SEPARATOR Russian patent published in 2004 - IPC

FIELD: oil industry; separation of oil and gas in well product gathering and preparation systems.

SUBSTANCE: proposed separator includes housing with coaxial tube having tangential slots and circular slot in its wall, axial swirler, gas-and-liquid mixture supply branch pipe and gas and liquid discharge branch pipes. Swirler is made in form of flat helical twisting unit whose helical surface is made at varying pitch reducing in axial direction of flow of gas-and-liquid mixture and is secured on bush provided with end taper fairings. Located before swirler is disperser of liquid plugs in form of spiral plates mounted near walls; end section of tube is provided with longitudinal slots.

EFFECT: reduction of hydraulic losses; enhanced efficiency of separation.

1 dwg