Schooner Petroleum Services, Inc.

Other

Garry Thomas Hill

Richard Harvey McGee

Yong Fu Wang

A method for removing particlesParticles are removedfrom a high pressure flow streamentailsbyflowing the high pressure flow stream into an inlet of a high pressure trap andflowing the flow stream from the inletinto a tube in the high pressure trap. The tube is adapted to accelerate the flow stream. The flow stream leaves the tube and de-accelerates as the stream flows into a chamber.The method continues by contacting theTheflow streamwithcontactsa plate wound helically around an outside surface of the tube. The plate creates a cyclonic effectwithinthe flow stream to remove particles from the flow stream. The particles are collected in a reservoir.The remainingRemainingparticles are removed by flowing the flow stream towards a side outlet over the plate.The methods end by collecting theTheremaining particlesare collectedinathereservoirforming collected particles and dumping the. Thecollected particlesare periodically dumpedfrom the reservoir.

Method of use of a high pressure solid removal system

A method for removing particles from a high pressure flow stream entails flowing the high pressure flow stream into an inlet of a high pressure trap and flowing the flow stream from the inlet into a tube in the high pressure trap. The tube is adapted to accelerate the flow stream. The flow stream leaves the tube and de-accelerates as the stream flows into a chamber. The method continues by contacting the flow stream with a plate wound helically around an outside surface of the tube. The plate creates a cyclonic effect with the flow stream to remove particles from the flow stream. The particles are collected in a reservoir. The remaining particles are removed by flowing the flow stream towards a side outlet over the plate. The methods end by collecting the remaining particles in a reservoir forming collected particles and dumping the collected particles from the reservoir.

The invention is a high pressure trap for removing particles from a flow stream of a high pressure well that maintains the full pressure of the high pressure well, wherein the trap has an inlet port connected to a Christmas tree, a chamber with a top flange, a bottom flange, and a side wall connecting the top flange and the bottom flange in fluid communication with a choke manifold, a dump outlet in communication with the bottom reservoir and connected to the bottom flange, a dump outlet controller for opening and closing the dump outlet, and a tube disposed between the bottom reservoir and the side outlet, wherein the tube is mounted within the chamber to the top flange without contacting the side wall, thereby the velocity of the flow stream is changed as the flow stream is passed from the tube into the chamber.

Growing community of inventors

Houston, TX, United States of America

Garry Thomas Hill