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Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2023

Filed:

Apr. 25, 2018
Applicant:

The University of Akron, Akron, OH (US);

Inventors:

George Chase, Wadsworth, OH (US);

Ashish Bandekar, Houston, TX (US);

Ashish Gadhave, Akron, OH (US);

Assignee:

THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON, Akron, OH (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 17/04 (2006.01); B01D 17/06 (2006.01); B01D 17/02 (2006.01); B03C 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 17/045 (2013.01); B01D 17/06 (2013.01); B01D 17/0211 (2013.01); B01D 17/0217 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0415 (2013.01); B03C 11/00 (2013.01); B03C 2201/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

An electrowetting coalescing device for coalescing droplets of a dispersed phase within a continuous phase includes an inlet in fluid communication with a first porous layer and a second porous layer. The first porous layer is employed as a first electrode and the second porous layer is employed as a second electrode, and a voltage difference exists between the first porous layer and the second porous layer to thereby create an electric field between the first porous layer and the second porous layer. The electrowetting coalescing device includes an outlet for receiving a fluid having passed through the first porous layer and the second porous layer.


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