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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2013
Filed:
May. 25, 2010
Sanjay Kumar Sharma, Houston, TX (US);
Ravi Nath, Houston, TX (US);
Sanjay Kumar Sharma, Houston, TX (US);
Ravi Nath, Houston, TX (US);
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
A system includes a controller and an apparatus that includes a housing having a volume and an inlet. The inlet can receive a fluid that includes a gas and a liquid. The apparatus also includes a baffle that partitions the volume into a first portion and a second portion. The baffle extends from a base of the housing. The first portion can receive the liquid and separate the liquid into a first part and a second part. The second portion can receive the second part of the liquid from the first portion. The controller regulates an amount of the second part of the liquid in the second portion such that a level of the second part of the liquid is higher than a height that the baffle extends from the base of the housing, thus enabling the use of the extra surge capacity in the vessel.