Patent ID: 11938422
Assignee: FMC TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B  E  G | IPC B  E

Claim 0:
1. A system, comprising:
a separator vessel that is adapted to separate solids particles from a flow of a multi-phase fluid;
a differential pressure sensing system, the differential sensing pressure system being adapted to measure a differential pressure of a column of the multi-phase fluid in the separator vessel, wherein the differential pressure sensing system comprises first and second isolation seals,
wherein the separator vessel further comprises a sand outlet, and
wherein the first isolation seal is coupled to a side of the separator vessel and the second isolation seal is positioned vertically below the sand outlet; and
a control system that is adapted to determine at least one of a level, volume or weight of the separated solids particles within the separator vessel based upon at least the measured differential pressure of the column of the multi-phase fluid in the separator vessel.