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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2009
Applicants:
Roman Gordon, Studio City, CA (US);
Igor Gorodnitsky, Marina del Rey, CA (US);
Varvara Grichko, Riverside, CA (US);
Inventors:
Roman Gordon, Studio City, CA (US);
Igor Gorodnitsky, Marina del Rey, CA (US);
Varvara Grichko, Riverside, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cavitation Technologies, Inc., Chatsworth, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L 1/025 (2006.01); C10G 17/00 (2006.01); B01F 5/06 (2006.01); B01F 13/10 (2006.01); B01J 10/00 (2006.01); B01J 19/00 (2006.01); B01J 19/02 (2006.01); B01J 19/24 (2006.01); C10G 21/00 (2006.01); C10G 29/00 (2006.01); C10G 31/08 (2006.01); C11B 3/00 (2006.01); C11B 3/04 (2006.01); C11B 3/16 (2006.01); C11C 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G 17/00 (2013.01); B01F 5/0644 (2013.01); B01F 5/0646 (2013.01); B01F 5/0652 (2013.01); B01F 5/0653 (2013.01); B01F 5/0682 (2013.01); B01F 5/0688 (2013.01); B01F 13/1025 (2013.01); B01F 13/1027 (2013.01); B01J 10/002 (2013.01); B01J 19/0066 (2013.01); B01J 19/008 (2013.01); B01J 19/02 (2013.01); B01J 19/2415 (2013.01); C10G 21/00 (2013.01); C10G 29/00 (2013.01); C10G 31/08 (2013.01); C11B 3/001 (2013.01); C11B 3/006 (2013.01); C11B 3/04 (2013.01); C11B 3/16 (2013.01); C11C 3/003 (2013.01); B01J 2219/0218 (2013.01); B01J 2219/0231 (2013.01); B01J 2219/0245 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for degumming and/or refining crude oil containing impurities involving mixing the crude oil with degumming agents, i.e., water or acid, and subjecting the mixture to flow-through, hydrodynamic cavitation processing. The cavitational processing transfers impurities in the crude oil to a water phase for easier separation. The water phase may be separated from the oil phase by commonly available separation methods.