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An apparatus and method for separating components of a fluid containing liquid and gas comprises a housing having at least one elongate channel. Each channel has an inlet end, an outlet end and rounded walls enabling the fluid flowing through the channel to flow substantially free of turbulent flow.

An apparatus and method for separating components of a fluid containing liquid and gas comprises a housing having at least one elongate channel. Each channel has an inlet end, an outlet end and rounded walls enabling the fluid flowing through the channel to flow substantially free of turbulent flow. Each channel defines a spiral path through the housing and acts to separate the fluid flowing through the channel into a gas-depleted outer portion and a liquid-depleted inner portion. The apparatus includes a liquid outlet port for the gas-depleted outer portion and a gas outlet port for the liquid-depleted inner portion. The housing may include a mixing chamber in fluid communication with the inlet end of the channel. The mixing chamber may include a surface the fluid impacts against. The apparatus may include a chamber at the outlet end of the channel. The chamber may have a gas outlet port closer to the outlet end of the channel than the liquid outlet port.

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The invention claimed is: 1. An apparatus for separating components of a fluid containing liquid and gas, the apparatus comprising:a housing comprising therein at least one elongate channel;the at least one elongate channel comprising an inlet end, an outlet end and a cross-section of smoothly round

The invention claimed is: 1. An apparatus for separating components of a fluid containing liquid and gas, the apparatus comprising:a housing comprising therein at least one elongate channel;the at least one elongate channel comprising an inlet end, an outlet end and a cross-section of smoothly rounded walls and corners enabling the fluid flowing through the channel to flow substantially free of turbulent flow;the at least one elongate channel defining a spiral path through the housing and acting to separate the fluid flowing through the at least one elongate channel into a gas-depleted outer portion and a liquid-depleted inner portion; anda liquid outlet port for the gas-depleted outer portion and a gas outlet port for the liquid-depleted inner portion.