Abstract: A device and process for separating liquid and gas phases in a flowstream containing a liquefied gas or supercritical fluid under pressure mixed with a liquid. A splitter vessel separates the liquid from gas phases and transfers liquid to a collection container while conducting the gas phase out of the splitter. Separation of liquid phase out of the flowstream is provided without additional pressure schemes or solvent extractions imposed on the stream.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 17, 2006
Date of Patent:
June 21, 2011
Assignee:
Thar Instrument, Inc.
Inventors:
Kimber D. Fogelman, Vincent Worley, Peter Sullivan