Phase separation system and housing therefore
First Claim
1. A valve comprising a sealing material and a surface actuated to a partially closed or closed position by a force resulting from a differential pressure across opposing sides of a diaphragm wherein the source of differential pressure is the result of a pressure drop across a sheet of phase-separating material.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for the physical separation of components from a multi-phase fluid stream into its component phases. More particularly, the invention relates to a housing for a phase separation medium which allows one to change the phase separation medium without the necessity of disconnecting the flow lines. An alternative embodiment of the present invention contemplates a housing incorporating a unique internal valve configuration for controlling and limiting the fluid pressure differential across the sheet of phase-separating material. The internal valve begins to throttle or reduce the fluid flow rate through the sheet of phase-separating material after the differential pressure across the sheet of phase-separating material exceeds a preset value. If throttling the fluid flow rate cannot prevent the differential pressure from exceeding the preset limit, then the internal valve will shut off the fluid flow completely.
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42 Claims
- 1. A valve comprising a sealing material and a surface actuated to a partially closed or closed position by a force resulting from a differential pressure across opposing sides of a diaphragm wherein the source of differential pressure is the result of a pressure drop across a sheet of phase-separating material.
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36. A valve, comprising:
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a sealing material having an underlying, fluid permeable support surface having first and second sides, said first side of said fluid permeable support surface formed to engage a sealing material, said second side formed to support a filtration medium; biased positioning means for positioning said support surface; whereby said biased positioning means is calibrated so that a predetermined differential pressure associated with said first and second sides of said support surface engages said bias means to position said first side of said fluid permeable support surface in one of open, partially closed, or closed positions. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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