Gas separator and apparatus for measuring flow of one or more components of a multiphase medium, especially a natural gas-water mixture

US11550342B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Endress+Hauser Flowtec AG · CH

Inventors

• Guido Horoba · Gottenheim, DE
• Helmut Zeislmeier · Freising, DE
• Wolfgang Drahm · Erding, DE
• Rainer Höcker · Waldshut-Tiengen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 23, 2017
• Grant date: Jan 10, 2023
• Expiry date: Apr 28, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01F1/74
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A gas separator for separating a multiphase medium containing a gas and a liquid includes a tubular basic unit having a longitudinal axis, an intake for a gaseous medium, a liquid outlet and a gas outlet. The tubular basic unit has an intake region and a discharge region. The gas separator includes, between the intake region and the discharge region, a weir having a guiding surface, over which the medium can flow to form a shallow water region. The gas contained in the medium can escape from the medium in the shallow water region and be led away from the gas separator through the gas outlet. The disclosure is also directed to an apparatus for registering flow of at least one component of a multiphase medium.