Electric treater
Abstract
Abstract AN ELECTRIC TREATER FOR RESOLVING WATER-IN-OIL EMULSION INCLUDING A CLOSED HORIZONTALLY ELONGATED VESSEL CONTAINING AN ELECTRICAL FIELD DEFINED BY HORIZONTALLY-DISPOSED, UPPER IMPERFORATE (ENERGIZED) AND LOWER FORAMINOUS (GROUNDED) ELECTRODES. AN INLET DISTRIBUTOR DIRECTS EMULSION FLOWS LATERALLY BENEATH THE IMPERFORATE ELECTRODE AND TOWARD EACH SIDEWALL OF THE VESSEL. TREATED OIL IS REMOVED FROM ABOVE THE IMPERFORATE ELECTRODE AND COALESCED WATER FROM A BODY OF WATER MAINTAINED BELOW THE FORAMINOUS ELECTRODE. THE IMPERFORATE ELECTRODE IS FORMED OF TRANSVERSE RIGID RIBS HAVVING STRAIGHT AND ARCUATE SECTIONS AND LONG PIECES OF THIN METAL (CORRUGATED) SHEETING INTEGRALLY SECURED INTO A MONOCOQUE ELECTTRODE STRUCTURE BEING LIGHTWEIGHT BUT HIGHLY RESISTANT TO TORSIONAL AND LONGITUDINAL BENDING FORCES.
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- 👤 D Turner
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| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1981-05-27 | 1981-11-26 | 1982-05-28 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
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