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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2013
H R D Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Abbas Hassan, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Aziz Hassan, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Rayford G. Anthony, College Station, TX (US);
H R D Corporation, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Herein disclosed is a method of processing oil, comprising providing a high shear device comprising at least one rotor and at least one complementarily-shaped stator configured to mix a gas with a liquid; contacting a gas with an oil in the high shear device, wherein the gas is an inert gas or a reactive gas; and forming a product, wherein the product is a solution, a dispersion, or combination thereof. Herein also disclosed is a high shear system for processing oil, comprising; at least one high shear device, having an inlet and at least one rotor and at least one complementarily-shaped stator configured to mix a gas with a liquid; a gas source fluidly connected to the inlet; an oil source fluidly connected to the inlet; and a pump positioned upstream of a high shear device, the pump in fluid connection with the inlet and the oil source.