Patent ID: 11913321
Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E

Claim 0:
1. An apparatus for gas-liquid separation comprising:
a first separation region that receives a mixture of liquids and gases, at least a portion of the first separation region forms a conical section;
a second separation region that receives liquids and gases from the first separation region; and
a cross-over section disposed below the first separation region and fluidly connecting the second separation region to a tubing,
wherein
the first separation region is disposed to an outer periphery of the tubing and inside the second separation region,
the first separation region comprises:
an inlet that receives the mixture of liquids and gases and comprises one or more guide vanes to provide the mixture of liquids and gases with a velocity in a tangential direction;
the conical section having a radius that gradually decreases from bottom to top of the conical section, such that a tangential velocity of liquids increases at a different level from a tangential velocity of gases, due to difference between a density of liquids and a density of gases; and
an outlet at the top of the conical section having a radius smaller than a radius of the inlet, and

the second separation region receives liquids and gases from the outlet.