Method of treating polluted oil-in-water emulsions or microemulsions
US4865742A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 8, 1988 |
| Grant date | Sep 12, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 8, 2008 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC10M175/06
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method of treatment of polluted emulsions or micro-emulsions (10) of oil in water, said method making use of tangential filtering through at least one membrane (1) constituted by a porous microfiltration structure which is constituted by titanium oxide, at least on the surface thereof. The method can be used to regenerate emulsions or micro-emulsions of oil in water.
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