Patent ID: 11860623
Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC F  G  B  Y | IPC B  F  G

Claim 8:
9. An apparatus comprising:
an ejector moving assembly coupled to a first pipe; and
an ejector coupled to the ejector moving assembly and configured to be moved by the ejector moving assembly to form, inside the first pipe, a connection between the first pipe and a second pipe fluidically coupled to the first pipe, wherein the first pipe is configured to flow a first fluid at a first pressure and the second pipe is configured to flow a second fluid at a second pressure lower than the first pressure, the ejector comprising:
a nozzle converging along a flow direction of the first fluid to decrease the pressure of the first fluid to a third pressure lower than the second pressure, and
a chamber attached to the nozzle and movable, with the nozzle, with respect to the first pipe, and arranged to receive the first fluid at the third pressure from the nozzle, the chamber fluidically coupled to the second pipe with the connection formed, such that flowing the first fluid from the first pipe through the nozzle to the chamber draws the second fluid from the second pipe into the chamber.