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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2016
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Clinton P. Waller, Jr., White Bear Lake, MN (US);
Chetan P. Jariwala, Woodbury, MN (US);
Jerald K. Rasmussen, Woodville, WI (US);
John J. Schmidt, Eagan, MN (US);
Michael J. Sierakowski, Stillwater, MN (US);
Karl D. Weilandt, Meerbusch, DE;
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A coalescing element for aggregating droplets of an emulsion. The coalescing element includes a nonwoven web substrate. A coalescer that includes the coalescing element can also include a housing and a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet each in fluid communication with the coalescing element. The coalescing element and coalescer may be useful for emulsions that form in solvent extraction/electrowinning copper processing and for other emulsions.