PROCESS FOR CLEANING CONTAMINATED FLUIDS

摘要

A process for cleaning contaminants from a contaminated fluid includes a) combining the contaminated fluid with a less polar miscible solvent to yield a reduced polarity contaminated fluid-solvent mixture in which the contaminants are insoluble, at least a portion of the contaminants precipitating from the reduced polarity contaminated fluid-solvent mixture to yield precipitated contaminants and the reduced polarity contaminated fluid-solvent mixture; b) separating at least a portion of the precipitated contaminants from the reduced polarity contaminated fluid-solvent mixture; and c) separating at least a portion of the fluid from the reduced polarity contaminated fluid-solvent mixture to yield cleaned fluid.

主权项

1. A process for cleaning contaminants from a contaminated fluid, the process comprising:
a) combining the contaminated fluid with a less polar miscible solvent to yield a reduced polarity contaminated fluid-solvent mixture in which the contaminants are insoluble, at least a portion of the contaminants precipitating from the reduced polarity contaminated fluid-solvent mixture to yield precipitated contaminants and the reduced polarity contaminated fluid-solvent mixture; b) separating at least a portion of the precipitated contaminants from the reduced polarity contaminated fluid-solvent mixture; and c) separating at least a portion of the fluid from the reduced polarity contaminated fluid-solvent mixture to yield cleaned fluid.