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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2010
Applicant:
Jerry W. Noles, Jr., Newcastle, OK (US);
Inventor:
Jerry W. Noles, Jr., Newcastle, OK (US);
Assignee:
Express Energy Operating LP, Houston, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 21/00 (2006.01); B01D 45/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A material separator removes material such as sand from a fluid utilizing an inclined housing having a fluid flow inlet in a lower portion of the housing. Higher density material descends by gravity to a lower wall of the inclined housing and continues to travel down the lower wall portion to a lower section of the housing where it is removed. The remaining fluid which may contain a liquid and a gas is removed from the housing via an outlet at the upper portion of the housing.