Title:
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONDITIONING FLUIDS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2016/176611
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A method of increasing the rate by which a dissimilar material separates from a fluid mixture is disclosed. The method includes the step of passing a mixture comprising a fluid containing at least one polar substance and at least one dissimilar material through a magnetically conductive conduit having magnetic energy directed along the longitudinal axis of the magnetically conductive conduit and extending through at least a portion of the mixture thereby providing a conditioned fluid medium. The conditioned fluid medium is separated into at least two distinct phases in a separation apparatus downstream of the magnetically conductive conduit, wherein the at least one dissimilar material separates from the fluid containing at least one polar substance at an increased rate as compared to a rate of separation of the at least one dissimilar material from the fluid containing at least one polar substance when the mixture is not passed through the magnetically conductive conduit.
Inventors:
HOLLAND HERBERT WILLIAM (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2016/030192
Publication Date:
February 16, 2017
Filing Date:
April 29, 2016
Export Citation:
Assignee:
WILSA HOLDING LLC (US)
International Classes:
B03C1/28; B03C1/0355; B03C1/14
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2014107530A1 | 2014-07-10 | |||
| WO2014138011A1 | 2014-09-12 |
Foreign References:
| US20120273428A1 | 2012-11-01 | |||
| US8801923B2 | 2014-08-12 | |||
| US7943043B2 | 2011-05-17 |
Other References:
See also references of EP 3288683A4
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
BROCKHAUS, Marc, A. (US)
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