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US2792372A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Process for breaking petroleum emulsions employing certain oxyalkylated higher polyethylene amines

Assignee: Baker Petrolite LLC
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Filing: 1954-09-15
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Granted: 1957-05-14
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Expires: 1974-09-15
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Woodrow J Dickson

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-06 11:13
CPC Classifications
C; C10; C10G; C10G33/00; C10G33/04

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 125 words
A PROCESS FOR BREAKING PETROLEUM EMULSIONS OF THE WATER-IN-OIL TYPE CHARACTERIZED BY SUBJECTING THE EMULSION TO A DEMULSIFYING AGENT INCLUDING A COGENERIC MIXTURE OF A HOMOLOGOUS SERIES OF GLYCOL ETHERS OF RESIDUAL NONDISTILLED POLYETHYLENE POLYAMINES HAVING AT LEAST 6 NITROTEN ATOMS OBTAINED IN THE PRODUCTION OF POLYETHYLENE POLYAMINES FROM AMMONIA AND ETHYLENE DICHLORIDE; SAID COGENERIC MIXTURE BEING DERIVED EXCLUSIVELY FROM SAID RESIDUAL POLYETHYLENE POLYAMINES, PROPYLENE OXIDE AND ETHYLENE OXIDE IN SUCH WEIGHT PROPORTIONS SO THE AVERAGE COMPOSITION OF SAID COGENERIC MIXTURE, STATE IN TERMS OF INITIAL REACTANTS LIES APPROXIMATELY WITHIN THE TRAPEZOID OF THE ACCOMPANYING DRAWING IN WHICH THE MINIMUM RESIDUAL POLYETHYLENE POLYAMINE CONTENT IS AT LEAST 1.75% AND WITH TRAPEZOID IS IDENTIFIED BY THE FACT THAT ITS AREA LIES WITHIN THE STRAIGHT LINES A,B,F,E.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 125 words
A PROCESS FOR BREAKING PETROLEUM EMULSIONS OF THE WATER-IN-OIL TYPE CHARACTERIZED BY SUBJECTING THE EMULSION TO A DEMULSIFYING AGENT INCLUDING A COGENERIC MIXTURE OF A HOMOLOGOUS SERIES OF GLYCOL ETHERS OF RESIDUAL NONDISTILLED POLYETHYLENE POLYAMINES HAVING AT LEAST 6 NITROTEN ATOMS OBTAINED IN THE PRODUCTION OF POLYETHYLENE POLYAMINES FROM AMMONIA AND ETHYLENE DICHLORIDE; SAID COGENERIC MIXTURE BEING DERIVED EXCLUSIVELY FROM SAID RESIDUAL POLYETHYLENE POLYAMINES, PROPYLENE OXIDE AND ETHYLENE OXIDE IN SUCH WEIGHT PROPORTIONS SO THE AVERAGE COMPOSITION OF SAID COGENERIC MIXTURE, STATE IN TERMS OF INITIAL REACTANTS LIES APPROXIMATELY WITHIN THE TRAPEZOID OF THE ACCOMPANYING DRAWING IN WHICH THE MINIMUM RESIDUAL POLYETHYLENE POLYAMINE CONTENT IS AT LEAST 1.75% AND WITH TRAPEZOID IS IDENTIFIED BY THE FACT THAT ITS AREA LIES WITHIN THE STRAIGHT LINES A,B,F,E.

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