摘要 |
THE PRESENT INVENTION IS DIRECTED TO A METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN EMULSIFIED AQUEOUS HYDROCARBON SOLUTION COMPRISING, PROVIDING A LIQUID HYDROCARBON STREAM AT A PARTICULAR TEMPERATURE AND A SEPARATE WATER STREAM, MIXING THE WATER STREAM WITH A SURFACTANT AT A PREDETERMINED RATIO, RAISING THE PRESSURE OF THE HYDROCARBON STREAM TO A PRESSURE GREATER THAN THE VAPOR PRESSURE OF STEAM AT THE TEMPERATURE, SPRAYING THE WATER INTO THE HYDROCARBON STREAM AT A PRESSURE GREATER THAN THAT OF THE HYDROCARBON 10 STREAM IN A PRE-MIX CHAMBER; AND PASSING THE PRESSURIZED HYDROCARBON-WATER MIXTURE THROUGH A STATIC MIXING CHAMBER. |