Patent ID: 8777476

Claim:
An apparatus for homogenization of a multi-phase fluid comprising at least a first phase and a different second phase, the apparatus comprising: an outer receptacle; and an inner reservoir fluidly communicative with the outer receptacle and wherein the first and second phases segregate, the inner reservoir comprising an inlet for the multiphase fluid, at least a first outlet for the first phase and at least a second outlet for the second phase, the first and the second outlets being in fluid communication with the outer receptacle; wherein the outer receptacle comprises an outlet conduit having a neck, and wherein the neck is spaced from the second outlet and at least partially surrounds the first outlet, and wherein the multiphase fluid inlet extends through a wall of the outer receptacle across to an adjacent wall of the inner reservoir so that the multiphase fluid inlet brings the multiphase fluid from a source exterior to the outer receptacle into an interior of the inner reservoir.