Patent ID: 9683175
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: B01D,C10G,F26B

Claim:
1. A method for separating components of a slurry, the method comprising: flowing a slurry stream that includes the slurry through a slurry conduit defined by a body, wherein the slurry conduit is in fluid communication with a first perforated region and a second perforated region, and further wherein the slurry includes a liquid and a plurality of solid particles; injecting a displacing fluid through the first perforated region and into the slurry conduit as a displacing fluid stream; displacing at least a portion of the liquid from the slurry with the displacing fluid stream to create a product slurry stream that includes at least a portion of the injected displacing fluid and at least a portion of the plurality of solid particles; and producing a displaced fluid stream from the slurry conduit through the second perforated region, wherein the displaced fluid stream includes at least a portion of the displacing fluid and at least a portion of the liquid from the slurry; wherein at least one of the first perforated region and the second perforated region includes one of (i) at least one of a wire mesh, a metal screen, a sintered metal, a porous ceramic, and cemented rock and (ii) is in fluid communication with a flow port.