US Patent Issued to EnXL on Dec. 16 for "Method for separating components of a flow of multi-phase fluid" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,537, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to EnXL LLC.

"Method for separating components of a flow of multi-phase fluid" was invented by Bruce D. Johnson (Midland, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of separating the components of a multi-phase fluid includes directing a flow of the multi-phase fluid into the lower inlet end of an inclined elongate separator vessel and then gradually forward and upward toward a weir plate proximate an upper outlet end, thereby allowing the multi-phase fluid to separate into a gas/vapor component and a liquids component, with the gas/vapor component flowing upward and forward along an inclined t...