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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2019
Applicant:
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Inventors:
Emanuel J. Gottlieb, Upper St. Clair, PA (US);
Gary W. Sams, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
CAMERON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 17/12 (2006.01); G05D 21/00 (2006.01); B01D 17/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 17/12 (2013.01); B01D 17/04 (2013.01); G05D 21/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of operating a liquid separator includes detecting a volume of a multi-phase liquid mixture inside the operating liquid separator using one or more detectors; determining, from a signal of the one or more detectors, a volume of the multi-phase liquid mixture; determining an amount of a chemical treatment, or other operating parameter, based on the volume of the multi-phase liquid mixture; and applying the amount of chemical treatment, or other operating parameter, to the separator.