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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:
Mar. 31, 1998
Filed:
Feb. 22, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert Kaiser, Winchester, MA (US);
Assignee:
Entropic Systems, Inc., Winchester, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
203-1 ; 134 12 ; 134 26 ; 203 14 ; 252194 ;
Abstract
Method and apparatus for recycling a water-displacement process fluid that includes an organic liquid and a surfactant, the boiling point of which exceeds that of the organic liquid, maintains a sufficient quantity of organic liquid such that water displaced into the organic liquid is evaporated at least as fast as it is introduced. If the water and the organic liquid are immiscible and exhibit different densities, the resulting condensate can be separated into constituent phases by decanting. The condensed organic liquid and unevaporated surfactant are then available for recycling.