Patent ID: 9174146
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: B01D

Abstract:
1. A separation system comprising: a horizontal separation vessel comprising a first end, a second end, an upper wall, a lower wall, and a gas dome extending above the upper wall near the first end; a liquid weir disposed within the separation vessel near the second end and operatively connected to the lower wall, wherein an upper surface of the liquid weir is disposed below the upper wall of the separation vessel; a baffle plate disposed within the separation vessel between the gas dome and the liquid weir, the baffle plate operatively connected to the upper wall, wherein a lower surface of the baffle plate is disposed above the lower wall of the separation vessel and below the level of the upper surface of the liquid weir; a gas separation chamber within the separation vessel defined by the gas dome, the upper wall of the separation vessel, the baffle plate, and the level of the lower surface of the baffle plate; a hydrostatic pressure seal zone within the gas separation chamber between the level of the upper surface of the liquid weir and the level of the lower surface of the baffle plate, wherein the gas separation chamber and the hydrostatic pressure seal zone are configured for preventing a gas disposed within the gas separation chamber from escaping into a remainder of the separation vessel; a fluid inlet in fluid communication with an internal fluid line terminating within the gas separation chamber; a gas outlet extending from an upper portion of the gas dome; and a liquid outlet between the liquid weir and the second end of the separation vessel.