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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2012
Applicants:
Neale Browne, Houston, TX (US);
Catalin Ivan, West University Place, TX (US);
Inventors:
Neale Browne, Houston, TX (US);
Catalin Ivan, West University Place, TX (US);
Assignee:
M-I L.L.C., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 1/00 (2006.01); B01D 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system for separating contaminants from wellbore cuttings that includes a processing chamber, a heat source connected to the processing chamber adapted to vaporize hydrocarbons and other contaminants disposed on the material, a condenser operatively connected to an outlet of the process chamber and adapted to condense the vaporized hydrocarbons and other contaminants, and an ozone source operatively connected to the condenser.