Removal of oil from an oil in water emulsion
US4168229A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 19, 1977 |
| Grant date | Sep 18, 1979 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 19, 1997 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S210/05
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method for the removal of oil from an oil in water emulsion by contacting the emulsion with a fibrous structure and removing the coalesced oil droplets so formed the improvement being that the fibrous structure comprises inorganic fibers which, in the emulsion, have a positive zeta potential.
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