Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Subterranean well production saltwater evaporation station
- Patent Title (中): 地下井生产盐水蒸发站
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Application No.: US13532500Application Date: 2012-06-25
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Publication No.: US08703065B2Publication Date: 2014-04-22
- Inventor: Dennis Hudgens
- Applicant: Dennis Hudgens
- Applicant Address: US TX Saginaw
- Assignee: Hudgens Holdings, LLC
- Current Assignee: Hudgens Holdings, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Saginaw
- Agency: Conley Rose, P.C.
- Agent Grant Rodolph
- Main IPC: B01D9/00
- IPC: B01D9/00

Abstract:
A production saltwater disposal facility comprising a separator configured to receive production saltwater from a pipeline or a vehicle and separate hydrocarbons from the production saltwater, wherein the production saltwater received from the pipeline or vehicle is substantially the same composition as when the production saltwater was located in a subterranean formation, a hydrocarbon storage tank configured to receive hydrocarbons from the separator, a settling pit configured to receive the production saltwater from the separator and separate metals and/or other solids from the saltwater, an evaporator in fluid communication with the settling pit and comprising a nozzle configured to emit a stream of the saltwater along a path in air such that water in the saltwater evaporates, and a collection pit positioned under the path and configured to collect the salt from the saltwater after the water has evaporated.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120261249A1 Subterranean Well Production Saltwater Evaporation Station Public/Granted day:2012-10-18
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