Pressure reduction in high pressure processing system

• Main Authors: Egholm, Henrik, Iversen, Steen Brummerstedt
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 06.09.2022
• Subjects: BLASTING; CHEMISTRY; CONTROLLING; CRACKING HYDROCARBON OILS; DETAILS OF FLUID-PRESSURE SYSTEMS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS; FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS, e.g. SERVO-MOTORS; FUELS; HEATING; HYDRAULICS OR PNEUMATICS IN GENERAL; LIGHTING; LUBRICANTS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; METALLURGY; MINERAL WAXES; PEAT; PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES; PHYSICS; POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PRODUCTION OF LIQUID HYDROCARBON MIXTURES, e.g. BY DESTRUCTIVEHYDROGENATION, OLIGOMERISATION, POLYMERISATION; PUMPS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS; RECOVERY OF HYDROCARBON OILS FROM OIL-SHALE, OIL-SAND, ORGASES; REFINING MIXTURES MAINLY CONSISTING OF HYDROCARBONS; REFORMING OF NAPHTHA; REGULATING; SYSTEMS ACTING BY MEANS OF FLUIDS IN GENERAL; SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES; TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE; WEAPONS

The invention relates to a pressure reduction unit for use in processing equipment handling high pressure fluid, where the pressure reduction unit comprises at least one inlet and an outlet, the pressure reduction unit being adapted to receive a pressurized fluid at process pressure level at the inlet, being adapted to isolate the received pressurized fluid from the upstream process and from the outlet and being adapted to reduce the pressure of the fluid to a lower predetermined level and further being adapted to output the fluid through the outlet while still isolated towards the upstream process.