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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2014
Prem Kumar Bikkina, Tulsa, OK (US);
Ram S. Mohan, Broken Arrow, OK (US);
Ovadia Shoham, Tulsa, OK (US);
Luis Eduardo Gomez, Tulsa, OK (US);
Hariprasad Janakiram Subramani, Houston, TX (US);
Gene Edward Kouba, Houston, TX (US);
Prem Kumar Bikkina, Tulsa, OK (US);
Ram S. Mohan, Broken Arrow, OK (US);
Ovadia Shoham, Tulsa, OK (US);
Luis Eduardo Gomez, Tulsa, OK (US);
Hariprasad Janakiram Subramani, Houston, TX (US);
Gene Edward Kouba, Houston, TX (US);
UNIVERSITY OF TULSA, Tulsa, OK (US);
Abstract
A method of determining solid particle surface energy includes placing solid particles in a container made of a very high surface energy material and pouring a liquid into the container. The method further includes tilting the container to drain out from the container a first subset of the solid particles floating at a top surface of the liquid and tilting the container to move the liquid away from a second subset of the solid particles that are below the top surface. The method also includes tilting the container to move the liquid back toward the second subset of the solid particles such that at least a portion of the second subset of particles floats at the top surface of the liquid and tilting the container to drain out from the container the portion of the second subset of the solid particles now floating at the top surface of the liquid.