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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:
Jun. 05, 2012
Filed:
May. 11, 2011
Applicants:
Charles C. Gallop, Gower, MO (US);
Theron Cooper, Volga, SD (US);
Kurt A. Dieker, Maize, KS (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
ICM, Inc., Colwich, KS (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 11/00 (2006.01); B01D 17/04 (2006.01); C10L 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An emulsion-breaking additive is combined with an emulsion concentrate to yield a reaction product and the emulsion concentrate is produced in a process stream and contains entrapped bio-oil. Subsequent phase separating can be accomplished with gravity separation and/or mechanical processing. The emulsion-breaking additive can be native to the process stream. Related systems and methods are also provided.