Class 209/155 - Liquid

Subclass of Class 209 - Classifying, separating, and assorting solids
Definition: Methods and means wherein liquid is employed as the assorting
No. of applications: 38
Last issue date: 03/22/2012

Application No.	Application Title	Issue Date
20120067789	Apparatus and Method of Enhancing the Quality of High-Moisture Materials and Separating and Concentrating Organic and/or Non-Organic Material Contained Therein The present invention harvests and utilizes fluidized bed drying technology and waste heat streams augmented by other available heat sources to dry feedstock or fuel. This method is useful in many industries, including coal-fired power plants. Coal is dried using the pr...	03/22/2012
20120006727	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SORTING PARTICLES A method and apparatus for sorting particles moving through a closed channel system of capillary size comprises a bubble valve for selectively generating a pressure pulse to separate a particle having a predetermined characteristic from a stream of particles. The partic...	01/12/2012
20110284429	Fluidizing Apparatus A fluidizing apparatus comprises a vessel having an inlet, a plurality of outlets and a nozzle, through which a pressurized fluid can be fed into the vessel. The outlets are spaced at different heights from a base of the vessel and are controlled by valves enabling flui...	11/24/2011
20110272508	Process for Separating Limonite and Saprolite A method for separating nickel containing lateritic ore into limonite and saprolite fractions that includes subjecting a lateritic ore slurry to a size separation procedure to separate the limonite and saprolite fractions on a selected threshold particle size basis and ...	11/10/2011
20110271875	Process for Recovery of Values from a Fermentation Mass Obtained in Producing Ethanol and Products Thereof The present invention generally relates to processes for recovery of values from a fermentation mass obtained in producing ethanol. Further, the present invention relates to processes for the recovery of values from an inorganic- and lignin-containing mass. The present ...	11/10/2011
20110155650	CONTINUOUS PARTICLE AND MACRO-MOLECULAR ZETA POTENTIAL MEASUREMENTS USING FIELD FLOW FRACTIONATION COMBINED MICRO-ELECTROPHORESIS In one general aspect, an instrument for measuring characteristics of particles suspended in a fluid is disclosed. It includes a closed wall surface defining a fractionation channel having a input opening, an output opening, and a flow axis that spans downstream from th...	06/30/2011
20110114486	CONTINUOUS BIOMOLECULE SEPARATION IN A NANOFILTER This invention provides a method and an apparatus for quickly continuously fractionating biomolecules, such as DNAs, proteins and carbohydrates by taking advantage of differential bidirectional transport of biomolecules with varying physico-chemical characteristics, for...	05/19/2011
20110042279	DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CLASSIFYING PARTICLES A classification device includes: a classification channel, a particle dispersion delivery channel having an opening for introducing a particle dispersion at one end thereof with the other end connected to the classification channel via a junction, a conveying fluid fee...	02/24/2011
20110017645	DEVICE FOR CLASSIFYING PARTICLES AND METHOD FOR CLASSIFYING PARTICLES A classification device includes: a classification channel for classifying particles; a particle dispersion delivery channel as defined herein; a conveying fluid feed channel as defined herein; and at least one collection channel as defined herein, and the particle disp...	01/27/2011
20110011776	CLASSIFYING APPARATUS AND METHOD A classifying apparatus includes: a classifying channel that, in an upper portion, has a channel through which a particle dispersion is transported, and that, in a lower portion, has a channel through which transporting liquid is transported; a particle dispersion intro...	01/20/2011
20110005978	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SORTING PARTICLES A method and apparatus for sorting particles moving through a closed channel system of capillary size comprises a bubble valve for selectively generating a pressure pulse to separate a particle having a predetermined characteristic from a stream of particles. The partic...	01/13/2011
20100243539	CLASSIFYING METHOD AND CLASSIFYING DEVICE A classifying device having two or more classifying passages is provided, the classifying device including a first classifying passage to which particle dispersion liquid is fed; plural discharge ports provided in the first classifying passage, the plural discharge port...	09/30/2010
20100200472	APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SEPARATING MATERIALS A material separator for separating at least two different materials of differing densities and/or sizes of particles. The material separator generally includes a tank containing a flocculent, a circulation system for circulating flocculent within the tank and a pair of...	08/12/2010
20100193407	Device and Method For Particle Manipulation in Fluid A device for manipulating particles present in a fluid medium is disclosed. The device comprises a planar substrate, formed with at least one primary microchannel to allow passage of the fluid medium therethrough. The primary microchannel(s) has walls and a base and bei...	08/05/2010
20100155307	Method and system for fines management in slurry processes A method and system is provided for controlling the amount of fines in a three-phase slurry bubble reactor. The method comprises introducing a portion of the slurry into a hydrocyclone adapted to recover in excess of 98 wt % of the coarse catalyst in the underflow strea...	06/24/2010
20100133151	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SORTING PARTICLES A method and apparatus for sorting particles moving through a closed channel system of capillary size comprises a bubble valve for selectively generating a pressure pulse to separate a particle having a predetermined characteristic from a stream of particles. The partic...	06/03/2010
20100084320	PROCESS FOR SORTING DISPERSED COLLOIDAL STRUCTURES A method of separating a mixture of discrete structures dispersed in a fluid material includes identifying a target structure and a non-target structure; providing a custom-shaped particle having at least a portion of a surface that is substantially shape-complementary ...	04/08/2010
20100059414	BUMP ARRAY DEVICE HAVING ASYMMETRIC GAPS FOR SEGREGATION OF PARTICLES The disclosure relates to obstacle array devices (also known as bump array devices) for separating populations of particles by size. Improvements over previous obstacle array devices are realized by causing the fluid velocity profile across gaps between obstacles to be ...	03/11/2010
20090283452	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SPLITTING FLUID FLOW IN A MEMBRANELESS PARTICLE SEPARATION SYSTEM A method and system for splitting fluid flow in an outlet of a particle separation device is provided. The system may include static or passive mechanisms or subsystems. These mechanisms could also be modular and interchangeable to provide for preset fluid split divisio...	11/19/2009
20090258383	OPTO-FLUIDIC ARCHITECTURE FOR PARTICLE MANIPULATION AND SORTING This invention provides an apparatus for particle sorting, particle patterning, and methods of using the same. The sorting or patterning is opto-fluidics based, in that particles are applied to individual chambers in the device, detection and/or analysis of the particle...	10/15/2009
20090188800	ENHANCING PHORETIC SEPARATION Among other things, a force is applied, at a first location in a medium and at a first time, to cause an object to move in a direction along the medium. At a later, second time, a force is applied at a second location, which is farther along the direction in which the o...	07/30/2009
20090101547	CONCENTRATION OF PARTICLES IN A FLUID WITHIN AN ACOUSTIC STANDING WAVE FIELD A device for performing the manipulation of particles suspended in a fluid is disclosed. The device comprises a duct for the flow of a fluid in which particles are suspended, an acoustic transducer, and a reflector for establishing an acoustic standing wave field across...	04/23/2009
20090050538	Serpentine structures for continuous flow particle separations An improved technique for particle separation is provided. A serpentine structure is utilized in a continuous fluid flow environment to allow for suitable separation of particles to occur in a manner that does not require external application of forces to initiate the s...	02/26/2009
20080277319	FINE PARTICLE CARBON DIOXIDE TRANSFORMATION AND SEQUESTRATION An energy efficient method and system for producing micron-sized particles and transforming and sequestering carbon dioxide into mineral carbonates is described, along with uses for the mineral carbonates produced in the process....	11/13/2008
20080257794	Method and system for sorting and processing recycled materials Processing recycled materials to recover plastics, copper wire, and other non-ferrous metals. Aspects of the invention employ density separation to separate plastic-bearing materials from copper-bearing materials. Plastic-bearing materials are further separated to separ...	10/23/2008
20080135460	Separation Apparatus A separation apparatus comprising, a series of compartments for holding particulate separation material, arranged so as to allow fluid to flow through the compartments in a primary direction from a first compartment in the series to a last compartment in the series, fee...	06/12/2008
20080128331	Particle separation and concentration system This invention is based on size and mass separation of suspended particles, including biological matter, which are made to flow in a spiral channel. On the spiral sections, the inward directed transverse pressure field from fluid shear competes with the outward directed...	06/05/2008
20080083659	SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF SEPARATING MANURE FROM A MANURE AND BEDDING MIXTURE Systems and methods configured to continuously separate manure and bedding comprise a vertical housing without screens, grates, or filters therein, a manure and bedding inlet port coupled to the side of the housing, and a water inlet port coupled to the side of the hous...	04/10/2008
20070272597	Selective Separation of Used Fragmented Polymeric Materials By Using a Dynamically Stabilized Dense Aqueous Suspension The invention relates to a method for selectively separating mixed synthetic organic materials such as filled or non-filled polymers and/or copolymers that are wastes, particularly used, for recycling in order to upgrade them. These synthetic organic materials result fr...	11/29/2007
20070170116	Refuse processing method This method of processing refuse including organic and non-organic materials is noteworthy in that it comprises the steps of: A) admixing quicklime and a highly slaked substance with said refuse, B) allowing the reaction between said organic materials to proceed to prod...	07/26/2007
20070163926	Method and device for separating solid particles on the basis of a difference in density The invention relates to a method of separating solid particles, using a magnetic fluid, wherein the magnetic fluid is passed through a magnetic field for the purpose of changing the effective density of the magnetic fluid, and the particles are separated into fractions...	07/19/2007
20060207918	Particle sorting by fluidic vectoring Disclosed are embodiments of apparatus and methods for separating particles in a fluid stream by size. In one illustrative embodiment of an apparatus for separating such particles, a housing is provided, which defines a channel for a fluid stream containing particles. A...	09/21/2006
20060118479	Particle separating devices, systems, and methods Devices, systems and methods for separating particles are disclosed. ...	06/08/2006
20050224426	Dynamic particle separator The invention relates to a device for a particle separator (10) for separation of particles in a liquid, gas or both, where the separator comprises an outer cylinder (12), or tank, which is equipped with an upper inlet opening (14) and an upper and ...	10/13/2005
20050218088	Separator for liquids and/or multiphase fluids A separator including a conical member having a base; a substantially cylindrical member extending from the base; a separator inlet for introducing liquid to be separated into the conical member in a substantially tangential direction with respect to a sidewall of the c...	10/06/2005
20050178727	Method and device for treating fine particles The present invention provides a method for treating fine particles contained in a first fluid comprising: feeding the first fluid containing the fine particles and a second fluid to generate two laminar flows; migrating a diffusible substance contained in the first flu...	08/18/2005
20050173308	Elutriated sluice There is provided a pinched sluice apparatus for classification of a feed particle mixture into two or more factions, including a pinched sluice with a sloping floor and a pair of convergent side walls forming a sluice channel which changes in cross-section from being s...	08/11/2005
20050139523	Apparatus and method for air classification and drying of particulate matter An apparatus for air classification and drying of particulate matter, and method of use thereof, for removal of moisture from particulate matter, wherein the particulate matter is first accelerated to a high velocity and permitted to impinge normally upon a steel plate,...	06/30/2005

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