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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7351324 | Liquid fuel applying to various combustion systems with high heating value, high volatile, low pollution and low price The present invention relates to a liquid fuel blended by dissolving crude pentane into the heavy oil with different proportions, and applied to different combustion system respectively; the fuel thus formed is easily dissolved, volatilized, atomized and vaporized i... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7351320 | Multiple frequency electrostatic coalescence A method of augmenting the separation of immiscible heavier and lighter components of an emulsion including the steps of conducting the emulsion into a treatment vessel, providing an AC voltage source, employing from the source an AC voltage of at least one selected... | 04/01/2008 |
| 6274026 | Electrochemical oxidation of sulfur compounds in naphtha using ionic liquids The instant invention is directed to an electrochemical process for removing sulfur from a stream comprising hydrocarbon and polymerizable sulfur compounds comprising: (a) combining a hydrocarbon feed containing polymerizable sulfur compounds with a ionic... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6036840 | Method and a reactor for electrochemical conversion of a material e.g. soot particles being insoluble in a fluid A method and a reactor for electrochemical conversion of a material (21) being insoluble in a fluid into a material being soluble in the fluid, which method comprises that a flow of the fluid is passed to a reaction zone which comprises an internal circui... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5965008 | Method for anodically decreasing conradson carbon content of petroleum streams The present invention provides for a method for decreasing the Conradson carbon content of petroleum streams by forming a mixture of the petroleum stream and an essentially aqueous electrolysis medium, and passing an electric current through the mixture a... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5942101 | Method for decreasing the conradson carbon number of petroleum streams The present invention provides for a process for electrochemically decreasing the Conradson carbon number of petroleum streams by contacting a Conradson carbon containing petroleum stream and an aqueous electrolysis medium with a low hydrogen overpotentia... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5911869 | Method for demetallating petroleum streams (LAW639) The present invention provides for a process for electrochemically demetallating petroleum streams by contacting a hydrocarbon-soluble metals containing petroleum stream and an aqueous electrolysis medium with a low hydrogen overpotential metal cathode at... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5879529 | Method for decreasing the conradson carbon content of petroleum feedstreams The present invention provides for a method of decreasing the Conradson carbon content of metal containing petroleum streams by forming a mixture of the Conradson carbon containing petroleum fraction and an aqueous electrolysis medium containing an electr... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5824203 | Method and means for changing characteristics of substances A method and means for changing the characteristics of a substance, particularly a viscous substance, involves passing the substance into a path, passing a solvent for that substance into the path, and subjecting the substance and the solvent to a pulsati... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5753126 | System for increasing corona inception voltage of insulating oils The Corona Inception Voltage of insulating oils is increased by repetitive cycles of prestressing the oil with a voltage greater than the corona inception voltage, and either simultaneously or serially removing byproducts of corona by evacuation and heati... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5514252 | Method for reducing Conradson carbon content of petroleum streams The present invention provides a method for decreasing the Conradson carbon ("Concarbon") number of petroleum feedstreams by passing an electric current through a mixture of a petroleum stream, typically having a Conradson carbon residue of at least about... | 05/07/1996 |
| 4786387 | Single phase enrichment of super critical fluids A fluid solution maintained under near critical conditions of temperature and pressure is subjected to a non-uniform field which deflects one of the components of the solution to a greater extent than other components of the solution.... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4579637 | Method and apparatus for separating impurities from low conductivity liquids A method and apparatus for removing particulate matter suspended in low conductivity liquids employs extrinsic ions to electrically charge suspended particles. A unipolar current of the extrinsic ions is passed through the flowing liquid to efficiently ch... | 04/01/1986 |
| 4054501 | Method and apparatus for removal of mechanical impurities from dielectric fluids A method of removing mechanical impurities from dielectric fluids resides in that a fluid being treated is caused to flow across an electric field in a direction substantially perpendicular to the collection surfaces of electrodes which create the electri... | 10/18/1977 |
