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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2023

Filed:

Nov. 04, 2020
Applicant:

Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);

Inventors:

Pavan Kumar B. Mandewalkar, Houston, TX (US);

Miguel Angel Lopez, Sugar Land, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 17/12 (2006.01); B01D 17/06 (2006.01); B01D 17/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 17/12 (2013.01); B01D 17/0214 (2013.01); B01D 17/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments described herein provide a method of tuning an electrical liquid separator, comprising providing a liquid mixture to a separator; electrically coupling a power unit to the liquid mixture inside the separator; applying a time-varying voltage from the power unit to the liquid mixture; increasing a voltage applied to the liquid mixture from the power unit from a first voltage to a second voltage; detecting an inflection point in a current from the power unit; setting a voltage output range of the power unit to encompass a voltage at which the inflection point was detected.


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