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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2003
Thomas Shawn Dewitz, Bellaire, TX (US);
Hubertus Wilhelmus Albertus Dries, Amsterdam, NL;
Andreas Ekker, Amsterdam, NL;
Jan Kater, Amsterdam, NL;
Richard Addison Sanborn, Houston, TX (US);
Alex Christian Hoffmann, Bergen, NO;
Weiming Peng, Bergen, NO;
Thomas Shawn Dewitz, Bellaire, TX (US);
Hubertus Wilhelmus Albertus Dries, Amsterdam, NL;
Andreas Ekker, Amsterdam, NL;
Jan Kater, Amsterdam, NL;
Richard Addison Sanborn, Houston, TX (US);
Alex Christian Hoffmann, Bergen, NO;
Weiming Peng, Bergen, NO;
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Swirl tube separator for separating solids from a gas-solid containing feed comprising a tubular housing, an inlet for introducing a gas-solids mixture at one end of said housing, a solids outlet opening at the opposite end of said housing, and a co-axial positioned tubular gas outlet conduit placed at an end of said housing, wherein along the axis of the tubular housing a vortex extender pin is present.