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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2006
Applicants:
Todd A. Mcgarvey, Ozark, AL (US);
James A. Lilly, Jr., Bethpage, TN (US);
Inventors:
Todd A. McGarvey, Ozark, AL (US);
James A. Lilly, Jr., Bethpage, TN (US);
Assignee:
Stockhausen, Inc., Greensboro, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C02F 1/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Water is separated from an emulsion of water and oil by passing the emulsion through a bed of superabsorbent polymer granules which break the emulsion and absorb water from the mixture of water and oil. An apparatus for separating water from an emulsion of water and oil has at least one separation cell containing a bed of super absorbent polymer granules.