US2880158A — Electric emulsion breaking treater

Claim 1

Independent Claim 307 words

IN AN ELECTRIC EMULSION TREATER, THE COMBINATION OF: A HORIZONTALLY ELONGATED CONTAINER MUCH GREATER IN HORIZONTAL LENGTH THAN WIDTH; AN EXTENSIVE-AREA BAFFLE MEANS FORMED OF ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTING MATERIAL AND CONNECTED ELECTRICALLY TO SAID CONTAINER; MEANS FOR MOUNTING SAID BAFFLE MEANS IN A FLAT HORIZONTAL ZONE OF SAID CONTAINER TO DIVIDE THE INTERIOR OF SAID CONTAINER INTO A TREATING ZONE AND AN OIL ZONE RESPECTIVELY BELOW AND ABOVE SAID BAFFLE MEANS, SAID BAFFLE MEANS INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF SUBSTANTIALLY IMPERVIOUS SECTIONS EACH HAVING PERIPHERAL EDGES CONFORMING IN SHAPE TO AND SPACED FROM SAID CONTAINER TO FORM NARROW PERIPHERAL SPACES, EACH SECTION HAVING A PERIPHERAL EDGE PORTION EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF SAID CONTAINER AND SPACED FROM A CORRESPONDING EDGE PORTION OF AN ADJACENT BAFFLE TO PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL NARROW PERIPHERAL SPACE, SAID IMPERVIOUS SECTIONS COMPLETELY OCCUPYING AT LEAST ABOUT 80% OF THE HORIZONTAL CROSS-SECTIONAL AREA OF SAID FLAT HORIZONTAL ZONE, ALL OF SAID NARROW PERIPHERAL SPACES COMPOSITELY REPESENTING LESS THAN 20% OF SAID CROSS-SECTIONAL AREA AND FORMING SUBSTANTIALLY THE SOLE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN SAID TREATING ZONE AND SAID OIL ZONE; MEANS FOR ESTABLISHING HIGHVOLTAGE ELECTRIC FIELDS IN SAID TREATING ZONE BELOW SAID BAFFLE MEANS, SAID FIELD-ESTABLISHING MEANS COMPRISING AN ELECTRODE BELOW AND SPACED FROM SAID BAFFLE MEANS AND MEANS FOR ELECTRICALLY INSULATING SAME FROM SAID CONTAINER; MEANS FOR SUPPLYING OIL-CONTINUOUS EMULSION TO BE TREATED TO SAID CONTAINER AT A PLURALITY OF POINTS BELOW THE RESPECTIVE SECTIONS AND SPACED FROM EACH OTHER ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE CONTAINER FOR TREATMENT BY SAID ELECTRIC FIELDS TO COALESCE THE DISPERSED PHASE MATERIAL OF SAID EMULSION INTO MASSES SETTLING TO THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID CONTAINER, THE TREATED OIL RISING THROUGH SAID PERIPHERAL SPACES TO SAID OIL ZONE; MEANS FOR WITHDRAWING TREATED OIL FROM SAID OIL ZONE; AND MEANS FOR WITHDRAWING SAID SETTLED MASSES OF DISPERSED PHASE MATERIAL FROM SAID LOWER PORTION OF SAID CONTAINER.

Claim 2

Dependent Claim 307 words

IN AN ELECTRIC EMULSION TREATER, THE COMBINATION OF: A HORIZONTALLY ELONGATED CONTAINER MUCH GREATER IN HORIZONTAL LENGTH THAN WIDTH; AN EXTENSIVE-AREA BAFFLE MEANS FORMED OF ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTING MATERIAL AND CONNECTED ELECTRICALLY TO SAID CONTAINER; MEANS FOR MOUNTING SAID BAFFLE MEANS IN A FLAT HORIZONTAL ZONE OF SAID CONTAINER TO DIVIDE THE INTERIOR OF SAID CONTAINER INTO A TREATING ZONE AND AN OIL ZONE RESPECTIVELY BELOW AND ABOVE SAID BAFFLE MEANS, SAID BAFFLE MEANS INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF SUBSTANTIALLY IMPERVIOUS SECTIONS EACH HAVING PERIPHERAL EDGES CONFORMING IN SHAPE TO AND SPACED FROM SAID CONTAINER TO FORM NARROW PERIPHERAL SPACES, EACH SECTION HAVING A PERIPHERAL EDGE PORTION EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF SAID CONTAINER AND SPACED FROM A CORRESPONDING EDGE PORTION OF AN ADJACENT BAFFLE TO PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL NARROW PERIPHERAL SPACE, SAID IMPERVIOUS SECTIONS COMPLETELY OCCUPYING AT LEAST ABOUT 80% OF THE HORIZONTAL CROSS-SECTIONAL AREA OF SAID FLAT HORIZONTAL ZONE, ALL OF SAID NARROW PERIPHERAL SPACES COMPOSITELY REPESENTING LESS THAN 20% OF SAID CROSS-SECTIONAL AREA AND FORMING SUBSTANTIALLY THE SOLE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN SAID TREATING ZONE AND SAID OIL ZONE; MEANS FOR ESTABLISHING HIGHVOLTAGE ELECTRIC FIELDS IN SAID TREATING ZONE BELOW SAID BAFFLE MEANS, SAID FIELD-ESTABLISHING MEANS COMPRISING AN ELECTRODE BELOW AND SPACED FROM SAID BAFFLE MEANS AND MEANS FOR ELECTRICALLY INSULATING SAME FROM SAID CONTAINER; MEANS FOR SUPPLYING OIL-CONTINUOUS EMULSION TO BE TREATED TO SAID CONTAINER AT A PLURALITY OF POINTS BELOW THE RESPECTIVE SECTIONS AND SPACED FROM EACH OTHER ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE CONTAINER FOR TREATMENT BY SAID ELECTRIC FIELDS TO COALESCE THE DISPERSED PHASE MATERIAL OF SAID EMULSION INTO MASSES SETTLING TO THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID CONTAINER, THE TREATED OIL RISING THROUGH SAID PERIPHERAL SPACES TO SAID OIL ZONE; MEANS FOR WITHDRAWING TREATED OIL FROM SAID OIL ZONE; AND MEANS FOR WITHDRAWING SAID SETTLED MASSES OF DISPERSED PHASE MATERIAL FROM SAID LOWER PORTION OF SAID CONTAINER.

Claim 3

Dependent Claim 281 words

AN ELECTRIC EMULSION TREATER ADAPTED TO BE CONNECTED TO A SOURCE OF EMULSION UNDER PRESSURE, SAID ELECTRIC TREATER INCLUDING: A CONTAINER; SPACED ELECTRODES DEFINING AT LEAST ONE TREATING SPACE IN SAID CONTAINER; MEANS FOR ENERGIZING SAID ELECTRODES TO ESTABLISH AN EMULSIONTREATING FIELD IN SAID TREATING SPACE; AND AN EMULSION DISTRIBUTOR DISCHARGING SAID CONTAINER ADJACENT SAID TREATING SPACE AND CONNECTED TO SAID SOURCE OF EMULSION UNDER PRESSURE, SAID DISTRUBITOR INCLUDING A STATIONARY TUBULAR MEMBER HAVING A LIP PROVIDING AN ANNULAR FLOW-BOUNDING SURFACE CONCENTRIC WITH THE AXIS OF SAID TUBULAR MEMBER AND EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY RADIALLY WITH RESPECT TO SAID AXIS, A MOVABLE HEAD MEMBER PROVIDING AN ANNULAR FLOWBOUNDING SURFACE COAXIAL WITH SAID AXIS AND EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY RADIALLY WITH RESPECT THERETO, AND MEANS FOR MOUNTING SAID HEAD MEMBER TO MOVE BOTH ALONG SAID AXIS AND ABOVE SAID AXIS TO RESPECTIVELY CHANGE THE SPACING OF SAID FLOW-BOUNDING SURFACES AND ROTATE THE FLOW-BOUNDING SURFACE OF SAID HEAD MEMBER RELATIVE TO THE FLOW-BOUNDING SURFACE OF SAID TUBULAR MEMBER, SAID FLOW-BOUNDING SURFACES BEING OPPOSITE EACH OTHER TO DEFINE A VARIABLE WIDTH ANNULAR EMULSION DISCHARGE PASSAGE CONNECTED TO SAID SOURCE OF EMULSION UNDER PRESSURE, SAID MEANS FOR MOUNTING SAID HEAD MEMBER INCLUDING A SHAFT CONNECTED RIGIDLY TO SAID HEAD MEMBER TO MOVE THEREWITH, A SLEEVE AROUND AND COAXIAL WITH SAID SHAFT, A THRUST BEARING INTERCONNECTING SAID SLEEVE AND SAID SHAFT, MEANS OUTSIDE SAID CONTAINER FOR TURNING SAID SHAFT, RELATIVE TO SAID SLEEVE TO TURN SAID HEAD MEMBER RELATIVE TO SAID TUBULAR MEMBER ABOUT SAID AXIS, ADJUSTMENT MEANS FOR MOVING SAID SLEEVE IN THE DIRECTION OF THE SHAFT AXIS TO CHANGE THE SPACING OF SAID FLOW-BOUNDING SURFACES, AND MEANS FOR OPERATING SAID ADJUSTMENT MEANS FROM A POSITION OUTSIDE SAID CONTAINER.

Claim 4

Dependent Claim 281 words

AN ELECTRIC EMULSION TREATER ADAPTED TO BE CONNECTED TO A SOURCE OF EMULSION UNDER PRESSURE, SAID ELECTRIC TREATER INCLUDING: A CONTAINER; SPACED ELECTRODES DEFINING AT LEAST ONE TREATING SPACE IN SAID CONTAINER; MEANS FOR ENERGIZING SAID ELECTRODES TO ESTABLISH AN EMULSIONTREATING FIELD IN SAID TREATING SPACE; AND AN EMULSION DISTRIBUTOR DISCHARGING SAID CONTAINER ADJACENT SAID TREATING SPACE AND CONNECTED TO SAID SOURCE OF EMULSION UNDER PRESSURE, SAID DISTRUBITOR INCLUDING A STATIONARY TUBULAR MEMBER HAVING A LIP PROVIDING AN ANNULAR FLOW-BOUNDING SURFACE CONCENTRIC WITH THE AXIS OF SAID TUBULAR MEMBER AND EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY RADIALLY WITH RESPECT TO SAID AXIS, A MOVABLE HEAD MEMBER PROVIDING AN ANNULAR FLOWBOUNDING SURFACE COAXIAL WITH SAID AXIS AND EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY RADIALLY WITH RESPECT THERETO, AND MEANS FOR MOUNTING SAID HEAD MEMBER TO MOVE BOTH ALONG SAID AXIS AND ABOVE SAID AXIS TO RESPECTIVELY CHANGE THE SPACING OF SAID FLOW-BOUNDING SURFACES AND ROTATE THE FLOW-BOUNDING SURFACE OF SAID HEAD MEMBER RELATIVE TO THE FLOW-BOUNDING SURFACE OF SAID TUBULAR MEMBER, SAID FLOW-BOUNDING SURFACES BEING OPPOSITE EACH OTHER TO DEFINE A VARIABLE WIDTH ANNULAR EMULSION DISCHARGE PASSAGE CONNECTED TO SAID SOURCE OF EMULSION UNDER PRESSURE, SAID MEANS FOR MOUNTING SAID HEAD MEMBER INCLUDING A SHAFT CONNECTED RIGIDLY TO SAID HEAD MEMBER TO MOVE THEREWITH, A SLEEVE AROUND AND COAXIAL WITH SAID SHAFT, A THRUST BEARING INTERCONNECTING SAID SLEEVE AND SAID SHAFT, MEANS OUTSIDE SAID CONTAINER FOR TURNING SAID SHAFT, RELATIVE TO SAID SLEEVE TO TURN SAID HEAD MEMBER RELATIVE TO SAID TUBULAR MEMBER ABOUT SAID AXIS, ADJUSTMENT MEANS FOR MOVING SAID SLEEVE IN THE DIRECTION OF THE SHAFT AXIS TO CHANGE THE SPACING OF SAID FLOW-BOUNDING SURFACES, AND MEANS FOR OPERATING SAID ADJUSTMENT MEANS FROM A POSITION OUTSIDE SAID CONTAINER.

Annuity Stage	Window Opens	Payment Deadline	Surcharge Period Until	Estimated Fee	Status
3.5 Years (Year 4)	1962-03-30	1962-09-29	1963-03-31	$2000.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8)	1966-03-30	1966-09-29	1967-03-31	$3760.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12)	1970-03-30	1970-09-29	1971-03-31	$7700.00	Window Closed / Lapsed

Electric emulsion breaking treater

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