Patent ID: 8025706

Claim:
A fluid separating vessel comprising: a gas and liquid inlet arranged in a mid-section of the vessel; a liquid outlet near the bottom of the vessel; a gaseous fluid outlet near the top of the vessel; a plurality of cyclones arranged in an upper region of the vessel in which at least some liquid droplets that may be entrained in the substantially gaseous fluid stream flowing in upward direction from the gas and liquid inlet towards the gaseous fluid outlet are coalesced, separated from the gaseous carrier fluid and induced to drip down towards the liquid outlet; and a plurality of rotating liquid coalescing centrifuges that are arranged below the cyclones, in which liquid coalescing centrifuges fluid fed to the cyclones is pre-treated such that at least some liquid droplets that may be entrained in the substantially gaseous fluid stream flowing in upward direction from the gas and liquid inlet towards the cyclones are coalesced.