METHOD AND COALESCENT ELEMENT FOR SEPARATION OF EMULSION Russian patent published in 2017 - IPC B01D17/02 C02F1/40 

FIELD: chemistry.

SUBSTANCE: method and device can be used to purify water from oil (direct emulsion of oil in water), for example, in the oil industry when preparing the produced water in the oil, gas and water collection system. At the same time, the method and device can be used to purify oil from water (reverse water emulsion in oil), for example, for subsequent oil supply to oil refining. A bifunctional M-shaped element for separating emulsions in which the symmetrical halves of the M-shaped element are connected to each other by a ring for withdrawing the disperse phase, wherein the opening for dispensing the disperse phase is made in the form of an annular projection, and the symmetrical halves of the M-shaped element are made integral. Bifunctional method of emulsion separation involves feeding the emulsion onto the M-shaped element and withdrawing the disperse phase through a ring connecting the symmetrical halves of the M-shaped element. The emulsion is fed in a direction parallel to the plane of the M-shaped element, the symmetrical halves of which are made integral. The disperse phase is withdrawn through the hole in the form of an annular projection, whose height, together with the corresponding parts of the symmetrical halves of the M-shaped element, forms a coalescence zone of the disperse phase.

EFFECT: increasing separation efficiency from dispersed phase emulsion.

2 cl, 3 dwg, 1 tbl