Abstract: A cyclonic fluid separator for separating one or more condensable components, such as water, and/or solids, such as smoke or sand particles, from a fluid mixture has a tubular housing having a fluid inlet section in which the fluid mixture is accelerated to a supersonic velocity and thereby expanded and cooled such that condensable components condense and/or solidify, one or more wings for inducing the fluid mixture to swirl within a central section of the tubular housing, a fluid separation section in which a tubular vortex finder is movably arranged, a condensables enriched fluid outlet which is connected to an annular space surrounding the tapered tubular vortex finder and a condensables depleted fluid outlet which is connected to the interior of the tapered tubular vortex finder.

Abstract: A multistage fluid separation assembly is disclosed, which includes one or more primary gas cooling devices which each have liquefied and/or solidified condensables enriched fluid outlet, and, a secondary fluid separation vessel having a tubular vertical section. The vessel is connected to the condensables enriched fluid outlet of the primary gas cooling device(s) via a tangential conduit which injects the condensables enriched fluid tangentially into the tubular section such that a tertiary stream of liquified and/or solidified condensables is induced by gravity and centrifugal forces to swirl in downward direction alongside the inner surface of the tubular section into a liquid collecting tank at or near the bottom of the vessel for collecting a tertiary mixture of liquified and/or solidified condensables. The tank is provided with one or more heaters for heating the tertiary mixture to reduce the amount of solidified condensables, such as wax, paraffins and hydrates, and with one or more liquid outlets.