261 |
DESALTING PLANT SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCED TIGHT EMULSION CRUDE OIL TREATMENT |
US16858372 |
2020-04-24 |
US20200255748A1 |
2020-08-13 |
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. |
262 |
Ionic liquid waste handling system |
US14921156 |
2015-10-23 |
US10702798B2 |
2020-07-07 |
Eric Leeton; Gregory J. Schrad; David S. Lafyatis; Matthew Lippmann; Douglas A. Nafis |
A process for treating an ionic liquid containing waste stream is described. If there is a liquid waste stream, the liquid waste stream is introduced into a liquid treatment zone. The ionic liquid in the liquid waste stream is neutralized. The concentration of the ionic liquid in the liquid waste stream is determined, and the allowed concentration of the ionic liquid in the liquid waste stream is determined. The concentration of the ionic liquid in the neutralized liquid waste stream is reduced to the allowed concentration, and the liquid waste stream having the allowed concentration is released. If there is a vapor waste stream, the vapor waste stream is introduced into a vapor treatment zone. The vapor waste stream is treated to form a treated vapor waste stream, and the treated vapor waste stream is released to a plant vapor treatment zone. |
263 |
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROMOTING DROPLETS COALESCENSE IN OIL CONTINUOUS EMULSIONS |
US16707434 |
2019-12-09 |
US20200139267A1 |
2020-05-07 |
Simone Less; Sebastien A. Duval; Abderrazak Traidia; Regis D. Vilagines |
Separation apparatuses for the separation of a mixture of two fluids, such as a water-in-oil emulsion, via electrocoalescence, are provided. A separation apparatus may include a series of flow conditioners each having a different permittivity, such that the flow conditioner having a permittivity that is similar or equal to the permittivity of the flowing medium is selected. Another separation apparatus may include a flow conditioner having a frequency-dependent permittivity, such that the frequency of the electric field generated is selected so that the permittivity of the flow conditioner is as similar as possible to or equal to the permittivity of the flowing medium. Another separation apparatus may include a replaceable flow conditioner that may be replaced with a flow conditioner having a permittivity that is as similar to or equal to the permittivity of the flowing medium. |
264 |
Method and Apparatus for Promoting Droplets Coalescence in Oil Continuous Emulsions |
US16707424 |
2019-12-09 |
US20200114279A1 |
2020-04-16 |
Simone Less; Sebastien A. Duval; Abderrazak Traidia; Regis D. Vilagines |
Separation apparatuses for the separation of a mixture of two fluids, such as a water-in-oil emulsion, via electrocoalescence, are provided. A separation apparatus may include a series of flow conditioners each having a different permittivity, such that the flow conditioner having a permittivity that is similar or equal to the permittivity of the flowing medium is selected. Another separation apparatus may include a flow conditioner having a frequency-dependent permittivity, such that the frequency of the electric field generated is selected so that the permittivity of the flow conditioner is as similar as possible to or equal to the permittivity of the flowing medium. Another separation apparatus may include a replaceable flow conditioner that may be replaced with a flow conditioner having a permittivity that is as similar to or equal to the permittivity of the flowing medium. |
265 |
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 |
US16164349 |
2018-10-18 |
US10590017B2 |
2020-03-17 |
S. Pavankumar B. Mandewalkar; Marcus D. Sprenkel; Gary W. Sams |
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. |
266 |
Gas oil separation plant systems and methods for rag layer treatment |
US15866100 |
2018-01-09 |
US10513663B2 |
2019-12-24 |
Mohamed Soliman; Khalid F. Alanazi; Samusideen Adewale Salu; Talal A. 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, the separation device operable to effect electrostatic coalescence on the rag layer to separate oil and water; and recycling separated oil from the separation device back to the gas oil separation plant process. |
267 |
Power supply system for coalescer |
US15518975 |
2014-10-24 |
US10456713B2 |
2019-10-29 |
Bjørnar Skaar Johansen |
A power supply system for an AC type of coalescer including 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. |
268 |
Methods and Equipment for Treatment of Odorous Gas Streams |
US16504136 |
2019-07-05 |
US20190321781A1 |
2019-10-24 |
Stephen R. Temple; Howard Everett Whitney; Bjorn Temple |
A method for removing noxious, hazardous, toxic, mutagenic, and/or carcinogenic compounds and/or precursor compounds from a comingled gas, liquid, and/or solid stream is described. In one embodiment, the method is used to prepare the stream for feeding to an oxidizer, such as a thermal oxidizer, to reduce the amount of particulate matter discharged by the oxidizer and includes passing the stream through an ambient or chilled temperature condenser followed by an optional gas/solid separator, and one or more gas scrubbers prior to feeding to the oxidizer. |
269 |
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UNIPOLAR SEPARATION OF EMULSIONS AND OTHER MIXTURES |
US16180432 |
2018-11-05 |
US20190209949A1 |
2019-07-11 |
Seyed Reza Mahmoudi; Kripa K. Varanasi |
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. |
270 |
Methods and equipment for treatment of odorous gas steams |
US14660923 |
2015-03-17 |
US10343115B2 |
2019-07-09 |
Stephen R. Temple; Howard Everett Whitney; Bjorn Temple |
A method for removing noxious, hazardous, toxic, mutagenic, and/or carcinogenic compounds and/or precursor compounds from a comingled gas, liquid, and/or solid stream is described. In one embodiment, the method is used to prepare the stream for feeding to an oxidizer, such as a thermal oxidizer, to reduce the amount of particulate matter discharged by the oxidizer and includes passing the stream through an ambient or chilled temperature condenser followed by an optional gas/solid separator, and one or more gas scrubbers prior to feeding to the oxidizer. |
271 |
Crude oil storage tank with electrostatic internals to dehydrate crude oil within a process train of a floating production storage and offloading installation |
US15918485 |
2018-03-12 |
US10300408B2 |
2019-05-28 |
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 that is equipped with at least one electrostatic separator configured to subject the produced stream that enters the tank to an electric field. The electrostatic separator may include two inclined vessels containing electrostatic internals and in fluid communication with one another. Employing electrostatic separators within the tank can permit an allowable inlet water content into the tank of up to 80%, significantly reducing the required topside processing equipment. |
272 |
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 |
US16164314 |
2018-10-18 |
US20190112205A1 |
2019-04-18 |
S. Pavankumar B. Mandewalkar; Marcus D. Sprenkel; Gary W. Sams |
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. |
273 |
Fuel supply system and fuel filter |
US15023327 |
2014-09-10 |
US10221820B2 |
2019-03-05 |
Peter Koppi; Maria Kraut; Hans-Peter Lang |
A fuel supply system for an internal combustion engine may include a water separator configured to separate a polar phase, for example water, out of fuel. The water separator may be arranged at least one of on and in a fuel supply system component. The water separator may be configured as an electric coalescer. The electric coalescer may have at least two electrodes that are insulated from the fuel. |
274 |
Crude Oil Storage Tank With Electrostatic Internals To Dehydrate Crude Oil Within A Process Train Of A Floating Production Storage And Offloading Installation |
US15918485 |
2018-03-12 |
US20180200646A1 |
2018-07-19 |
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 that is equipped with at least one electrostatic separator configured to subject the produced stream that enters the tank to an electric field. The electrostatic separator may include two inclined vessels containing electrostatic internals and in fluid communication with one another. Employing electrostatic separators within the tank can permit an allowable inlet water content into the tank of up to 80%, significantly reducing the required topside processing equipment. |
275 |
Fuel filter device |
US15057833 |
2016-03-01 |
US09976525B2 |
2018-05-22 |
Peter Koppi; Maria Kraut |
A fuel filter device for an internal combustion engine may include a ring filter element separating a raw side from a clean side. A water separator configured as an electric coalescer may be arranged on the clean side for separating water from the fuel. The electric coalescer may include at least two electrodes arranged coaxially with respect to the filter axis, and at least one of the electrodes may be insulated from the fuel. |
276 |
Systems and methods for unipolar separation of emulsions and other mixtures |
US15220203 |
2016-07-26 |
US09975064B2 |
2018-05-22 |
Seyed Reza Mahmoudi; Kripa K. Varanasi |
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. |
277 |
Electrostatic coalescer and method for electrostatic coalescence |
US14370160 |
2013-01-02 |
US09751092B2 |
2017-09-05 |
Mika Kristian Sulevi Tienhaaraa; Frederik Albert Lammers |
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. |
278 |
Crude Oil Storage Tank With Electrostatic Internals To Dehydrate Crude Oil Within A Process Train Of A Floating Production Storage And Offloading Installation |
US14977880 |
2015-12-22 |
US20170173499A1 |
2017-06-22 |
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 that is equipped with at least one set of electrostatic internals arranged to provide a treatment flow path isolated from a surrounding volume of the electrostatic separator section of the tank. An oil-and-water stream or mixture entering the set of electrostatic internals travels along the treatment flow path and is subjected to an electric field. The treatment flow path is in an upwardly direction toward the oil outlet section and in a downwardly opposite direction toward the water outlet section of the tank. Employing 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. |
279 |
Personal Vaccine and Method of Making |
US14884415 |
2015-10-15 |
US20170106083A1 |
2017-04-20 |
Joseph Gerard Birmingham |
A method for the creation of a personalized vaccine. Multiple and varied antigens in conjunction with heat shock proteins (and other protein chaperones) are generated by ionized gas lysing coupled with the separation, concentration, and purification of these chaperone protein-antigen complexes (CPAC) using insulator-dielectrophorsis (i-DEP)-based devices. The ionized gas uniquely forms more and varied chaperone proteins and chaperone protein-antigen complexes (CPAC) than prior art mechanical, chemical, electric or other lysing techniques. These CPAC generated by the ionized gas lysis and separated by i-DEP are electrospray-encapsulated by a biodegradeable polymer at the nano particle level to further enhance these personalized vaccines for accelerated immune system uptake. For the first time, sterile eradication of infectious pathogens and cancer (known or unknown to exist in the host) can be accomplished with multiple personalized vaccine treatments. |
280 |
SUBSEA REJECT HANDLING |
US15112160 |
2015-01-06 |
US20160341025A1 |
2016-11-24 |
Henrik Bjartnes; Sven Haagensen Høy; Haakon Ellingsen; Jostein Kolbu |
The present invention provides a subsea separation system for separating a product stream, comprising: a bulk separation unit (1), an oil polishing unit (2), and a water polishing unit (3), the bulk separation unit (1) comprises an inlet (4) for the product stream, a first outlet (5) for a water phase, a second outlet (6) for an oil phase, and a third outlet for a gas phase (15); the oil polishing unit (2) comprises an inlet (7), a first outlet (8) for a clean oil phase, and a second outlet (9) for a reject stream, and the inlet is in fluid communication with the second outlet (6) of the bulk separation unit (1); the water polishing unit (3) comprises an inlet (11) in fluid communication with the first outlet (5) of the bulk separation unit, a first outlet (12) for a reject stream, and a second outlet (13) for a clean water phase, wherein a first conduit connects the second outlet (9) of the oil polishing unit upstream of, or to, the water polishing unit (3), and a second conduit connects the first outlet (12) of the water polishing unit upstream of or to, the oil polishing unit (2), and wherein the first and/or second conduit comprises a pressurizing device (14, 16) for increasing the pressure of a reject stream. |