# US 5,344,532 A · Ultrasonic energy producing device

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- Number: US 5,344,532 A
- Document ID: US5344532A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 07/802,313
- Filed: 1991-12-04
- Granted: 1994-09-06
- Earliest claimed: 1990-03-09
- Inventors: Adrian A. Joseph
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5344532A

## CPC

- E02F 3/7618: {with the scraper blade adjustable relative to the pivoting arms about a horizontal axis}
- B01D 17/04: Breaking emulsions
- B01D 17/06: Separation of liquids from each other by electricity
- E21B 43/003: {Vibrating earth formations}
- E02F: DREDGING; SOIL-SHIFTING (winning peat E21C49/00)
- B01D: SEPARATION (separating solids from solids by wet methods B03B, B03D; by pneumatic jigs or tables B03B; by other dry methods B07; magnetic or electrostatic separation of solid materials from solid materials or fluids, separation by high-voltage electric fields B03C; centrifuges, vortex apparatus B04; presses per se for squeezing-out liquid from liquid-containing material B30B9/02; treatment of water C02F, e.g. softening by ion-exchange C02F1/42; {arrangements of air intake cleaners in gas turbine plants F02C7/05} ; arrangements or mounting of filters in air-conditioning, air-humidification or ventilation F24F13/28)
- E21B: EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS

## Abstract

The present invention pertains to an ultrasonic energy producing device for reducing the viscosity of oil and separating the water from hydrocarbon bonds.

## Claims

### Claim 1

The process of separating water out of a molecular hydrocarbon chain by ultrasound applied at 20,000 Hz and a minimum of 2,500 watts per hour.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The process of claim 1 wherein said process is continuously applied in a pipe line.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The process of claim 2 wherein treatment in said pipe line occurs at intervals of 100 feed in said pipe line.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The process of claim 1 wherein said process is continuously applied in a retainer tank.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The process of claim 1 wherein said process is continuously applied in retainer tanks with the capacity of 300 to 1500 barrels and to ship tankers on water, in the air, or subground.

### Claim 6

The process of separating water out of a molecular hydrocarbon chain comprising the single step of:
applying ultrasound to said hydrocarbon chain to reduce the viscosity of said chain, said ultrasound being applied at 20,000 Hz and a minimum of 2,500 watts per hour, said application acting to break the bonds of the molecule to separate the water therefrom.