FACILITY FOR CLEANING TUBULAR SEPARATOR Russian patent published in 2009 - IPC E21B43/34 

FIELD: mining.

SUBSTANCE: facility consists of inlet and outlet pipes having same diametre, as case of separator, of elbow or bend in form of pipe, and of unit with outlet pipeline before elbow or bend. According to the invention, particles of sand or macro-particles of other material accumulating in the facility for fluid medium outlet before the tube elbow are returned by means of a pump installed in the outlet pipeline; particles are returned together with fluid medium into the separator downstream from the elbow via the pipeline of reversed flow by means of changing direction of flow to a reversed one with a back valve. Facility for outlet of fluid medium is connected with flushing system including a reverse pipeline connected to the outlet pipeline. The reverse pipeline is designed for return of fluid medium from the facility for fluid medium outlet to nozzles assembled in the said facility and used for jet flushing some kind of particles accumulating in the facility for fluid medium outlet in the direction downstream in the said facility for fluid medium outlet.

EFFECT: reduced cost and simplification of method implementation, also increased efficiency of cleaning.

6 cl, 10 dwg