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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2014
Applicant:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Inventors:
Seyed Reza Mahmoudi, Waltham, MA (US);
Kripa K. Varanasi, Lexington, MA (US);
Assignee:
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Cambridge, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C02F 1/469 (2006.01); C02F 1/461 (2006.01); B01D 17/04 (2006.01); B01D 17/06 (2006.01); B03C 5/02 (2006.01); B03C 11/00 (2006.01); C10G 33/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 17/06 (2013.01); B01D 17/045 (2013.01); B03C 5/026 (2013.01); B03C 11/00 (2013.01); C10G 33/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments discussed herein relate to systems and methods for separating two or more phases of an emulsion or other mixture. The methods include providing the mixture with a net and unipolar charge (e.g., such that adjacent droplets therein acquire net and unipolar charges), thereby enhancing coalescence of like-phase droplets therein and producing, or enhancing the production of, two or more consolidated phases; and collecting the two or more consolidated phases.