Liquid slug and gas separation method and apparatus for gas pipelines
CA 2317490 A1 · Owner: Haukeness, Miles E. · Inventors: Haukeness, Miles E.
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To the best of the Inventor's knowledge the prior art did not contain a method and apparatus for, causing liquid slugs within a gas pipeline to become dissipated. In the instant invention a, secondary gas pipeline is constructed which runs in parallel with the primary gas pipeline and, which secondary gas pipeline is of an appropriate size and configuration that a liquid slug, passing through the primary gas pipeline will tend to divide and partially enter the secondary gas, pipeline, and while in the secondary gas pipeline will substantially become transformed into a, two phase flow one phase of which is gas and the other phase of which is liquid, and wherein, when the gas phase in …
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