序号 | 专利名 | 申请号 | 申请日 | 公开(公告)号 | 公开(公告)日 | 发明人 |
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241 | SYSTEM TO REDUCE INTERFACE EMULSION LAYER FORMATION IN AN ELECTROSTATIC DEHYDRATOR OR DESALTER VESSEL THROUGH USE OF A LOW VOLTAGE ELECTROSTATIC INTERFACE EMULSION TREATMENT SYSTEM INSIDE THE VESSEL | EP16716954.9 | 2016-03-14 | EP3277398A1 | 2018-02-07 | SAMS, Gary, W; SPRENKEL, Marcus,D.; MANDEWALKAR, S. Pavankumar, B. |
A system for separating the components of an incoming oil-water mixture includes two electrode sets, one set arranged to apply an electrostatic field to an oil layer residing within a separator vessel and the other set arranged to apply an electrostatic field to the interface emulsion layer residing within the separator vessel. The first set of electrodes is in communication with a high voltage power source that ranges from 1 to 60 kV; the second set of electrodes is in communication with a low voltage power source that is no greater than 5 kV. Each set of electrodes may also be in communication with a second voltage source to provide increased power to promote effective coalescence. The system may also include power electronics to produce a variable amplitude and a variable frequency voltage supply to one or both electrode sets. | ||||||
242 | POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR COALESCER | EP14790567.3 | 2014-10-24 | EP3209424A1 | 2017-08-30 | JOHANSEN, Bjørnar Skaar |
A power supply system for an AC type of coalescerincluding a first transformer, a controllable transformer, a resonant control circuit and a control system. The first transformer has a primary winding with first and second primary terminals and a secondary winding with first and second secondary terminals, where the first and second secondary terminals are provided for connection to electrodes of the coalescer. The controllable transformer has a primary side for connection to an AC power source and a secondary side connected to first and second nodes, where the second node is connected to a second primary terminal of the first transformer. The resonant control circuit is connected between the first node and the second node. The control system is controlling the controllable transformer. The power supply system further comprises a capacitor connected between the first node and a first primary terminal of the first transformer. | ||||||
243 | KRAFTSTOFFFILTEREINRICHTUNG | EP16154628.8 | 2016-02-08 | EP3064277A3 | 2017-06-21 | KOPPI, Peter; KRAUT, Maria |
Die Erfindung betrifft eine Kraftstofffiltereinrichtung (1) für eine Brennkraftmaschine, Erfindungswesentlich ist dabei, dass der als elektrischer Koaleszer (5) ausgebildete Wasserabscheider (6) auf der Reinseite (4) innerhalb des Ringfilterelements (2) angeordnet ist und zwei koaxial zur Filterachse (9) angeordnete und vom Kraftstoff (8) vorzugsweise elektrisch und/oder mechanisch isolierte Elektroden (10,11) aufweist.
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244 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UNIPOLAR SEPARATION OF EMULSIONS AND OTHER MIXTURES | EP14726272.9 | 2014-04-16 | EP2986390A1 | 2016-02-24 | MAHMOUDI, Seyed Reza; VARANASI, Kripa K. |
Embodiments discussed herein relate to systems and methods for separating two or more phases of an emulsion or other mixture. The methods include providing the mixture with a net and unipolar charge (e.g., such that adjacent droplets therein acquire net and unipolar charges), thereby enhancing coalescence of like-phase droplets therein and producing, or enhancing the production of, two or more consolidated phases; and collecting the two or more consolidated phases. | ||||||
245 | ELECTROSTATIC COALESCER AND METHOD FOR ELECTROSTATIC COALESCENCE | EP13703885.7 | 2013-01-02 | EP2800630A1 | 2014-11-12 | TIENHAARAA, Mika Kristian Sulevi; LAMMERS, Frederik Albert |
The invention relates to a device for electrostatic coalescence of liquid particles in a flowing fluid mixture, comprising: a tube having an feed opening located at the front side of the tube and a discharge opening located on the opposite side of the tube and a least one arrangement with flow guide vanes arranged in the tube, positioned in between the opened infeed side and an opposite opened outfeed side, for reducing the turbulence or for imparting a rotating movement to the fluid mixture flowing through the tube. The invention also relates to a method for electrostatic coalescence of liquid particles in a flowing fluid mixture. | ||||||
246 | FILTER, FILTERING METHOD USING THE FILTER AND TRACE APPARATUS | EP10779199 | 2010-06-25 | EP2517795A4 | 2013-07-03 | ZHANG YANGTIAN; LIN JIN |
The present invention discloses a filter device. The filter device comprises a housing with an air inlet and an filtered air outlet; a high voltage electric field region provided between two ends of the housing, wherein the direction of the electric field is perpendicular to the direction along which the air is introduced into the housing; an ionization source provided in the electric field region to ionize the ionizable pollutants present in the air introduced from the air inlet and form the resultant ionized pollutants which will move towards both ends of the housing under the influence of the electric field; and a discharging device for discharging the ionized pollutants which have arrived at the ends of the housing out of the filter device. The present invention also relates to a filtering method of using the filter device, and a trace detector. The filter device can be used to ionize the ionizable interferents existed in the air, separate the ionized interferents from the other components of the air under the influence of the electric field, ,and discharge the interferent out of the filter device, thereby reducing the consumption of the consumables or even eliminating the need for consumables. The filter device in accordance with the present invention is applicable to a trace detector based on ion mobility technology for the detection of trace amounts of substances. | ||||||
247 | Electrostatic coalescing device | EP11155616.3 | 2011-02-23 | EP2383040A1 | 2011-11-02 | Bjørklund, Erik; Friberg, Reidar |
The invention concerns an electrostatic coalescing device comprising: |
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248 | Methods for the separation of at least one emulsion by applying an electrical field and device for carrying out said method | US17530608 | 2021-11-19 | US11911715B2 | 2024-02-27 | Andreas Leitner; Michael Schadenböck; Udo Muster |
The present invention relates to a method for the break-up of at least one emulsion and separation of the light and heavy phase with at least an de-emulsification rate of more than 95% in only one apparatus (module) within less than 5 min by applying at least one time dependent or temporal changeable electrical field wherein the at least one electrical field is a high frequency (HF) singular alternating current (AC) field with an electrical field strength between 2,000 and 100,000 V/m and a frequency (HF) between 12,000 Hz and 200,000 Hz. The present invention relates furthermore to a method for the treatment of at least one emulsion by applying at least one direct current (DC) field and at least one high frequency alternating current-HF/AC field wherein the at least one DC field, in particular a pulsed DC-field, and the at least one HF/AC field are applied in series to the emulsion to be treated. The present invention refers further to a device for conducting said methods. | ||||||
249 | Bi-phase (Scott-T) transformer double volted AC electrostatic coalescer | US17453415 | 2021-11-03 | US11857895B2 | 2024-01-02 | Simone Mulas; Pier Domini |
An electrostatic coalescer apparatus for separating water from a crude oil emulsion comprises a vessel housing having a cavity, an inlet for receiving a crude oil emulsion and outlets for water and purified crude oil. First and second pairs of electrodes are positioned in the vessel cavity. A first Scott-T transformer circuit is coupled to the first pair of electrodes and a second Scott-T transformer circuit is coupled to the second pair of electrodes. The first and second Scott-T transformer circuit receive as an input a 3-phase power supply and output a 2-phase high voltage signal pairs of electrodes. The 2-phase voltage generated between the first pair of electrodes is of the same amplitude and phase as the voltage generated between the second pair of electrodes via the respective Scott-T transformer circuits. A method comprises steps performed during operation of the apparatus. | ||||||
250 | System and method for the separation of oil/water emulsions by electrocoalescence | US17790249 | 2020-12-29 | US11608474B2 | 2023-03-21 | Charles Adriano Duvoisin; Fabio Eduardo Baggio |
The present invention relates to a system for the separation of oil/water emulsions by electrocoalescence having a fluid conduction means or tubing, at least one cathode, at least one electrode, at least one anode, at least one power source and at least one spark gap for a cathode and a spark gap for the anode. Furthermore, the present invention also relates to a method for the separation of oil/water emulsions by electrocoalescence carried out by a system according to the invention. | ||||||
251 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE SEPARATION OF OIL/WATER EMULSIONS BY ELECTROCOALESCENCE | US17790249 | 2020-12-29 | US20230041128A1 | 2023-02-09 | Charles Adriano Duvoisin; Fabio Eduardo Baggio |
The present invention relates to a system for the separation of oil/water emulsions by electrocoalescence having a fluid conduction means or tubing, at least one cathode, at least one electrode, at least one anode, at least one power source and at least one spark gap for a cathode and a spark gap for the anode. Furthermore, the present invention also relates to a method for the separation of oil/water emulsions by electrocoalescence carried out by a system according to the invention. | ||||||
252 | POWER SUPPLY UNIT, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTRICAL COALESCENCE OF MULTI-PHASE LIQUID MIXTURESFIELD | US17759007 | 2021-01-18 | US20230037114A1 | 2023-02-02 | Pavan Kumar B. Mandewalkar |
A power supply device includes a power conversion circuit configured to convert an input voltage into an output voltage, a controller, and an output switch. The controller is coupled to the power conversion circuit and configured to control the power conversion circuit to generate the output voltage for causing electrical coalescence of a multi-phase liquid mixture when the output voltage is applied to the multi-phase liquid mixture. The output switch is coupled between an output of the power conversion circuit and a terminal of the power supply device. The output switch is switchable among a first position at which the output of the power conversion circuit is coupled to the terminal, a second position at which the output of the power conversion circuit is grounded, and a third position at which the output of the power conversion circuit is electrically isolated from the terminal and the ground. | ||||||
253 | Capturing specific nucleic acid materials from individual biological cells in a micro-fluidic device | US15105849 | 2014-12-18 | US11318479B2 | 2022-05-03 | Kevin T. Chapman; Eric D. Hobbs; Steven W. Short; Mark P. White; Daniele Malleo |
Individual biological cells can be selected in a micro-fluidic device and moved into isolation pens in the device. The cells can then be lysed in the pens, releasing nucleic acid material, which can be captured by one or more capture objects in the pens. The capture objects with the captured nucleic acid material can then be removed from the pens. The capture objects can include unique identifiers, allowing each capture object to be correlated to the individual cell from which the nucleic acid material captured by the object originated. | ||||||
254 | Electrochemical treatment methods | US15313476 | 2015-05-22 | US11046595B2 | 2021-06-29 | David Victor Cam; John Frederick Ellers; Brook Douglas Hill |
Methods of treating a fluid mixture include performing a first treatment on the mixture with electrochemically produced ions to separate an aqueous phase and a hydrophobic phase and performing a second electrochemical treatment on the separated aqueous phase to thereby remove aqueous contaminants from the aqueous phase wherein substantially laminar flow of fluid occurs between electrodes in the second electrochemical treatment. | ||||||
255 | Desalting plant systems and methods for enhanced tight emulsion crude oil treatment | US16858372 | 2020-04-24 | US11034893B2 | 2021-06-15 | Mohamed Soliman; Khalid Alanazi; Samusideen Adewale Salu; Talal Al-Zahrani |
Systems and methods for treating a rag layer in a gas oil separation plant. The method includes withdrawing the rag layer from a vessel proximate an oil water interface, conveying the rag layer to a separation device, and recycling separated oil from the separation device back to the gas oil separation plant process. | ||||||
256 | Electrostatic technology system and process to dehydrate crude oil in a crude oil storage tank of a floating production storage and offloading installation | US15937254 | 2018-03-27 | US10927308B2 | 2021-02-23 | Marcus D. Sprenkel; Gary W. Sams; S. Pavankumar B. Mandewalkar; Luis Eduardo Caires Fernandez |
A process train for a floating production storage and offloading installation includes a crude oil storage tank equipped with at least one set of electrostatic internals. The set of electrostatic internals are arranged to provide a treatment flow path within the crude oil storage tank oblique to a longitudinal centerline of the crude oil storage tank and through an electric field provided by the set of electrostatic internals. Employing these electrostatic internals within the tank permits an allowable inlet water content into the tank of up to 80%, significantly reducing the required topside processing equipment. The process and system also includes, upstream of the tank, two separator vessels arranged in parallel so each receives a portion of an incoming oil-and-water stream, a flash vessel arranged downstream of the two separator vessels, and a degasser vessel. Downstream of the crude oil storage tank is an electrostatic treater. | ||||||
257 | Process for desalting crude oil | US14414766 | 2013-07-26 | US10920154B2 | 2021-02-16 | Kris Anderson; Azlan Hussain; Martin Atkins; Jamali Basar |
The present invention relates to a process of desalting crudeoil, in particular a process for desalting a crude oil which comprises an ionic liquid, an organic acid and any resulting organic salt. | ||||||
258 | Topside oil production equipment system for reduction in space and weight | US15937187 | 2018-03-27 | US10870801B2 | 2020-12-22 | Marcus D. Sprenkel; Gary W. Sams; S. Pavankumar B. Mandewalkar; Luis Eduardo Caires Fernandez |
A system and method for dehydrating crude oil on a floating production storage and offloading installation include a separator vessel to receive an incoming produced water stream, followed by a flash vessel, a treatment block, a crude oil storage tank, and an electrostatic treater. The treatment block includes a low pressure degasser followed by a compact electrostatic separator pre-treater or a compact electrostatic separator pre-treater followed by a low pressure degasser. The flash vessel and/or the low pressure degasser may employ an inlet cyclonic distributor and demisting cyclones, while the electrostatic treater may employ DUAL FREQUENCY® technology. The separator vessel may be a single horizontal two-phase separator/degasser or two vertical two-phase separator/degassers that operate in parallel with each receiving approximately 50 percent of the incoming produced water stream. The final outlet stream preferably contains no more than 0.5 BS&W and 285 milligrams per liter salt. | ||||||
259 | Electrostatic separator | US15156321 | 2016-05-16 | US10870592B2 | 2020-12-22 | Andrew Jeremiah Hench; John Joseph Byeseda |
An electrostatic separator including a separator vessel having an oil collection portion at its upper end, a water collection portion at its lower end, at least one electrode generating an electric field, and an inlet through which an emulsion mixture enters the separator vessel before exposure to the electric field in the upper part of the vessel, wherein the separator vessel further comprises at least one routing blade located proximate to the at least one electrode to route coalesced water droplets downwardly and away from the electric field. | ||||||
260 | Compact electrocoalescer with conical frustum electrodes | US15816603 | 2017-11-17 | US10786757B2 | 2020-09-29 | Aboubakr M. Abdullah; Vincenzino Vivacqua; Mohammed J. Al-Marri; Barry Azzopardi; Bijan Kermani; Ali Hassanpour; Buddhika Hewakandamby; Mojtaba Ghadiri |
Certain embodiments may generally relate to systems and methods for developing and improving compact electrocoalescers for in-line dehydration of water-in-oil dispersions. A compact electrocoalescer may include a casing, and a plurality of bare or insulated conical-shaped electrodes housed in the casing. The electrodes may include a metal mesh structure. The electrodes may also be truncated at the apex, and alternatively connected to a power supply and ground. The electrodes may further be stacked in a manner such that at least one electrode is at least partially nested within at least another electrode. |