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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:
Dec. 05, 1995
Filed:
Mar. 10, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Pin Y Huang, Bellaire, TX (US);
Assignee:
Exxon Production Research Company, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B03B / ; B01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
210748 ; 210744 ; 210787 ; 208188 ; 208302 ;
Abstract
A process for separating solids from a fluid using at least one polymer and acoustic energy at or above cavitation is disclosed. The fluid containing the polymer is flowed into a vessel and acoustic energy is applied to the fluid at intensity sufficient to induce cavitation within the fluid. At least a portion of the solids are allowed to agglomerate in at least one position within the vessel. The agglomerated solids are then separated from the fluid.