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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Fernando Leal Calderon, La Brede, FR;
Jerôme Bibette, Bordeaux, FR;
Florence Guimberteau, Montusson, FR;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01F 3/10 ; B01F 1/718 ; C08L 9/500 ; C09D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01F 3/10 ; B01F 1/718 ; C08L 9/500 ; C09D / ;
Abstract
A process provides a stable emulsion, in particularly a stable, concentrated bitumen emulsion, by emulsifying a first hydrophobic or hydrophilic phase having a viscosity between 1 and 5000 Pa.s with a second phase immiscible in the first phase, in the presence of at least one surfactant, by mixing together the first phase, second phase, and surfactant under a laminar shear regime.