GB1155784A - Process for Removing Aqueous Constituents from Hydrocarbon Liquids - Google Patents

Process for Removing Aqueous Constituents from Hydrocarbon Liquids

Info

Publication number
GB1155784A
GB1155784A GB32086/66A GB3208666A GB1155784A GB 1155784 A GB1155784 A GB 1155784A GB 32086/66 A GB32086/66 A GB 32086/66A GB 3208666 A GB3208666 A GB 3208666A GB 1155784 A GB1155784 A GB 1155784A
Authority
GB
United Kingdom
Prior art keywords
hydrocarbon liquid
water
july
vessel
coalesced
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired
Application number
GB32086/66A
Inventor
Gerhard Franke
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
BP PLC
Original Assignee
BP PLC
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by BP PLC filed Critical BP PLC
Publication of GB1155784A publication Critical patent/GB1155784A/en
Expired legal-status Critical Current

Links

Classifications

    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C10—PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES; TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE; FUELS; LUBRICANTS; PEAT
    • C10G—CRACKING HYDROCARBON OILS; PRODUCTION OF LIQUID HYDROCARBON MIXTURES, e.g. BY DESTRUCTIVE HYDROGENATION, OLIGOMERISATION, POLYMERISATION; RECOVERY OF HYDROCARBON OILS FROM OIL-SHALE, OIL-SAND, OR GASES; REFINING MIXTURES MAINLY CONSISTING OF HYDROCARBONS; REFORMING OF NAPHTHA; MINERAL WAXES
    • C10G33/00—Dewatering or demulsification of hydrocarbon oils
    • C10G33/02—Dewatering or demulsification of hydrocarbon oils with electrical or magnetic means
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01D—SEPARATION
    • B01D17/00—Separation of liquids, not provided for elsewhere, e.g. by thermal diffusion
    • B01D17/02—Separation of non-miscible liquids
    • B01D17/04—Breaking emulsions
    • B01D17/045—Breaking emulsions with coalescers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01D—SEPARATION
    • B01D17/00—Separation of liquids, not provided for elsewhere, e.g. by thermal diffusion
    • B01D17/06—Separation of liquids from each other by electricity

Landscapes

  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Chemical Kinetics & Catalysis (AREA)
  • Oil, Petroleum & Natural Gas (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Thermal Sciences (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • General Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Organic Chemistry (AREA)
  • Addition Polymer Or Copolymer, Post-Treatments, Or Chemical Modifications (AREA)
  • Production Of Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixture For Refining Petroleum (AREA)

Abstract

1,155,784. Electrostatic separators. BRITISH PETROLEUM CO. Ltd. 18 July, 1966 [19 July, 1965], No. 32086/66. Heading B2J. Suspended water or aqueous solution, e.g. brine, is removed from a hydrocarbon liquid, e.g. a mineral or vegetable oil, by subjecting the liquid to an electric field of from 1 to 60 KV in the presence of particulate polyethylene, polypropylene or nylon as a coalescer material. In the apparatus shown, hydrocarbon liquid containing water is introduced into a vessel at 1. The water is coalesced by means of particulate polyethylenematerial 2 and an electric field is applied by an electrode arrangement 3. The coalesced water settles into a separator 4 and is removed by a valve 6 while the de-watered hydrocarbon liquid is removed at 5. In another form of apparatus, Fig. 2 (not shown), the coalescer material (2<SP>1</SP>) is arranged between a pair of concentric electrodes (3<SP>1</SP>). The rate of flow of the hydrocarbon liquid through the apparatus may be from 10 to 200 cm./min. More than one coalescing arrangement may be installed in the vessel.
GB32086/66A 1965-07-19 1966-07-18 Process for Removing Aqueous Constituents from Hydrocarbon Liquids Expired GB1155784A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
DEB0082896 1965-07-19

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
GB1155784A true GB1155784A (en) 1969-06-18

Family

ID=6981708

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
GB32086/66A Expired GB1155784A (en) 1965-07-19 1966-07-18 Process for Removing Aqueous Constituents from Hydrocarbon Liquids

Country Status (2)

Country Link
DE (1) DE1545232A1 (en)
GB (1) GB1155784A (en)

Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO2004015031A1 (en) * 2002-08-07 2004-02-19 Bp Oil International Limited Method and apparatus for monitoring the power of a coalescer
WO2005092468A1 (en) * 2004-03-26 2005-10-06 Shell Internationale Research Maatschappij B.V. Process for preparing an alkylene oxide
US10383181B2 (en) 2008-02-15 2019-08-13 Teledyne E2V (Uk) Limited RF heating of a dielectric fluid

Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO2004015031A1 (en) * 2002-08-07 2004-02-19 Bp Oil International Limited Method and apparatus for monitoring the power of a coalescer
WO2005092468A1 (en) * 2004-03-26 2005-10-06 Shell Internationale Research Maatschappij B.V. Process for preparing an alkylene oxide
US10383181B2 (en) 2008-02-15 2019-08-13 Teledyne E2V (Uk) Limited RF heating of a dielectric fluid

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
DE1545232A1 (en) 1969-06-19

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
US3839176A (en) Method and apparatus for removing contaminants from liquids
US7351320B2 (en) Multiple frequency electrostatic coalescence
US4853119A (en) Microwave emulsion treater with internal coalescer
US7758738B2 (en) Separating multiple components of a stream
KR860002286A (en) Petroleum emulsion separator and method
US3412002A (en) Apparatus and method for electrophoretic breaking of emulsions
US4579637A (en) Method and apparatus for separating impurities from low conductivity liquids
GB1245637A (en) Method of and apparatus for cleaning liquids
US4624763A (en) Separation of dispersed phase from phase mixture
GB1525901A (en) Electrostatic water treatment apparatus
US3074870A (en) Method and apparatus for electrically separating the phases of a water-in-oil emulsion
ES483844A1 (en) Process for separating hydrocarbons from particulate solids
GB1475760A (en) Apparatus for the separation of liquids
CA1100096A (en) Methods and apparatus for separation of fluids with an electric field
GB1515016A (en) Separator
GB1419053A (en) Method and apparatus for flocculation of dissolved substances
GB1155784A (en) Process for Removing Aqueous Constituents from Hydrocarbon Liquids
GB1120579A (en) A distributor for fluids
US2320059A (en) Apparatus for treating oil
US3582527A (en) Uniform electric field treating system
US2033137A (en) Dehydrator with preliminary treatment
US2872408A (en) Electric treater and method
GB1378260A (en) Shipboard electrical treater
US2027615A (en) Method and apparatus for electrical dehydration
US2077505A (en) Electric separator and method