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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2019
Stephanie A. Freeman, Houston, TX (US);
Edward J. Grave, Montgomery, TX (US);
J. Tim Cullinane, Montgomery, TX (US);
P. Scott Northrop, Spring, TX (US);
Norman K. Yeh, Shenandoah, TX (US);
Stephanie A. Freeman, Houston, TX (US);
Edward J. Grave, Montgomery, TX (US);
J. Tim Cullinane, Montgomery, TX (US);
P. Scott Northrop, Spring, TX (US);
Norman K. Yeh, Shenandoah, TX (US);
ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Spring, TX (US);
Abstract
The disclosure includes a method, comprising passing a fluid into a co-current contactor, passing a solvent into the co-current contactor, dividing the solvent into solvent droplets having a first average droplet size, placing the fluid in contact with the solvent droplets to create a combined stream, coalescing at least a portion of the solvent droplets to create solvent droplets having a second average droplet size, wherein the second average droplet size is greater than the first average droplet size, and separating the fluid and the solvent.