Apparatus for augmenting the coalescence of water in a water-in-

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1994-04-06

1996-10-15

Niebling, John

Chemistry: electrical and wave energy

Apparatus

Apparatus for electrical

204564, C10G 3302, B01D 17038, B01D 1706

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055650783

ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus of augmenting the coalescence of water in a water-in-oil emulsion in which the emulsion is tangentially ejected into the interior of a cylindrically walled vessel to cause the emulsion to flow circumferentially within the vessel and to thereby cause the water component of the emulsions to migrate towards the vessel cylindrical wall, the vessel having an axially positioned electrode therein. A voltage, preferably a pulsating DC voltage, is imposed between the electrode and the vessel to thereby subject the swirling water-in-oil emulsion to an electrical potential to cause the water components to coalescence from smaller to larger droplets. The water-in-oil emulsion is passed from the vessel where the water component can be more effectively separated from the emulsion by gravitational or centrifugal separation.

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