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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2000
Yves Lecoffre, Grenoble, FR;
Jean-Claude Gay, Les Essarts le Roi, FR;
Total, Puteaux, FR;
Abstract
The invention concerns a device for separating the constituents of a heterogeneous mixture and its uses. Said device comprises a separation chamber ( ) having a one of its ends an inlet and at the other an outlet comprising a first ring-shaped orifice ( ) coaxial with said chamber, and a second ring-shaped orifice ( ) coaxial with said first ring-shaped orifice and whereof the external diameter is smaller than said first ring-shaped orifice internal diameter. The invention is characterized in that said separation chamber has a cylindrical shape and said first orifice external diameter D is smaller than said chamber internal diameter D . The invention also concerns a method using said device.