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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:
Jun. 21, 1994
Filed:
Apr. 07, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard L Payne, McKinney, TX (US);
Assignee:
Atlantic Richfield Company, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
96189 ; 96190 ; 96197 ; 96 15 ; 137207 ; 138 37 ; 366267 ;
Abstract
Slug flow is substantially prevented in cylindrical pipes and other conduits by placing a generally flat plate partition extending within the pipe and dividing the pipe into a gas flow space and a liquid flow space. The position of the partition and the cross-sectional flow areas of the gas flow space and the liquid flow space are determined by predetermining that the pressure losses of gas flow and liquid flow should be substantially equal.