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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2005
Applicants:
Cato R. Mcdaniel, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Alan E. Goliaszewski, The Woodlands, TX (US);
David Birenbaum Engel, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Inventors:
Cato R. McDaniel, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Alan E. Goliaszewski, The Woodlands, TX (US);
David Birenbaum Engel, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 17/05 (2006.01); C10G 33/00 (2006.01); C10G 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention pertains to the use of a class of acetylenic surfactants to resolve or break water and oil emulsions. The surfactants are of particular advantage in resolving crude oil emulsions of the type encountered in desalter and similar apparatus designed to extract brines from the crude as they partition to the aqueous phase in the desalter.