US Patent Issued to THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM, LTEOIL on Sept. 1 for "Continuous and rapid perpetual electrostatic coalescence phase separation and demulsification of oil, water, and solids using plasma at standard conditions" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,102, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM (College Station, Texas) and LTEOIL LLC (Houston).

"Continuous and rapid perpetual electrostatic coalescence phase separation and demulsification of oil, water, and solids using plasma at standard conditions" was invented by Jamie Kraus (College Station, Texas), David Staack (College Station, Texas) and Howard Jemison (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are systems and methods involving a plasma electro-coalescence reactor. The reactor includes a set of ports configured to receive an emulsified mixture into the reactor, receive a non-oxidative gas in...