Multiphase fluid mass transfer pump

Abstract From the Canadian patent

A positive displacement piston pump that can pump multiphase fluids by separating the fluid into its different components inside the pump before pumping the fluids. A reciprocating piston mounted inside the pump barrel divides the barrel into two chambers, with each chamber having an opening. Accumulators located above the chambers and below the pump inlet. provide a space for the multiphase fluids entering the pump to separate before entering the chamber. As the multiphase enters each accumulator, gravity causes the liquid to sink and the to rise separating the different phases preferably allowing, liquid to enter the chambers before the gas. When the piston moves through the chambers …