Abstract: The inventive technology, in at least one embodiment, may be described as a method of destabilizing an aqueous hydrocarbon emulsion comprising the steps of: effecting contact between a sorbent and said aqueous hydrocarbon emulsion; effecting relative motion between said sorbent and said aqueous hydrocarbon emulsion; and destabilizing (perhaps in continuous fashion) the aqueous hydrocarbon emulsion. Applications include but are not limited to oil spill clean up, manufacturing of emulsions, oil refinery and production operations (anywhere along the production chain).
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 12, 2013
Publication date:
August 13, 2015
Applicant:
The University of Wyoming Research Corpoation d/b/a Western Research Institute
Inventors:
Jeramie J. Adams, Jean-Pascal Planche, Joseph F. Rovani, John F. Schabron