Patent ID: 8262760
Filing Date: 2012-09-11
Classification: B01D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A process for collecting liquid flow from a flowstream containing liquefied gas or supercritical fluid under pressure mixed with a liquid, comprising receiving the flowstream into a splitter at or near atmospheric pressure, the splitter comprising a vessel that tapers at first and second outlet ends; providing an unrestricted zone for gas phase in the flowstream to separate from the flowstream and exit the splitter; providing a restricted zone that allows liquid phase to separate from the flowstream and drain unrestricted out of the splitter and prevents the gas phase from following the path of the drained liquid phase out of the splitter; and discharging the flowstream from a discharge line that is extended into the vessel through the first outlet end to discharge the flowstream at an angle less than horizontal and to discharge against an interior wall portion of the vessel that is formed at an angle towards the second outlet end.