Patent ID: 7507280
Filing Date: 2009-03-24
Classification: B01D,E21B

Abstract:
1. For mounting to a pipe which itself is mounted to the blow-out outflow from a borehole so as to direct ejecta from the borehole into the pipe, a degasser system comprising: a rigid frame, an open-bottomed vessel mounted on said frame, said vessel having a lower open end, contiguously sealed sidewalls extending upwardly from said lower open end, and an enclosed vessel head mounted to so as to seal an upper end of said sidewalls, said vessel having an interior cavity defined by said sidewalls and said head, a stack mounted to and extending from said vessel head, said stack in fluid communication with said cavity so as to exhaust gas from said vessel, a pipe coupler mounted to said sidewalls adjacent said upper end thereof, said pipe coupler in fluid communication with said cavity and mountable to said pipe so as to direct the ejecta from the pipe, when said pipe coupler is mounted to the pipe, in an in-flow direction into said cavity, for flow of the ejecta along a flow path under force of gravity down through said vessel in a downward direction and so as to flow out through said lower open end, at least one baffle mounted to said sidewalls and in said cavity so as to partially occlude said cavity and so as to lie at least partially across said flow path, whereby the ejecta flowing along said flow path is degassed, a tank mounted under said vessel so as to receive the ejecta flowing from said lower open end of said vessel whereby the ejecta is stored in the tank for later removal and disposal, means for translating said pipe coupler and said vessel relative to said frame so as to thereby translate said pipe coupler for ease of mounting the pipe.