摘要:
A thin film electrocoagulation liquid treatment apparatus includes a nonconductive housing formed by opposite top and bottom walls, opposite side walls, and tubular end members with slots therethrough which define a treatment chamber. Pluralities of elongated electrodes extend between the side walls and are spaced along the top and bottom walls in spaced apart interleaved relation to define a serpentine fluid treatment path. The tubular end members form fluid connections, one end member receiving liquid to be treated from a supply conduit and the other discharging the treated liquid to a discharge conduit. A DC power supply has opposite poles thereof connected respectively to the sets of electrodes in such a manner that the polarity on succeeding electrodes is opposite. The first two electrodes in the flow direction of the fluid path are preferably connected to the negative pole of the power supply. A treatment process employing the treater apparatus includes pressure differential monitoring across the treater and flow direction reversal to avoid clogging the treater and temperature differential monitoring across the treater to optimize the consumption of electrical power by the process.
摘要:
A plurality of electrostatic fields is arranged to progressively separate the liquids from their emulsions having a low dielectric strength. The emulsions are first passed through one of the electrostatic fields between insulated electrodes. With the breaking of the emulsion begun by the first electrostatic field, the emulsion is next flowed in an electrostatic field between uninsulated electrodes. The final stage is the passing of the almost completely broken emulsion through an electrostatic field between electrodes which are arranged to systematically degrade their field.
摘要:
A desalter/dehydrator having a plurality of electrified coalescing stages in a single vessel, wherein the stages are isolated hydraulically to allow parallel or serial stage operations. In one embodiment, several electrical stages, each separately energized, are operated in parallel to proportionately increase vessel throughput capacity. In another embodiment, series operation is employed, wherein each successive stage receives the product from the preceding stage as feed, with fresh water being added. Placement of electrodes, distributors, collectors, etc. are determined by the type of operation to be performed in the vessel.
摘要:
An electrode is fluid-coupled to the driven electrode, which is directly connected to either an AC or a DC source of potential. The driven electrode is provided with the usual ground electrode to establish the electrostatic field of a coalescing system. The electrode fluid-coupled to the driven electrode is positioned to establish two zones in the electrostatic field. A fluid mixture is passed through the two zones of the electrostatic field, in sequence. The intensity of the field in the first zone decreases as the dispersed polar fluid of the mixture increases, in relation to the less polar fluids of the mixture. At the same time, the field in the second zone increases in intensity. The field gradient shifts between the two zones, in accordance with the quantity of the polar fluid in the mixture passed through the zones in the field, in sequence.
摘要:
A desalter/dehydrator having a plurality of electrified coalescing stages in a single vessel, wherein the stages are isolated hydraulically to allow parallel or serial stage operations. In one embodiment, several electrical stages, each separately energized, are operated in parallel to proportionately increase vessel throughput capacity. In another embodiment, series operation is employed, wherein each successive stage receives the product from the preceding stage as feed, with fresh water being added. Placement of electrodes, distributors, collectors, etc. are determined by the type of operation to be performed in the vessel.
摘要:
A desalter/dehydrator having a plurality of electrified coalescing stages in a single vessel, wherein the stages are isolated hydraulically to allow parallel or serial stage operations. In one embodiment, several electrical stages, each separately energized, are operated in parallel to proportionately increase vessel throughput capacity. In another embodiment, series operation is employed, wherein each successive stage receives the product from the preceding stage as feed, with fresh water being added. Placement of electrodes, distributors, collectors, etc. are determined by the type of operation to be performed in the vessel.
摘要:
An electrostatic process and means for the removal of water from an oil-water emulsion and comprising the step of continuously flowing the oil-water emulsion through a series of divided wash trays, each said tray having a plurality of electrodes therein for creating an electrostatic field within the oil-water emulsion for stripping ionized water particles away from the oil.
摘要:
A PROCESS FOR TREATING A HEAVY PETROLEUM DISTILLATE CONTAINING NAPHTHENIC ACIDS BY THE ADDITION OF AN AQUEOUS METAL HYDROXIDE. THE RESULTANT MIXTURE, AFTER INTIMATE CONTACT, FORMS A DIRECT EMULSION AND CONCOMITANTLY A SMALL PORTION OF AN INVERSE, MAYONNAISE-LIKE WATER CONTINUOUS EMULSION THE EMULSIONS ARE SUBJECTED TO AN ELECTRICAL FIELD WHICH SEPARATES A RELATIVELY PURE HEACY PETROLEUM DISTILLATE PHASE FROM A AQUEOUS MIXTURE OF THE METAL HYDROXIDE SALTS OF THE NAPHTHENIC ACIDS AND THE INVERSE, MAYONNAISE-LIKE EMULSION. THE AQUEOUS MIXTURE IS REMOVED PROMPTLY FROM THE ELECTRIC FIELD AND THEN PASSED DOWNWARDLY THROUGH A BED OF POROUS MATERIAL, WHICH MATERIAL IS PREFERENTIALLY WATER WETTED WHEREBY THE AQUEOUS MIXTURE IS SUBSTANTIALLY AND COMPLETELY SEPARATED INTO A HEAVY PETROLEUM DISTILLATE PHASE AND AN AQUEOUS PHASE CONTAINING THE METAL HYDROXUDE SALTS OF NAPHTHENIC ACIDS.
摘要:
A method for electrically resolving a dispersion consisting of immiscible and liquid phases. The dispersion flows along a vertical flow axis between inlet and outlet zones. An electric field for resolving the dispersion is established in a region between inlet and outlet zones through which region passes substantially all of the fluid. The electric field increases monitonically in potential in the direction of dispersion flow and has planes of constant potential transverse to the direction of dispersion flow. The phases resolved from the dispersion in the electric field are recovered from the outlet zone.