Process and apparatus to remove separated water from contained hydrocarbon fuel

Abstract From the Canadian patent

A highly hydrophilic material that does not absorb hydrocarbon fuel is contained in a fabric tube lowered by a, drawstring to the bottom of a fuel container there maintained, until water at that position is extracted by the hydrophilic material and the fabric tube thereafter removed for disposition. The hydrophilic material is preferably a graft polymerized starch such as polyacrylanitrile or gelable polysaccharide such as agarose. The fabric container is densely woven with fine intracies to contain the hydrolyzed hydrophilic material during placement and especially against fluidic heads during extraction. The fabric material is coated with polymeric material insoluble in hydrocarbon fuel …