Title:
METHOD FOR OPERATING A MULTI-PHASE PUMP AND APPARATUS THEREFOR
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2014/019687
Kind Code:
A8
Abstract:
The invention concerns a method and an apparatus for operating a multi-phase pump which has a suction-side inlet (10) and a discharge-side outlet (20) and which pumps a multi-phase mixture charged with solids, comprising the following steps: a. pumping a multi-phase mixture into a discharge-side separation chamber (45), b. separating a gaseous phase from a liquid phase and a solid phase in the separation chamber (45), c. separating the liquid phase from the solid phase in the separation chamber (45), d. feeding a portion of the liquid phase released from the solid phase to the suction side.
Inventors:
ROHLFING GERHARD (DE)
BRANDT JENS-UWE (DE)
BRANDT JENS-UWE (DE)
Application Number:
PCT/EP2013/002260
Publication Date:
January 15, 2015
Filing Date:
July 31, 2013
Export Citation:
Assignee:
ITT BORNEMANN GMBH (DE)
International Classes:
F04D31/00; B01D21/00; B01D21/24; B01D21/34; F04C13/00; F04C19/00
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
STORNEBEL, Kai (Lins & Partner GBRTheodor-Heuss-Straße 1, Braunschweig, DE)
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