Patents by Inventor Ender Anez

Ender Anez has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Crude oil dehydration and desalting system with a higher gravity than 10 degrees API in mixing pipelines
    Patent number: 5384039
    Abstract: A method for dehydrating and desalting an oil-in-water emulsion includes the steps of: injecting a demulsifier into the flow to destabilize the emulsion; injecting water to promote desalting; and passing the flow through a mixing pipeline having a length (L) and inside diameter (D) determined as follows: ##EQU1## wherein: f--is a Fanning Friction factor.rho..sub.e --is a density of the emulsion (gm/cc);Q.sub.e --is a flow rate of the emulsion (bbl/day);.mu..sub.e --is a viscosity of the emulsion (poise);K--is an instrument constant of a dynamic coalescer;F--is a rotational speed of the dynamic coalescer (rpm);t--is a mixing time (hr);D--is the inside diameter of mixing pipeline (inches); andL--is the length of the mixing pipeline (km).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 24, 1995
    Assignee: Maravan, S.A.
    Inventors: Aaron Padron, Ender Anez, Raul Possamai