Title:
USE OF ABSORBENT MATERIALS TO SEPARATE WATER FROM LIPOPHILIC FLUID
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2001093977
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
The present invention relates to the use of absorbent materials for separating water from an emulsion comprising water and lipophilic fluid. The methods, systems, and compositions of the present invention expose the emulsion to absorbent materials such that water is absorbed out of the emulsion in order to facilitate the recovery of the lipophilic fluid.
Inventors:
EHRNSPERGER BRUNO JOHANNES
FRANCE PAUL AMAAT RAYMOND
RADOMYSELSKI ARSENI V
WEVERS JEAN
FRANCE PAUL AMAAT RAYMOND
RADOMYSELSKI ARSENI V
WEVERS JEAN
Application Number:
PCT/US2001/018190
Publication Date:
July 04, 2002
Filing Date:
June 05, 2001
Export Citation:
Assignee:
PROCTER & GAMBLE (US)
International Classes:
B01D15/00; B01D17/02; B01D17/022; B01J20/26; B01J20/28; B01J20/34; C10G33/02; B01D17/04; C11D3/16; C11D3/37; C11D3/39; C11D3/395; C11D3/40; C11D3/43; C11D7/50; C11D11/00; C11D17/04; D06L1/10; D06L1/12; D06M13/00; D06M23/06; F26B21/14; C11D7/24; C11D7/26; C11D7/32; D06F58/30; (IPC1-7): B01D17/04; B01D17/022; C10G33/06; B01J20/00; B01D15/08; D06F43/08; D06L1/10
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