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A separator for a gas stream has a horizontal tank with a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet and a flow path along the inside of the horizontal tank. A flow barrier is disposed within the tank between the inlet and the outlet. One or more sets of liquid ports are in fluid communication with the tank and po

A separator for a gas stream has a horizontal tank with a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet and a flow path along the inside of the horizontal tank. A flow barrier is disposed within the tank between the inlet and the outlet. One or more sets of liquid ports are in fluid communication with the tank and positioned at a bottom surface of the tank. Each set of liquid outlets has a first port and a second port. The first port is positioned upstream along the flow path relative to the second port. A fluid passage is in fluid communication with the first port and the second port. The fluid passage defines a secondary flow path adjacent to the horizontal tank, where the first port acts as a draft inlet to the secondary flow path and the second port acts as a draft outlet from the secondary flow path to the tank.

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1. A method of extracting liquid from a gas stream having entrained liquids, comprising: providing: a horizontal tank having a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet spaced horizontally along the horizontal tank from the fluid inlet, the horizontal tank defining a flow path within the tank between the fluid in

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A method of extracting liquid from a gas stream having entrained liquids, comprising: providing: a horizontal tank having a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet spaced horizontally along the horizontal tank from the fluid inlet, the horizontal tank defining a flow path within the tank between the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet and having a flow barrier disposed within the tank and distributed along the flow path between the inlet and the outlet; andone or more sets of liquid ports in fluid communication with the tank and positioned at a bottom surface of the tank, each set of liquid ports comprising a first port and a second port, the first port being positioned upstream along the flow path relative to the second port, and a fluid passage in fluid communication with the first port and the second port, the fluid passage defining a secondary flow path adjacent to the horizontal tank, where the first port acts as a draft inlet to the secondary flow path and the second port acts as a draft outlet from the secondary flow path to the tank;pumping gas having entrained liquid to pass through the horizontal tank from the fluid inlet to the fluid outlet;causing a portion of the gas to flow from the horizontal tank through the first port, through the fluid passage and re-enter the horizontal tank through the second port such that a portion of the entrained liquid separates from the gas; anddraining the separated liquid from the secondary flow passage and continuing to cause the portion of the gas to flow through the fluid passage wherein the flow barrier comprises particulate matter, vertical baffles, or particulate matter and vertical baffles in combination, the vertical baffles redirecting the flow path through the tank; wherein the secondary flow path comprises a first collecting tank in communication with the first port and a second collecting tank in communication with the second port, the fluid passage connecting the first collecting tank and the second collecting tank; wherein the first port comprises a pipe section that extends downward into the first collecting tank; wherein each of the first collecting tank and the second collecting tank comprises a liquid drain. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the flow barrier comprises at least one vertical baffle, the at least one vertical baffle being spaced from each set of liquid ports such that the vertical baffle does not separate the first and second port. 3. The method of claim 1, wherein an inner diameter of the first port is at least two times larger than an inner diameter of the second port. 4. The method of claim 1, wherein an inner diameter of the first port is at least four times larger than an inner diameter of the second port. 5. The method of claim 1, wherein the secondary flow path comprises at least one collecting tank that collects liquid and has a liquid drain. 6. The method of claim 1, wherein the fluid passage has a passage net in the first collecting tank and a passage outlet in the second collecting tank, and wherein at least one of the passage net and the passage outlet are oriented downward. 7. A method of extracting liquid from a gas stream having entrained liquids, comprising the steps of: providing: a horizontal tank having a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet spaced horizontally along the horizontal tank from the fluid inlet, the horizontal tank defining a flow path within the tank between the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet and having a flow barrier disposed within the tank and distributed along the flow path between the inlet and the outlet, the flow barrier comprising particulate matter, the flow path passing through the particulate matter; andone or more sets of liquid ports in fluid communication with the tank and positioned at a bottom surface of the tank, each set of liquid ports outlets comprising a first port and a second port and a fluid passage in fluid communication with the first port and the second port, the first port being positioned upstream along the flow path and upstream of at least a portion of the flow barrier relative to the second port, and the fluid passage defining a secondary flow path adjacent to the horizontal tank, where the first port acts as a draft inlet to the secondary flow path and the second port acts as a draft outlet from the secondary flow path to the tank;pumping gas having entrained liquid to pass through the horizontal tank from the fluid inlet to the fluid outlet; andcausing a portion of the gas to flow from the horizontal tank through the first port, through the fluid passage and re-enter the horizontal tank through the second port such that a portion of the entrained liquid separates from the gas; anddraining the separated liquid from the secondary flow passage and continuing to cause the portion of the gas to flow through the fluid passage wherein the flow barrier comprises particulate matter, vertical baffles, or particulate matter and vertical baffles in combination, the vertical baffles redirecting the flow path through the tank; wherein the secondary flow path comprises a first collecting tank in communication with the first port and a second collecting tank in communication with the second port, the fluid passage connecting the first collecting tank and the second collecting tank; wherein the first port comprises a pipe section that extends downward into the first collecting tank; wherein each of the first collecting tank and the second collecting tank comprises a liquid drain.