Patent ID: 8470080

Claim:
A high pressure horizontal separator for separating petroleum mixtures comprising: a horizontal vessel provided with an inlet on an inlet end of the vessel for receiving a petroleum mixture, a main portion of the vessel provided adjacent the inlet end, a momentum absorbing and flow distributing inlet diverter provided at the inlet end in association with the inlet that causes gas to separate into a top of the main portion of the vessel and causes fluids and sediments to flow to a bottom of the main portion, a sand trap provided in the bottom of the main portion of the vessel to remove sediments, at least one sediment blow down drain provided under the sand trap for removing sediments from the vessel, a perforated baffle provided in the main portion for equalizing flow in the middle of the vessel, said vessel provided with an opposite outlet end, a bent lamella separator provided between the main portion of the vessel and a settling portion of the vessel located toward the outlet end of the vessel, a water outlet provided at a bottom of the settling portion of the vessel and a gas outlet provided at a top of the settling portion of the vessel, an oil weir provided at the outlet end of the settling portion of the vessel and separating the settling portion from an oil collection compartment located at the outlet end of the vessel, and an oil outlet provided at a bottom of the oil collection compartment, and a vortex breaker provided in association with each outlet.