Patent ID: 6068779
Filing Date: 2000-05-30
Classification: B01D,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for treating a mixture of liquids that comprise oil and water to separate them, comprising:flowing said mixture through a single layer woven screen that is woven of primarily metal threads and that has a thread count on the order of magnitude of at least 1400 per inch in one count direction, and at velocity of no more than about 12 centimeters per minute to produce drops of a first of said liquids in said second liquid in a flow path that is primarily perpendicular to the woven screen;passing said mixture after it has flowed through said screen, into a coalescer separator to separate said liquids;said mixture comprises primarily water and said step of passing said mixture after it has flowed comprises passing said mixture at a generally upward incline to said coalescer separator.