Patent ID: 8714919

Claim:
A system comprising: an inlet system comprising: a first incoming fluid duct comprising a first opening configured to be disposed outside of a vessel and to receive a first incoming fluid stream in a first direction; a second incoming fluid duct comprising a second opening configured to be disposed outside of the vessel and to receive a second fluid stream in a second direction substantially parallel to the first direction; a first internal fluid duct configured to be disposed inside the vessel and to discharge internal fluid from the first and second incoming fluid streams in a third direction within the vessel, the third direction being substantially parallel to the first and second directions; a first fluid channel coupling the first incoming fluid duct outside the vessel to the first internal fluid duct such that the first incoming fluid stream is communicated to the first internal fluid duct; a second fluid channel coupling the second incoming fluid duct outside the vessel to the first internal fluid duct such that the second incoming fluid stream is communicated to the first internal fluid duct; a turbine disposed within the vessel, coupled to the first internal fluid duct, and configured to receive the internal fluid in the third direction; and an exhaust system comprising: a second internal fluid duct coupled to the turbine, configured to be disposed inside of a vessel and to receive internal fluid in the third direction froze the turbine; a first outgoing fluid duct having a first opening configured to be disposed outside of the vessel and to discharge a first outgoing fluid stream in a fourth direction; a second outgoing fluid duct having a second opening configured to be disposed outside of the vessel and to discharge a second outgoing fluid stream in a fifth direction; a third fluid channel coupling the second internal fluid duct inside the vessel to the first outgoing fluid duct such that at least a portion of the internal fluid is communicated to the first outgoing fluid duct; a fourth fluid channel coupling the second internal fluid duct inside the vessel to the second outgoing fluid duct such that at least a portion of the internal fluid is communicated to the second outgoing fluid duct; and a collector positioned between the turbine and the first and second outgoing fluid ducts, the collector configured to rotate fluid circumferentially around the collector in a direction perpendicular to the incoming fluid flow to increase the angular momentum of the fluid.