Patent ID: 11898408
Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E  B | IPC B  E

Claim 14:
15. A magnetic quadrupole fluid separation system for the oil and gas industry comprising:
a first tube disposed along a primary axis and having a first end and a second end;
a second tube having an inlet at a first end, the inlet positioned within the first tube along the primary axis between the first and second ends of the first tube;
a valve to control flow of fluid into the first tube and the second tube, wherein the valve can stop the flow of fluid into the first tube and divert it into the second tube, wherein the valve is constructed from titanium, ceramic, stellite, or tungsten carbide; and
a quadrupole magnet system disposed along the first tube between the first end of the first tube and the first end of the second tube, the quadrupole magnetic system having at least four radially spaced apart magnets positioned symmetrically around the first tube, where opposing magnets have the same polarity and adjacent magnets have the opposite polarity.