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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2003
Lars Henrick Gjertsen, Jonsvatnet, NO;
Arne Olav Fredheim, Trondheim, NO;
Carl-birger Jenssen, Trondheim, NO;
Bård Gjøen, Hundhamaren, NO;
Lars Henrick Gjertsen, Jonsvatnet, NO;
Arne Olav Fredheim, Trondheim, NO;
Carl-Birger Jenssen, Trondheim, NO;
Bård Gjøen, Hundhamaren, NO;
Statoil ASA, Stavanger, NO;
Abstract
A scrubber for separation of liquid phase and any other constituents from a fluid now that in substance includes a gas. The scrubber is formed as a standing vessel with round cross section, with an outlet for liquid from the bottom and an outlet for gas from the top. The scrubber is distinguished in includes a fluid inlet that either is tangentially oriented relative to the inner wall of the scrubber or equipped with a deflection plate, such that introduced fluid is directed tangentially horizontal or with a small downward slope along the inner wall of the scrubber, into and through a fluid way arranged as a downwards directed spiral within the scrubber, along the inner wall, from a level over or at the inlet to a level at or close to the outlet for liquid, with an opening for gas escape inwards toward the center of the scrubber. The scrubber according to the invention results in very low liquid entrainment.