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Sweep-flow, oil-dehydration apparatus and method

US10407321B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 23, 2017
Grant dateSep 10, 2019
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Expiry dateJul 18, 2037

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC02F2103/10
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A centrifugal, liquid-liquid separator relies on a sweep flow in excess of the flow rate naturally occurring in the heavy constituent or species being separated out from a lighter species, in order to prevent access by the long-chain polymers of the lighter species to solids that may separate out and make a durable composition of polymers and particles that adheres and compacts against the shell wall of the centrifuge.

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