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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2013
Applicant:
Cameron Solutions, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Gary W. Sams, Spring, TX (US);
Harry G. Wallace, Tulsa, OK (US);
Davis L. Taggart, Houston, TX (US);
David R. Manen, Okemah, OK (US);
Assignee:
Cameron Solutions, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 17/04 (2006.01); B03C 5/02 (2006.01); B03C 11/00 (2006.01); C02F 1/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 17/045 (2013.01); B03C 5/022 (2013.01); B03C 11/00 (2013.01); C02F 1/4608 (2013.01); B03C 2201/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for separating water from a water-in-oil mixture having an elongated inlet vessel with a lower outlet end and an upper inlet end, the length thereof being a multiple of the largest vessel cross-sectional dimension. A separation vessel having an oil outlet and a divergent water outlet has an inlet passageway in communication with the inlet vessel lower outlet end. At least one electrode is positioned within the inlet vessel by which a mixture flowing therethrough is subjected to an electric field.