A low flow rotary separator includes a housing that defines a separator
chamber and a liquid/gas mixture inlet. A shaft driven by a motor
includes a plurality of disks in frictional contact with the mixture to
drive the liquid outward against an inner wall of the separator and
displace gas to a central region about the shaft. The liquid exits
through a liquid outlet valve into a high-pressure storage container. The
pressure of the liquid is increased to allow flow into the high-pressure
storage container by a pump driven by the shaft. A level control valve
closes in response to a predetermined pressure differential between
liquid in the feed line and liquid within the separator chamber to allow
liquid flow through an outlet check valve.