Global Patent Index - EP 4093535 B1

EP 4093535 B1 20240515 - METHOD FOR PRODUCING A STABLE HYDROCARBON-WATER DISPERSION FOR IMPROVING COMBUSTION PROCESSES, AND A WATER-HYDROCARBON DISPERSION THAT IS EASILY SEPARABLE INTO AT LEAST TWO PHASES AS PART OF THE CLEAN-UP PROCESS AT ACCIDENT LOCATIONS

Title (en)

METHOD FOR PRODUCING A STABLE HYDROCARBON-WATER DISPERSION FOR IMPROVING COMBUSTION PROCESSES, AND A WATER-HYDROCARBON DISPERSION THAT IS EASILY SEPARABLE INTO AT LEAST TWO PHASES AS PART OF THE CLEAN-UP PROCESS AT ACCIDENT LOCATIONS

Title (de)

VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG EINER STABILEN KOHLENWASSERSTOFF-WASSER-DISPERSION FÜR DIE VERBESSERUNG DER VERBRENNUNGSPROZESSE UND EINER LEICHT IN MINDESTENS ZWEI PHASEN TRENNBAREN WASSER-KOHLENWASSERSTOFF-DISPERSION IM RAHMEN DES REINIGUNGSVERFAHRENS VON HAVARIEORTEN

Title (fr)

PROCÉDÉ DE PRODUCTION D'UNE DISPERSION STABLE D'HYDROCARBURES ET D'EAU POUR AMÉLIORER LES PROCESSUS DE COMBUSTION, ET UNE DISPERSION EAU-HYDROCARBURE QUI EST FACILEMENT SÉPARABLE EN AU MOINS DEUX PHASES EN TANT QUE PARTIE DU PROCESSUS DE NETTOYAGE À DES EMPLACEMENTS D'ACCIDENT

Publication

EP 4093535 B1 20240515 (DE)

Application

EP 21703372 A 20210125

Priority

  • DE 102020101536 A 20200123
  • EP 2021051598 W 20210125

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2021148673A1] The present invention relates to a system for producing a stable hydrocarbon-water fine dispersion or an unstable water-hydrocarbon separation dispersion, comprising at least one unit for producing a stable hydrocarbon-water dispersion in the fine disperser from at least medium 1 as a hydrocarbon-containing medium and medium 2 as water, wherein said unit comprises: at least one first pump for a first increase in pressure in the inflow of the hydrocarbon-water coarse dispersion; at least one ultrasonic acoustic flow machine for producing a hydrocarbon-water dispersion by means of hydrodynamic cavitation, and at least one second pump for generating a negative pressure for establishing the cavitation regime in the ultrasonic acoustic flow machine; at least one heating apparatus upstream of the second pump for generating the thermocavitation; at least one second ultrasonic acoustic flow machine for producing a stable hydrocarbon-water dispersion by means of combining thermo- and hydrodynamic cavitation and at least one third pump for generating a negative pressure for establishing the cavitation regime in the second ultrasonic acoustic flow machine. The present invention further relates to a method for producing a stable hydrocarbon-water fine dispersion or an unstable water-hydrocarbon separation dispersion using a system of this kind.

IPC 8 full level

B01F 23/41 (2022.01); B01F 23/45 (2022.01); B01F 23/70 (2022.01); B01F 25/10 (2022.01); B01F 35/221 (2022.01); B01F 35/71 (2022.01); B01F 35/75 (2022.01); B01F 35/90 (2022.01); B01F 101/00 (2022.01); C10L 1/32 (2006.01); F02M 25/022 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B01F 23/41 (2022.01); B01F 23/45 (2022.01); B01F 23/711 (2022.01); B01F 25/102 (2022.01); B01F 35/2213 (2022.01); B01F 35/7176 (2022.01); B01F 35/7544 (2022.01); C10L 1/328 (2013.01); B01F 2035/99 (2022.01); B01F 2101/505 (2022.01); C10L 2250/06 (2013.01); C10L 2250/082 (2013.01); C10L 2290/34 (2013.01); C10L 2290/46 (2013.01); F02M 25/0228 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2021148673 A1 20210729; EP 4093535 A1 20221130; EP 4093535 B1 20240515; EP 4093535 C0 20240515

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 2021051598 W 20210125; EP 21703372 A 20210125