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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2018
Applicant:
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Inventors:
Luis Eduardo Caires-Fernandez, Cypress, TX (US);
Daniel E. Shannon, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Cameron International Corporation, Houston, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B03D 1/00 (2006.01); B03D 1/14 (2006.01); B03D 1/006 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B03D 1/1481 (2013.01); B03D 1/006 (2013.01); B03D 1/1412 (2013.01); B03D 1/1443 (2013.01); B03D 2203/006 (2013.01);
Abstract
Flotation separation apparatus and methods are described herein, comprising a vessel having a plurality of flow guides oriented vertically in the vessel, a liquid inlet at a lower part of the vessel, a gas inlet at the lower part of the vessel, a first liquid outlet at an upper part of the vessel, a second liquid outlet at the lower part of the vessel, and a gas outlet at the upper part of the vessel.