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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:
Sep. 05, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 16, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
John P Wagner, College Station, TX (US);
James B Nelson, Hallsville, TX (US);
Assignee:
The Texas A&M University System, College Station, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
204556 ; 204567 ; 204569 ; 205696 ;
Abstract
A method of increasing the efficiency of the electrostatic separation of a continuous hydrocarbon emulsions or dispersion by increasing the electrical conductivity of the emulsion or dispersion. An increase in electrical conductivity is provided with an effective amount of an electrically conductive agent (conductivity modifier). Examples of electrically conductive agents are antistatic agents such as anionic, cationic, nonionic and amphoteric surfactants.