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US 8,911,511 B2Granted
System for desalting fuel oil using a steam jet pump
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsAbhijit Gupta, John Victor Hains, Gary Cletus Mobley, Sakshi Kapoor
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Abstract
A method and system for desalting a fuel having a salt therein is disclosed. A jet of superheated steam is provided at a selected pressure and fuel is drawn into the jet of superheated steam to form a mixture of the fuel and the superheated steam. The mixture is injected into a centrifuge to desalt the fuel.
Claims18
A method of desalting a fuel having a salt therein, comprising:
- injecting a jet of superheated steam at a selected velocity into a chamber, wherein the jet of superheated steam exits the chamber into a centrifuge via a diffuser;
- drawing the fuel into the jet of superheated steam into the chamber from a storage tank via a pressure region caused by the velocity of the jet of superheated steam to form a mixture of the fuel and the superheated steam in the chamber, wherein the jet of superheated steam pumps the fuel from the storage tank to the centrifuge;
- allowing the superheated steam to moisten the fuel in the diffuser and the fuel to absorb heat from the superheated steam in the diffuser;
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- desalting the heated and moistened fuel in the centrifuge.
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A system for desalting a fuel using a jet pump, comprising:
- a motive fluid nozzle of the jet pump configured to inject a jet of a superheated steam at a selected velocity into a chamber of the jet pump, wherein a pressure region caused by the velocity of the jet of superheated steam draws the fuel into the chamber from a storage tank, wherein the jet of superheated steam and the fuel form a mixture in the chamber;
- a diffuser of the jet pump configured to receive the mixture of the jet of superheated steam and the fuel from the chamber moving at the selected velocity, wherein the fuel in the mixture absorbs moisture and heat from the jet of superheated steam in the diffuser;
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- a centrifuge configured to receive the mixture of the superheated steam and the fuel from the diffuser and desalt the fuel, wherein the jet of superheated steam pumps the fuel from the storage tank to the centrifuge.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.