Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and methods to remove solids from hydrocarbon streams
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Application No.: US15908952Application Date: 2018-03-01
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Publication No.: US11214742B2Publication Date: 2022-01-04
- Inventor: Robert P. Lucchesi , Mohsen S. Yeganeh , Geoffrey M. Keiser , Jessica L. Vreeland , Thomas Bruno
- Applicant: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
- Applicant Address: US NJ Annandale
- Assignee: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
- Current Assignee: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NJ Annandale
- Agent Robert A Migliorini
- Main IPC: C10G31/08
- IPC: C10G31/08 ; B01D21/00 ; B01D21/24 ; C10C3/00 ; C10G1/04 ; C10G33/04 ; B03D1/02
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.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180251689A1 APPARATUS AND METHODS TO REMOVE SOLIDS FROM HYDROCARBON STREAMS Public/Granted day:2018-09-06
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