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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2017
Filed:
May. 04, 2012
Robert D. Kaminsky, Houston, TX (US);
Matthew a Dawson, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Robert D. Kaminsky, Houston, TX (US);
Matthew A Dawson, Sugar Land, TX (US);
ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Spring, TX (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for removing fluid from a slurry fluid and a plurality of solid particles including flowing a slurry stream that includes the slurry through a slurry conduit, injecting a displacing fluid through a first perforated region that is in fluid communication with the slurry conduit, displacing at least a portion of the slurry fluid from the slurry, and producing a displaced fluid stream, which may include the displaced portion of the slurry fluid and/or a portion of the injected displacing fluid, from a second perforated region that is in fluid communication with the slurry conduit. The systems and methods also may include producing a product slurry stream from the slurry conduit, separating the components of the displaced fluid stream, separating the components of the product slurry stream, and/or recycling a portion of one or more of the streams.