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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2013
Board of Regents, the University of Texas System, Austn, TX (US);
Organic Fuels Algae Technologies, Llc, Houston, TX (US);
Frank Seibert, Austin, TX (US);
Stacy S. Truscott, Austin, TX (US);
Stephen William Briggs, Austin, TX (US);
Peter B. Kipp, Houston, TX (US);
Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
A method of recovering one or more insoluble oils from a liquid source using one or more membrane or membrane contactors, comprising the steps of: pumping the liquid source comprising the one or more oils to the membranes or membrane contactors, contacting the liquid source with a first surface of the membrane or membrane contactors, coalescing the one or more oils within the liquid source onto the first surface of the membrane contactors, pumping one or more recovery fluids through the membrane or membrane contactors in contact with the second surface of the membrane or membrane contactors, and removing a first stream of oil coalesced from the second surface of the membranes or membrane contactors.