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Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 1993

Filed:

Jan. 30, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:

Robert W Chin, Bakersfield, CA (US);

Eugene B Greene, Bakersfield, CA (US);

Timothy A League, Houston, TX (US);

Christaan M De Ridder, Delft, NL;

Assignee:

Shell Western E&P Inc., Houston, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
210800 ; 210525 ;
Abstract

An improved sand pan and flushing jet apparatus is provided along with a process to separate solids from a fluid stream. The sand pan has openings along the side which increase in flow area with increasing distance from a slurry blowdown. Flushing jets are provided within the sand pan to remove slurry drawn into the sand pan by blowdown flow.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Chin, Robert. (1993). Sand pan (U.S. Patent No. 5176838). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/5176838

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