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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 1987
Filed:
Sep. 21, 1984
Michel Angles, Lescar, FR;
Pierre Hoornaert, Saint-Pierre-de-Chandieu, FR;
Alain Audouin, Craponne, FR;
Henri Roques, Portet-sur-Garonne, FR;
Yves Aurelle, Aucamville, FR;
Louis Lopez, Roquettes, FR;
Elf France, S.A., Paris, FR;
Abstract
The invention concerns an apparatus for separating a phase dispersed by emulsion or by suspension in a continuous phase of different density, comprising a coalescence enclosure 1 provided with an inlet 1a and with an outlet 1b which enters a separation enclosure 4, the coalescence enclosure 1 assuming the shape of an elongated surface of revolution about an axis XX' slanted with respect to the vertical and containing at least one rigid or semi-rigid sheet 7 rolled up about the inclined axis XX' to form windings of which the generatrices extend along the enclosures, these windings being spaced apart and substantially covering all of the free cross-section of the enclosure; this sheet in particular may be rolled up in a spiral and may consist of a material preferentially wetted by the dispersed phase.