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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2013
Board of Regents, the University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Organic Fuels Algae Technologies, Llc, Houston, TX (US);
Frank Seibert, Austin, TX (US);
Stephen William Briggs, Austin, TX (US);
Stacy S. Truscott, Austin, TX (US);
Peter B. Kipp, Houston, TX (US);
Board of Regents of The University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
The present invention includes an apparatus and method for removing oil from a oil-containing liquid comprising oil and gas comprising: a source of oil-containing liquid; and a membrane contactor system in fluid communication with the source of oil-containing liquid, the membrane contactor system comprising one or more membrane contactors having a first and a second surface, wherein the first surface coalesces oil and removes gas from the oil-containing liquid, and the oil and gas are collected on the second surface from the oil-containing liquid.