WATER-SOLUBLE SOLID FERTILIZER PARTICLES ARE RECOVERED FROM AN OIL SLURRY

Water-soluble solid fertilizer particles are recovered from an oil slurry at the terminal end of a pipeline by treating the slurry which contains 20-40% of the 50-500 micron particles with saturated brine under laminar flow conditions to allow phase transfer of the particles from the oil to the brine phase, separating the phases, and allowing the solids to settle out of the water phase. Specifically, sylvite (potassium chloride) is thus recovered.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • U.S. Patent Classification: C1.23/300.
• Corporate Authors:

  Shell Oil Company

  50 West 50th Street
  New York, NY  United States  10020
• Authors:
  • Titus, P E
• Publication Date: 1969-12-2

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Drag; Materials management; Pipe flow; Slurry
• Old TRIS Terms: Drag reduction; Pipeline flow theory; Slurry handling techniques
• Subject Areas: Design; Freight Transportation; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00056104
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: American Petroleum Institute
• Report/Paper Numbers: Patent
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 15 1974 12:00AM