Patent ID: 8187370
Filing Date: 2012-05-29
Classification: F25B

Abstract:
1. A horizontal bulk oil separator with an integral reservoir, the bulk oil separator comprising: a shell; passages for an inflow mixture of gas and oil to flow from an inlet to an outlet end within the shell; an inlet tube that directs the inflow mixture to impinge on a first plate; one or more baffles each having a single open and unobstructed cut-out for gas to flow above a level of the oil and a single port for the oil to flow near a bottom of the shell; an outlet conduit having a first end disposed in an interior space of the shell, the first end comprising an entrance spaced from the shell, the outlet conduit for evacuating gas above the maximum oil level and an outlet port for oil near the bottom of the shell; and a uniform oil level that is above said outlet port for oil.