PROCESS FOR SEPARATING LIQUID EMULSIONS AND DEVICE FOR IMPLEMENTING SAME

摘要

The invention relates to the field of chemistry, petroleum chemistry and oil and gas processing, and specifically to devices and systems for separating heterogeneous liquid mixes and can be used in particular for separating water-hydrocarbon mixes. A process for organizing the separation of liquid emulsions is claimed which comprises the use of a device for separating liquid emulsions. The device comprises a housing equipped with a starting emulsion feed pipe, at least two pipes for separate discharge of the components of the emulsion, and a filter unit arranged inside the housing, said filter unit comprising layers of coalescent filter material. The filter unit divides the volume of the housing into an upper part and a lower part. The starting emulsion feed pipe and the pipe for discharging one of the components of the emulsion are arranged in the upper part of the housing above the filter unit, while the pipe for discharging the second component of the emulsion is arranged in the lower part of the housing beneath the filter unit. The technical effect of the claimed invention consists in substantially increasing the effectiveness of the separation of liquid emulsions.