US 9,752,095 B2Granted

Enhanced flash chamber

OwnerLinden L. Duncaninventor

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Abstract

An enhanced flash chamber with a flash chamber; a microwave source in communication with the flash chamber for providing a quantity of energy to a plurality of antennas within the flash chamber; a fluid chamber positionable within the flash chamber capable of holding a liquid and the plurality of antennas; and transport tubing for transporting a target material for extraction through the fluid chamber where the quantity of energy from the microwave source interacts with the plurality of antennas to heat the liquid held in the fluid chamber to a superheated state and the superheated state of the liquid transfers a portion of the quantity of energy to the target material to extract an extraction product from the target material.

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Dependent claims

A method of extracting oil from an oil bearing target material comprising:

positioning a high electro-negativity antenna within a flash chamber, the high electro-negativity antenna consisting of a conductive rod attached to a conductive base consisting of a plurality of conductive layers;
generating microwave radiation that interacts with the high electro-negativity antenna such that the plurality of conductive layers receive energy of the microwave radiation;
heating a liquid media in which the high electro-negativity antenna is submerged within the flash chamber to a superheated state by way of the interaction;
and
contacting the oil bearing target material with the liquid media in the superheated state so as to heat the oil bearing target material and produce an extracted suspension containing the oil.

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Facts

Application: 14/549,085Filed 20 Nov 2014 · division
Priority: 3 Sep 2010
Published: US 2015/0080591 A119 Mar 2015
Granted: 5 Sep 2017
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification10 codes

C11B 1/10
Production of fats or fatty oils from raw materials: by extracting
B01D 11/0203
Of solids: with a supercritical fluid
B01D 11/0211
Of solids: in combination with an electric or magnetic field
H05B 6/6473
Aspects related to microwave heating combined with other heating techniques: combined with convection heating

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Application12/875,379Parent of this division · filed 3 Sep 2010
US 2015/0080591 A1Pre-grant publication · published 19 Mar 2015
US 8,933,380 B2Parent of this division
US 2011/0049134 A1Published application
US 9,752,095 B2This patent

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