Patent ID: 8298377

Claim:
An equipment for upgrading oil to produce a lighter refined oil from a heavier material oil, comprising: an emulsion making portion having a water tank storing ionized alkaline water, a material oil tank storing the material oil and a mixer communicating with the water tank and the material oil tank, the mixer being operative for emulsifying the ionized alkaline water in the material oil and including a dropping opening that forms droplets of the emulsion of the ionized alkaline water and the material oil and drops the droplets from the emulsion making portion; a refinery tank having an inlet communicating with the dropping opening of the mixer for receiving the droplets of the emulsion, the refinery tank including a heat medium disposed at least partially in a position below the dropping opening so that the droplets of the emulsion are dropped toward the heat medium, the refinery tank further having an outlet; a heater disposed adjacent at least one surface of the refinery tank; and a refined oil processor having an inlet communicating with the outlet of the refinery tank to receive refined oil produced in the refinery tank, the refined oil processor further including an atmospheric opening disposed for permitting a flow of atmospheric air into and out of the refined oil processor.