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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:
Nov. 21, 2023

Filed:

May. 28, 2021
Applicant:

Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;

Inventor:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 13/02 (2006.01); G01N 1/38 (2006.01); G01N 33/28 (2006.01); B01F 23/411 (2022.01); B01F 23/235 (2022.01); B01F 23/41 (2022.01); C09K 8/584 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 13/02 (2013.01); B01F 23/4111 (2022.01); C09K 8/584 (2013.01); G01N 1/38 (2013.01); G01N 33/2823 (2013.01); B01F 23/235 (2022.01); B01F 23/4145 (2022.01); G01N 2001/387 (2013.01); G01N 2013/025 (2013.01); G01N 2013/0275 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods of evaluating a surfactant may include ultrasonicating a mixture of oil, water, and the surfactant to form at least one of the following: a sub-macroemulsion, a macroemulsion phase or a combination of the aforementioned; separating the sub-macroemulsion from the macroemulsion phase; introducing the sub-macroemulsion into a foam container; performing a first automated phase identification of the sub-macroemulsion; introducing a gas into the sub-macroemulsion to generate a column of foam, where the column of foam has a height in the foam container; performing a second automated phase identification of the sub-macroemulsion; and measuring the height of the column of foam in the foam container. In these methods, the first and second automated phase identifications may be configured to quantify one or more liquid phases and a foam phase in the column.


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