Patent ID: 9545606
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: B01F,C09K,E21B,Y02P,Y10T

Claim:
1. A process for solubilizing a surfactant in supercritical carbon dioxide, the process comprising: providing a turbulent flow in piping of the supercritical carbon dioxide into which the surfactant solubilizes; injecting the surfactant through a port in a tube that extends into the piping containing the turbulent flow of the supercritical carbon dioxide through the port in a direction that cuts across a longitudinal flow direction of the supercritical carbon dioxide to achieve a Jet Mixing Number of 0.01 to 1.0, wherein the Jet Mixing Number is equal to a product of a quotient of a jet velocity of the surfactant in the port and a velocity of the supercritical carbon dioxide in the piping and a quotient of a diameter of the port and a radius of the piping; and producing a droplet diameter for the surfactant of less than a maximum stable droplet diameter calculated for a prevailing turbulent flow condition of the supercritical carbon dioxide.