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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2003
Eric Johannes Puik, Rijswijk, NL;
Eric Johannes Puik, Rijswijk, NL;
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A mixture of fluids is separated into at least two phases, one of which has a higher density than the other, passing the mixture through a normally horizontal supply pipe, by creating a stratified flow in the supply pipe, by passing the mixture through an inclined pipe, whilse maintaining a stratified flow in the inclined pipe, by extracting fluid with lower density ('lighter phase') via a first discharge system and fluid with a higher density ('heavier phase') via a second discharge system, wherein the interface between the lighter phase and the heavier phase is monitored in the inclined pipe by a level controller means that varies the flow of the fluid of higher density to keep the interface between set levels.