A method and system for separating a flow of matter is shown and described. The system includes one or more flow separation devices, one or more surgical instruments, and one or more suction sources. In some embodiments, the flow of matter comprises biological material. In some embodiments, the flow of matter comprises surgical waste.

A processing facility is provided that includes a feedstock separation system configured to separate a feed stream into a lights stream and a heavies stream, a hydrogen production system configured to produce hydrogen and carbon dioxide from the lights stream, and a carbon dioxide conversion system configured to produce synthetic hydrocarbons or the carbon dioxide. The processing facility also includes a hydroprocessing system configured to process the heavies stream, and a hydroprocessor separation system configured to separate a hydroprocessing system effluent into a separator tops stream and a separator bottoms stream, wherein the separator bottoms stream is fed to the hydrogen production system.

A reserve tank includes a gas-liquid separator, a flow inlet portion, a flow outlet portion, and a projection shaped in a tubular form. The gas-liquid separator is shaped in a bottomed tubular form and is centered on a predetermined axis. The flow inlet portion is configured to conduct coolant into an inside of the gas-liquid separator. The flow outlet portion is configured to discharge the coolant from the inside of the gas-liquid separator. The projection extends along the predetermined axis from a bottom wall at the inside of the gas-liquid separator. An inner space of the projection opens to an inner space of the gas-liquid separator at a distal end portion of the projection.

Pumping of wellbore fluid to a surface may have a detrimental effect on the pump performance due to high gas concentrations in the fluid. A pump system that utilizes a helix gas separator provides greater pump efficiency by effectively removing the gas phase of the fluid. The wellbore fluid received at a pump system is directed from an intake to a gas separator that utilizes a stationary auger. The stationary auger induces rotational motion of the wellbore fluid causing the wellbore fluid to separate into a gas phase and a liquid phase. The stationary auger utilizes a tapered diameter and an opening between one or more helixes or vanes to separate a gas phase more efficiently from a liquid phase of a fluid.

A separation apparatus for separating hydrocarbons and water, comprising a vessel (1) and an insert (5, 6) within said vessel (1). The has a bottom (7), a conical wall (8) and a quiecer (10) at the top of the wall (8), which enclose a separation chamber (11). The insert (5, 6) has an inlet pipe (12) for a mixture of water and hydrocarbons and a spreader arrangement (13, 14) arranged inside the separation chamber (11), which directs an inflow of fluids in a tangential direction, setting the fluids into a tangential laminar swirl. The vessel (1) has at least one manhole (3, 4), and said insert bottom (7), wall (8) and quiecer (10) are assembled by a plurality of generally wedge shaped segments (7a-l, 8a-l, 10a-l) having a size that allows the segments (7a-l, 8a-l, 10a-l) to be brought through the manhole (3, 4).

The pump according to the present disclosure includes: a housing having a suction chamber and a discharge chamber formed therein; a suction part extending outwardly from a circumferential surface of the housing, and having a suction passage formed therein through which a fluid is introduced into the suction chamber; a discharge part disposed under the suction part, extending from the circumferential surface of the housing in a direction opposite to the suction part, and having a discharge passage formed therein through which the fluid is discharged from the discharge chamber; a partition wall dividing the suction chamber and the discharge chamber, and having a communication hole formed at a center thereof for allowing the suction chamber to communicate with the discharge chamber; an impact body disposed toward the suction part so as to come into contact with the fluid introduced into the suction chamber through the suction passage; and a gas discharge part disposed at an upper portion of the circumferential surface of the housing and communicating with an outside so that gas, separated from the fluid in contact with the impact body, is discharged, wherein the suction part extends in one direction perpendicular to a virtual center line passing through the housing, and the impact body is disposed in a direction opposite to an extending direction of the suction part with respect to the virtual center line.

A separation device with two-stage gas-liquid mixture and conical spiral fields is provided. A first-stage uniform mixer performs first-stage gas-liquid crushing and uniform mixing process by an outer micropore ceramic pipe, a middle micropore ceramic pipe and an inner micropore ceramic pipe and crushes large bubbles in the gas-liquid two-phase flow into small bubbles. A second-stage uniform mixer performs second-stage gas-liquid crushing and uniform mixing process. A whirlpool-making gas collector adjusts the gas-liquid uniform mixing flow obtained after two-stage gas-liquid uniform mixing into hollow-core type high-speed two-phase spiral flow. A conical degasser performs gas-liquid efficient separation operation in a high-speed conical spiral field. A two-stage uniform mixing control system and a gas-liquid separation control system automatically regulate and control the flow and the flow pressure of the gas-liquid two-phase flow, the gas-liquid uniform mixing flow and degassed gas flow and degassed liquid flow.

A passive cyclone separator to treat a fluid in a microgravity environment to separate a liquid phase of the fluid from a gas phase of the fluid, comprising a tubular body having a longitudinal axis and internally defining a separation chamber within which the gas phase of the fluid is separable, in use, from the liquid phase of the fluid; an inlet opening through which the fluid is injectable, in use, into the separation chamber along an injection axis; a liquid phase outlet opening, through which the liquid phase separated from the gas phase exits, in use, the separation chamber; and a gas phase outlet opening, through which the gas phase separated from the liquid phase exits, in use, the separation chamber; the injection axis is inclined towards the liquid phase outlet opening so as to define a non-zero fluid injection angle with a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal axis.

A separation assembly for the flow measurement of a gas flow and a liquid flow of a multiphase fluid includes separator with a housing and a separation element inside the housing. The separation element provides the fluid to rotate at high-speed causing strong centrifugal forces on the multiphase fluid. The housing has an inlet for a multiphase mixture and two outlets, one primarily for pre-separated gas and the second primarily for pre-separated liquid. These outlets lead to a regulator. The regulator is part of the separation assembly and includes at least two outlets, one for gas and one for liquid. The regulator ensures the proportional regulation and the final separation of gas and liquid phases over an entire flow rate to provide monophase liquid and gas at the outlets of the regulator.

A degassing module that may be used in conjunction with a sorbent regeneration cartridge is described. The degassing module may include an air inlet port, a fluid outlet port, a gas outlet port, first and second channels located in an interior chamber, a port connecting the first and second channels, and a hydrophobic membrane positioned above the second channel. The first channel may be in fluid communication with the air inlet port and the second channel may be in communication with the fluid outlet port. In some embodiments, each of the first and second channels may have a spiral configuration.