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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6258215 | System and a rotary vacuum distiller for water recovery from aqueous solutions, preferably from urine aboard spacecraft The system for the recovery of water from urine aboard spacecraft includes a urine intake and pretreatment unit, a unit for water reclamation from urine and a condensate purification unit. The unit for water reclamation from urine is made on the basis of ... | 07/10/2001 |
| 5614107 | Method of freeze drying sewage sludge A method for processing sewage eliminates chemical "treatment", or, the addition of chemicals that are as harmful or more so to the environment as raw sewage. The method of processing sewage disintegrates the generally solid components of sewage into a hi... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5573661 | Retrofit waste vault system A retrofit system for biological treatment sanitation vaults wherein evaporation of the liquid waste is accelerated by locating a conduit within the waste receptacle into which only liquid may flow and evaporate within the conduit in the air flowing there... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5273719 | Urine treating device A liquid evaporator includes an air-tight outer container containing liquid therein, the liquid container having support legs adjacent the bottom surface thereof; an inner container mounted on the legs for partitioning the interior space of the outer cont... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5043061 | Evaporation and emanation type wastewater treating apparatus Apparatus for treating living wastewater which purifies water to be treated such as living miscellaneous wastewater in general homes, human waste, urban drains and the like to evaporate and emanate the treated water into the atmosphere. The apparatus comp... | 08/27/1991 |
| 5032230 | Vacuum draft submerged combustion separation system A vacuum draft submerged combustion system and method for separating combustible hydrocarbons and other components or liquid solutions from their solvents, usually water, includes evaporating volatile components by a submerged combustion burner and conden... | 07/16/1991 |
| 4713172 | Apparatus for improved aeration of liquids Apparatus for increasing the air/water interface of a body of liquid to increase vaporization that consists of a suction pick-up feeding liquid to a supply conduit which, in turn, is connected to a feeder pipe which distributes water down over an aeration... | 12/15/1987 |
| 4662990 | Apparatus for recovering dry solids from aqueous solids mixtures A continuous process and apparatus for drying aqueous solids by evaporation using a fluidizing oil and a surfactant wherein the fluidizing oil and surfactant are recovered and recycled separately or together. The aqueous solids may, or may not, have a hea... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4492039 | Method and apparatus for drying and handling sludge The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for drying and handling sludge. Sludge is conveyed or transferred into a rotary drying chamber that may be housed within a structure such as a solar drying structure. The rotary drying chamber is pro... | 01/08/1985 |
| 4422940 | Method of neutralizing and detoxifying wastes containing organic compounds A method of neutralizing and detoxifying waste material containing both an acid and a toxic organic compound. The waste material is combined with sufficient oil and sufficient caustic to form a pumpable slurry having a pH of 7 or higher. The oil is then s... | 12/27/1983 |
| 4333831 | Evaporation septic tank sewage system An improved apparatus for treatment of sewage is disclosed in which the overflow fluid sewage from a septic tank is directed into at least one enclosed evaporation tank having at least one upwardly extending vapor stack. A conduit may be provided for intr... | 06/08/1982 |
| 4270974 | Process and apparatus for recovering clean water and solids from aqueous solids Process and apparatus for recovering clean water and solids from aqueous solids. Aqueous solids are mixed with a low viscosity, relatively volatile, water-immiscible light fluidizing oil to obtain a mixture which will remain fluid and pumpable after remov... | 06/02/1981 |
| 4255260 | Waste disposal system A waste disposal system provides a mixing stage where waste matter is water-charged, the water charged mixture is then steam exploded by being sprayed onto a white hot surface in a chamber with only one outlet where the expansion on vaporization forces th... | 03/10/1981 |
| 4097378 | Multiple effect evaporation of water from water containing combustible sludges Water containing combustible sludges are dried with the multiple effect use of the heat required by adding recycled cool high boiling oil and heating the mixture by direct contact with steam produced as later described. Then the oil sludge mixture has wat... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4017421 | Wet combustion process Aqueous solutions and suspensions of solid particles, even those containing less than one percent of organic materials, may be combusted with air, oxygen, or their mixtures in a process which provides for preheating in countercurrent batches of the raw or... | 04/12/1977 |
| 4013516 | Apparatus and process for the pyrolysis of waste solids concentrates Apparatus and a proccess for the thermal decomposition of organic material is disclosed wherein the waste solids concentrates are first mixed in a fluidizing tank with a fluidizing oil to form an appropriate mixture which is then dehydrated to remove wate... | 03/22/1977 |
| 4007094 | Process and apparatus for recovering clean water from aqueous wastes Process and apparatus for recovering clean water from aqueous wastes by evaporation while avoiding scaling and fouling as well as corrosion of the evaporator tubes. Addition of an oil, preferably a volatile oil, to the aqueous waste feed results in the fo... | 02/08/1977 |
| 3997388 | Dehydration of manure A method and apparatus for the dehydration of cattle and horse manure, cow dung or pig droppings, characterized by the action of a flow of hot air and of ultrasonic radiation along the path of the matter to be dehydrated, and that of microwave radiation a... | 12/14/1976 |
| 3986955 | Effluent waste treatment process and apparatus A self-contained process for the treatment of liquid waste from a unit source which involves a flow of liquid waste purified in a heating zone, preferably an electrode boiler, by direct passage of an electric current through the raw waste, the water conte... | 10/19/1976 |
| 3976537 | Heat exchangers and evaporators The invention comprises a method of evaporating an aqueous solution containing dissolved solids or mineral salts without adherence of the solids or mineral salts to any surfaces contacting the aqueous solution which comprises the following steps: A. Flowi... | 08/24/1976 |
| 3956126 | Apparatus for disposing of organic waste materials An apparatus for efficiently disposing of combustible organic waste materials, such as organic industrial and household wastes, comprising a macerator and an evaporation unit where liquids are removed from the waste to leave a concentrated organic residue... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3950230 | Process and apparatus for recovering residual oil from solids dehydrated in an oil medium and grossly deoiled Process and apparatus for recovering residual oil from solids previously substantially dehydrated by a process wherein a slurry of water-wet solids in oil is subjected to a heat evaporation step to substantially remove the water. The oil is then largely e... | 04/13/1976 |
| 3947327 | Process and apparatus for recovering clean water from aqueous wastes Process and apparatus for recovering clean water from aqueous wastes by evaporation while avoiding scaling and fouling as well as corrosion of the evaporator tubes. Addition of an oil, preferably a volatile oil, to the aqueous waste feed results in the fo... | 03/30/1976 |
| 3930960 | Evaporator-condenser unit for producing potable water from sewage An evaporator-condenser unit is disclosed which includes an elongated enclosed chamber into which hot gases are injected to form a cyclonic stream therein. The hot gases impinge and pass around a substantial plurality of tubes containing relatively cool s... | 01/06/1976 |
