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US2574545A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Process for breaking petroleum emulsions

Assignee: Baker Petrolite LLC
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Filing: 1950-07-11
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Granted: 1951-11-13
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Expires: 1970-07-11
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Abstract

No abstract record available.

Inventors

  • 👤 Groote Melvin De

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-29 08:10
CPC Classifications
C; C10; C10G; C10G33/00; C10G33/04

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 132 words
A PROCESS FOR BREAKING PETROLEUM EMULSIONS OF THE WATER-IN-OIL TYPE CHARCTERIZED BY SUBJECTING THE EMULSION TO THE ACTION OF A DEMULSIFER INCLUDING HYDROPHILE SYNTHETIC PRODUCTS; SAID HYDROPHILE SYNTHETIC PRODUCTS BEING XYLENE-SOLUBLE; FURTHERMORE, SAID HYDROPHILE SYNTHETIC PRODUCTS BEING OXYALKYLATION DERIVATIVES OBTAINED BY REACTING (A) POLYMERIZED PENTAALLYLSUCROSE WITH (B) AN ALKYLENE OXIDE SELECTED FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF PROPYLENE OXIDE ALONE AND PROPYLENE OXIDE IN COMBINATION WITH ETHYLENE OXIDE, WITH THE PROVISO THAT POLYMERIZED ALLYLSUCROSE DOES NOT CONTRIBUTE MORE THAN 15% OF THE FINAL WEIGHT OF THE OXYALKYLATION DERIVATIVE BASED ON THE ASSUMPTION OF COMPLETENESS OF REACTION AND ON AN AVERAGE STATISTICAL BASIS; AND WITH THE FINAL PROVISO THAT THE ULTIMATE COMPOSITION COMES WITHIN APPROXIMATELY THE TRAPEZOIDAL AREA OF POINTS A, B, C, D, IN THE ACCOMPANYING FIGURE 2 OF THE HERETO ATTACHED DRAWING.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 132 words
A PROCESS FOR BREAKING PETROLEUM EMULSIONS OF THE WATER-IN-OIL TYPE CHARCTERIZED BY SUBJECTING THE EMULSION TO THE ACTION OF A DEMULSIFER INCLUDING HYDROPHILE SYNTHETIC PRODUCTS; SAID HYDROPHILE SYNTHETIC PRODUCTS BEING XYLENE-SOLUBLE; FURTHERMORE, SAID HYDROPHILE SYNTHETIC PRODUCTS BEING OXYALKYLATION DERIVATIVES OBTAINED BY REACTING (A) POLYMERIZED PENTAALLYLSUCROSE WITH (B) AN ALKYLENE OXIDE SELECTED FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF PROPYLENE OXIDE ALONE AND PROPYLENE OXIDE IN COMBINATION WITH ETHYLENE OXIDE, WITH THE PROVISO THAT POLYMERIZED ALLYLSUCROSE DOES NOT CONTRIBUTE MORE THAN 15% OF THE FINAL WEIGHT OF THE OXYALKYLATION DERIVATIVE BASED ON THE ASSUMPTION OF COMPLETENESS OF REACTION AND ON AN AVERAGE STATISTICAL BASIS; AND WITH THE FINAL PROVISO THAT THE ULTIMATE COMPOSITION COMES WITHIN APPROXIMATELY THE TRAPEZOIDAL AREA OF POINTS A, B, C, D, IN THE ACCOMPANYING FIGURE 2 OF THE HERETO ATTACHED DRAWING.

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