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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2008
Filed:
May. 23, 2005
Applicants:
Jeffrey S. Smith, Texas City, TX (US);
James H. Beech, Jr., Kingwood, TX (US);
Nicolas P. Coute, Houston, TX (US);
Jesse F. Goellner, Houston, TX (US);
Kenneth Ray Clem, Humble, TX (US);
Inventors:
Jeffrey S. Smith, Texas City, TX (US);
James H. Beech, Jr., Kingwood, TX (US);
Nicolas P. Coute, Houston, TX (US);
Jesse F. Goellner, Houston, TX (US);
Kenneth Ray Clem, Humble, TX (US);
Assignee:
ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 45/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A multi-stage gas-solids separator is configured so that the higher density (solids) output flows of two or more of the separator stages are merged together. The multi-stage separator is preferably composed of cyclone separators, with the diplegs of at least two of the cyclone separator stages merged together.