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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 1983
Filed:
Aug. 10, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas L Stewart, Houston, TX (US);
Florian C Demny, Pasadena, TX (US);
Assignee:
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
210746 ; 210786 ; 210 961 ; 73 6 / ;
Abstract
An improvement is provided in a process for measuring BS&W in crude oil by centrifugal separation of dry oil from wet oil and comparison of the dielectric constants of the two, the improvement being the use of at least two seals separating a dry oil chamber from a wet oil chamber and means for flushing the space between the seals with dry oil.