Apparatus and methods to remove solids from hydrocarbon streams
US11214742B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 1, 2018 |
| Grant date | Jan 4, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 27, 2038 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC10G2300/208
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Apparatus, processes, and systems for removal of solids from a hydrocarbon stream. The present disclosure utilizes a surfactant to reduce interfacial tension between a hydrocarbon phase and a water (or aqueous) phase to promote solids to be pulled by gravity out of the hydrocarbon phase and into the water phase.
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