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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2023
Chevron U.s.a. Inc., San Ramon, CA (US);
Joonkyoung Han, Katy, TX (US);
John B. Trenery, Jr., Sugar Land, TX (US);
CHEVRON U.S.A. INC., San Ramon, CA (US);
Abstract
A process for reducing the salinity of salt containing material (SCM) includes introducing the SCM into a wash system configured to sequentially wash the SCM with water having decreasing salinity levels across a plurality of mixing tanks arranged in series; introducing feed water into the wash system in a countercurrent flow relative to the SCM; discharging washed SCM from the wash system, the washed SCM having a lower salinity compared to the SCM that is initially introduced into the wash system; and discharging brine from the wash system, the brine being generated in a mixing tank that initially receives the SCM into the wash system.