Patent ID: 8337603

Claim:
A conditioning apparatus for separating gas from a multi-component flowing fluid containing a mixture of gas, water and oil and for promoting the coalescence of water droplets in the oil-water mixture, the apparatus comprising: a fluid deceleration member having an entry portion and a transition portion, the entry portion having an inlet for receiving the flowing fluid mixture and a curvilinear conduit having an increasing cross-sectional flow area downstream of the inlet, the entry portion being joined to, and in fluid communication with the transition portion having an outer curvilinear wall, wherein the entry portion and the transition portion define a deceleration member fluid passage; and a cyclonic member having an inlet adjoined to the deceleration member through convergence of the transition portion outer curvilinear wall and a downstream side of the cyclonic member inlet and convergence of an inner boundary wall of the entry portion and an upstream side of the cyclonic member inlet and a riser section at an upper end of the cyclonic member, wherein the cyclonic member inlet is positioned in the sidewall of the cyclonic member intermediate its upper and lower ends.