Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sight glass with liquid separator
- Patent Title (中): 视镜用液体分离器
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Application No.: US12572249Application Date: 2009-10-01
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Publication No.: US08127625B2Publication Date: 2012-03-06
- Inventor: Brian H. Welker , Dennis M. McKay , Daniel R. Welker
- Applicant: Brian H. Welker , Dennis M. McKay , Daniel R. Welker
- Applicant Address: US TX Sugar Land
- Assignee: Welker, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Welker, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Sugar Land
- Agency: Husch Blackwell LLP
- Main IPC: G01N1/22
- IPC: G01N1/22

Abstract:
A liquid separator with at least one flow passageway is used to detect and remove the presence of entrained liquids from natural gas during spot sampling procedures prior to analysis of the sample by a gas chromatograph. In one embodiment, the at least one flow passageway directs at least a portion of the gas flow to impinge upon the inside surface of a sight glass and swirl around in a chamber which may cause droplets of liquid to coalesce on the inside of the sight glass and may cause a fog to form inside the chamber, all of which make it easier to see the existence of liquids in the natural gas. The at least one flow passageway is less expensive to fabricate than some prior art flow directing elements.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100313656A1 SIGHT GLASS WITH LIQUID SEPARATOR Public/Granted day:2010-12-16
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