Electric treater for treating jet fuel and other dispersions
Abstract
Abstract AN ELECTRIC TREATER FOR REMOVING DISPERSED MATERIALS FROM OIL FLOWING THROUGH ELECTRIC FIELDS IN SIDE-BY-SIDE FLOW PASSAGES THAT ARE OTHER THAN VERTICAL. GRID ELECTRODES HAVING SIDE-BY-SIDE RODS ARE DISPOSED IN THE CENTRAL PLANES OF THE FLOW PASSAGES. WITH SUCH OR OTHER ELECTRODE CONFIGURATIONS IN AN ELECTRIC TREATING CHAMBER, OIL FLOWS INTO OR FROM THE LATTER THROUGH A SPACE PACKED WITH MASSES, USUALLY SOLIDS, THAT CAN BE CONTINUOUSLY OR PERIODICALLY REPLACED. THE MASSES MAY HAVE SURFACE PROPERTIES OR COATINGS FACILITATING THE SEPARATION OF THE DISPERSED MATERIAL FROM THE OIL OR SUCH MASSES OR MATERIALS COATING OR IMPREGNATING SAME MAY BE REACTIVE WITH SOME COMPONENT OF THE OIL.
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- 👤 William L Shirley
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