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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 18, 1998
Gary W Sams, Tulsa, OK (US);
Harry G Wallace, Tulsa, OK (US);
National Tank Company, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A system and method of use thereof for separating commingled heavier and lighter components of a liquid stream, employing a vessel having a liquid inlet, a lighter component outlet communicating with an interior upper portion of the vessel and a heavier component outlet communicating with an interior lower portion of the vessel, a distribution conduit positioned within the vessel in communication with the liquid inlet and having a plurality of spaced apart small diameter openings through which liquid is discharged as small streams and at least one momentum attenuator supported within the vessel adjacent the distribution conduit and configured to intercept the small streams to dissipate the kinetic energies thereof.