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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2021
Streamline Innovations, Inc., San Antonio, TX (US);
Peter J Photos, El Campo, TX (US);
Franklin Hailey Brown, Ii, San Antonio, TX (US);
David Sisk, San Antonio, TX (US);
STREAMLINE INNOVATIONS, INC., San Antonio, TX (US);
Abstract
A surfactant composition in aqueous phase includes 0.5% to 15% by weight of an alkoxylated block copolymer and 0.5% to 15% by weight of an alcohol ethoxylate. The non-ionic alkyl ethoxylate is a fast wetting agent. The block copolymer, which is characterized by a longer wetting time than the non-ionic alkyl ethoxylate, disrupts the emulsion and allows the now-coated sulfur particles to escape the existing emulsion. The composition may also include an alkyl alcohol and/or glycol ether. The alkyl alcohol augments the emulsion-breaking capabilities of the diblock copolymer by providing additional surface tension reduction to the system, as well as emulsion inhibition at the aqueous-gaseous interface. The glycol ether acts as a mutual solvent, which also augments the emulsion breaking capabilities of the diblock copolymer by providing additional surface tension reduction to the system, as well as emulsion inhibition at the aqueous-gaseous interface.