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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2013
Applicant:
Pall Corporation, Port Washington, NY (US);
Inventor:
Thomas Harris Wines, East Northport, NY (US);
Assignee:
Pall Corporation, Port Washington, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G 31/09 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G 31/09 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems for processing crude oil comprise adding water to the crude oil to produce an emulsion comprising brine and oil and solids; separating oil from brine including producing brine comprising a rag layer; separating the rag layer into a hydrocarbon emulsion having finer solids and brine comprising larger solids; and passing the hydrocarbon emulsion along a cross-flow filter to produce a retentate comprising brine and solids and a permeate comprising hydrocarbon.