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- Patent Title: Oil-water separation system using hydrophobic/hydrophilic materials for capacity increase and improving produced water quality
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Application No.: US17643699Application Date: 2021-12-10
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Publication No.: US11939233B2Publication Date: 2024-03-26
- Inventor: Fahd Ibrahim Alghunaimi , Young Chul Choi , Olanrewaju M. Oshinowo , Hasan A. Al Abdulgader
- Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
- Applicant Address: SA Dhahran
- Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
- Current Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: SA Dhahran
- Agency: Osha Bergman Watanabe & Burton LLP
- Main IPC: C02F1/24
- IPC: C02F1/24 ; B01D17/02 ; C02F1/00 ; C02F1/40

Abstract:
An oil-water separation system including a vessel for receiving an oil-water mixture and passing a treated water having a lower concentration of oil than the oil-water mixture. The system further includes a first overflow baffle for directing the oil-water mixture fluid flow over the first overflow baffle, and a first underflow baffle positioned downstream along a fluid flow pathway of the first overflow baffle for directing the oil-water mixture fluid flow under the first underflow baffle, and a second overflow baffle positioned downstream along the fluid flow pathway of the first underflow baffle having a mesh with a plurality of perforations which directs fluid flow over the second overflow baffle and through the plurality of perforations. The second overflow baffle permits a water portion of the oil-water mixture to traverse through the mesh and an oil portion of the oil-water mixture to traverse over the mesh.
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