wherein the diameter of the supply pipe is selected such that during normal operation the velocities of the liquids are below a pre-determined value, wherein the ratio of the length of the supply pipe to its diameter is larger than 10 , and wherein the slope of the inclined pipe is selected such that during normal operations a stratified flow is maintained in the inclined pipe.
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