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Beltran, Inc.

Exxonmobil Research and Engineering Company

Chen-Lu Yang

Yukio Enomoto

Henry Shaw

Toshiaki Yamamoto

Theresa J Takacs

John D Cunic

Pin Gu

Robert G Balmer

An apparatus electrochemically removes fine metal particles from an oil in water emulsion. The apparatus has a container for accommodating the emulsion. A supply port supplies the emulsion to the container. A plurality of cathode plates and anode plates are located in the container to face each other. The water in the emulsion is electrolyzed when a predetermined direct voltage is applied between the plates. The fine metal particles float with hydrogen generated by the electrolysis. Al(OH) attaches to H bubbles. A discharge port is located in a lower part of the container for discharging the emulsion from which the fine metal particles, sludge, oil and greese have been removed.

Apparatus and method for electrochemically removing fine metal particles from emulsions

An emission treatment system for removing oxides of nitrogen (NO,), from flue gases includes in the pretreatment portion a continuous plasma reactor receiving and modifying the gaseous effluent by applying a plasma discharge thereto. The plasma discharge, upon application to the gaseous effluent, decomposes the majority of the gaseous effluent to nitrogen and oxygen and oxidizes nitric oxide to nitrogen dioxide. A preconditioning section is also provided for further modifying the gaseous effluent by washing the same with a mildly alkaline solution for removing ozone and lowering the process temperature. A continuous chemical scrubber uses an absorbent medium to substantially eliminate the nitrogen dioxide from the effluent and releases nitrogen and oxygen to the atmosphere.

Corona-induced chemical scrubber for the control of NOx emissions

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Millburn, NJ, United States of America

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