Compact evaporator for modular portable SAGD process

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8951392
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13087708

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A modular portable evaporator system for use in a Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) systems having an evaporator, with a sump including an oil skimming weir, a short tube vertical falling film heat exchanger including an outer shell containing short tubes provided for lower water circulation rate. The system further having external to the evaporator, a compressor for compressing evaporated steam from the tube side of the heat exchanger and routing to the shell side of the same exchanger, a distillate tank to collect hot distilled water, a recirculation pump to introduce liquids from the sump into the heat exchanger and an external suction drum protecting the compressor from liquid impurities. The evaporator system receives produced water from the SAGD process into the sump and provides cleaned hot water to a boiler.

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  • 1NSITE TECHNOLOGIES LTD.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
James, Kenneth Calgary, CA 37 281

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