Mineral oils: apparatus – Refining – With filtration
Patent
1986-12-03
1990-02-27
Woodard, Joye L.
Mineral oils: apparatus
Refining
With filtration
196117, 196120, 196125, 196134, 208179, 208187, C10G 3300
Patent
active
049043455
ABSTRACT:
In the past, it has proven difficult to separate dirt and water from petroleum emulsions of the type found, e.g. in settling ponds. A relatively simple apparatus for effecting such separation includes a sifter or screening device for removing large solid impurities from the emulsion, a preheater for reducing the viscosity of the emulsion, a centrifuge or filter for separating most of the dirt particles from the emulsion, a settling tank for receiving the emulsion from the dirt separator, and an evaporator for separating most of the water from the petroleum. The dirt removed in the dirt separator with residual oil attached thereto is mixed with a fuel oil and burned to create the heat necessary to evaporate the water. The petroleum separated in the evaporator is cycled through the preheater for heating incoming dirty petroleum emulsion. The evaporator contains trays carrying a plurality of rows of tubes. The water-containing emulsion is fed into the uppermost tray into heat exchange contact with the tubes. The emulsion overflows through overflow pipes into subjacent trays, which also contain heating tubes. Hot gases produced by burning the mixture of dirt and fuel oil are passed through the tubes in the trays to heat the emulsion and cause evaporation of the water.
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Dunsmuir George H.
Hinds William R.
Woodard Joye L.
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