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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2013
Applicant:
Dow Global Technologies Llc, Midland, MI (US);
Inventors:
M. J. Yanjarappa, Pune, IN;
Cecile Boyer, Lake Jackson, TX (US);
Stephen M. Hoyles, Lake Jackson, TX (US);
Michael K. Poindexter, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Assignee:
Dow Global Technologies LLC, Midland, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 21/01 (2006.01); C02F 1/52 (2006.01); B01D 17/04 (2006.01); C09K 8/035 (2006.01); C09K 8/36 (2006.01); C02F 1/56 (2006.01); B03D 3/00 (2006.01); C02F 1/68 (2006.01); B01D 21/00 (2006.01); C02F 1/00 (2006.01); C02F 101/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 17/047 (2013.01); C02F 1/56 (2013.01); C09K 8/035 (2013.01); C09K 8/36 (2013.01); C02F 2101/325 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure include a method of separating an oil-in-water emulsion formed during crude oil production into a water phase and an oil phase that includes adding 1 part-per-million (ppm) to 10000 ppm of a cationic vinyl imidazolium-based copolymer to the oil-in-water emulsion, based on the total volume of the oil-in-water emulsion, to form a water phase and an oil phase, and separating the water phase from the oil phase.