Patent SG-11201907537Q-A (SG)
Title: An inlet device for separating phases of a liquid stream in a vessel and method involving same
Inventor: NIEUWOUDT IZAK
IPC: B01D3/00
Filed: 2018-04-09
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (43) International Publication Date 18 October 2018 (18.10.2018) WIPO I PCT omit VIII °nolo OH 1101001 H Imo oimIE (10) International Publication Number WO 2018/189651 Al (51) International Patent Classification: BOLD 3/00 (2006.01) (21) International Application Number: PCT/IB2018/052458 (22) International Filing Date: 09 April 2018 (09.04.2018) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (30) Priority Data: 62/484,460 12 April 2017 (12.04.2017) US (71) Applicant: KOCH-GLITSCH, LP [US/US]; 4111 E. 37Th Street North, Wichita, Kansas 67220 (US). (72) Inventors: NIEUWOUDT, Izak; 4111 E. 37Th Street North, Wichita, Kansas 67220 (US). GRIESEL, Charles; 4111 E. 37Th Street North, Wichita, Kansas 67220 (US). (74) Agent: MACKENZIE, Stephen; 4111 E 37th Street North, Wichita, Kansas 67220 (US). (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (54) Title: AN INLET DEVICE FOR SEPARATING PHASES OF A LIQUID STREAM IN A VESSEL AND METHOD IN- VOLVING SAME (57) : An inlet device for use in a vessel to facilitate separation of a gas phase from a liquid phase in a fluid stream. The inlet device has separation cans (26a, 26b, 26c) positioned at each of the outlet ends (44a, 44b, 44c) of a flow channel (24). Each separation can has a cylindrical wall (46) and an elongated inlet opening (54) in the cylindrical wall to allow the fluid stream to be introduced in a tangential direction into an open interior region where it swirls to facilitate separation of the gas phase from the liquid phase in the fluid stream. The liquid phase exits the separation can through slots (56) in the cylindrical wall and through an open lower end of the open interior region. The gas phase exits the separation can by ascending upwardly through an open upper end (50) of the open interior region. [Continued on next page] WO 2018/189651 Al MIDEDIM011010EIREEM311101110111M11111111111111111111111 (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3))