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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7438189 | Bituminous froth inclined plate separator and hydrocarbon cyclone treatment process An apparatus for separating bitumen from a bitumen froth output of a oil sands hot water extraction process comprises an inclined plate separator (IPS) for providing a first bitumen separation stage and a cyclone for providing a second bitumen separation stage. The ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7438807 | Bituminous froth inclined plate separator and hydrocarbon cyclone treatment process Discloses apparatus to perform a process to remove water and minerals from a bitumen froth output of a oil sands hot water extraction process. A bitumen froth feed stream is diluted with a solvent and supplied to a primary inclined plate separator stage, which separ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7214257 | Plant for cleaning and degassing a fibrous suspension Plant and process for cleaning and degassing a fibrous suspension. The plant includes a plurality of hydrocyclones, in which each hydrocyclone includes an intake connection, an accepts connection, and a rejects connection and at least two supply lines for feeding li... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7179386 | Discharging sand from a vessel at elevated pressure Sand is discharged from a vessel at an elevated pressure and is delivered at a lower pressure. The sand is subjected to the following steps before delivery: I) dilution with a dilution fluid, ii) passage through at least one pressure reducing cyclone, the dilution b... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7159723 | Cyclone separator A cyclone separator including an initial cyclone arrangement (1) arranged first in relation to a flow direction (18) through the separator; a second cyclone arrangement (2) connected in series with the initial cyclone arrangement; a bypass chann... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7147788 | Separating a hydrocarbon production stream into its oil, water and particle constituents A separation method and apparatus are disclosed having particular application for effecting removal of sand from a production wellstream, enhancing the quality of recovered oil, gas and water output streams (12, 13, 14) and reducing erosion caused by entraine... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7141162 | Bituminous froth inclined plate separator and hydrocarbon cyclone treatment process Discloses apparatus to perform a process to remove water and minerals from a bitumen froth output of a oil sands hot water extraction process. A bitumen froth feed stream is diluted with a solvent and supplied to a primary inclined plate separator stage, which separ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7141139 | Multiple cleaning stages with various dilution points and accepts recirculated through a common pipe In a process and an arrangement for directing a papermaking pulp towards a regulated outlet (9), accept from successive cleaning stages (6, 14, 20) is totally or partly led towards the outlet (9) while excess accept is led in the opposite direct... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7063770 | Method of removing high density stickies from secondary papermaking fibers A hybrid method for processing papermaking fibers to remove high density stickies typically includes utilizing a multistage array of forward cleaners coupled with a flotation cell which increases overall efficiency of the system. In a preferred embodiment, a first r... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7028848 | Feeding method and apparatus for dynamic separators The invention relates to an axial feeding method of the material to be separated in a dense-medium dynamic separator (1). This method is based on the principle of imparting to the material and to the fluid in which it is dispersed, in order to facilitate intr... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6878545 | Method for separating viable cells from cell suspensions The invention relates to a method of separating viable cells from cell suspensions using hydrocyclones, which method can, especially, be carried out continuously. ... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6758343 | Dual hydro-cyclone with water injection The main technical problem with Dual Cyclones with Water Injection used as classifiers in grinding circuits is that they do not allow for control and regulation of the input velocity ratio between the first and second cyclone as well as the high pressure required at... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6607659 | Drilling mud reclamation system with mass flow sensors A drilling mud clarification or reclamation system is provided. High gravity and low gravity solids are removed from the drilling mud in respective centrifugal separator stages. A plurality of in-line mass flow sensors are provided to provide real-time in... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6582600 | Two-stage hydrocyclone system A two-stage hydrocyclone system for separating oily fluids including a first stage hydrocyclone set up to produce a concentrated oil stream, while the second stage hydrocyclone is set up to optimize the production of clean water from the dirty water under... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6517733 | Continuous flow liquids/solids slurry cleaning, recycling and mixing system A continuous flow slurry cleaning method, apparatus and system including a filter portion and a mud re-circulation manifold for receiving partially filtered slurry, containing the slurry and mixing the slurry with liquid ready for use and thereby enabling... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6506311 | Method and apparatus for processing wet material A wet material treatment apparatus includes an inlet hopper for introducing the wet material into the apparatus. The hopper feeds the wet material into an injector auger that physically directs the wet material into a high velocity air stream produced by ... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6425982 | System for removing bleed-throughs from old corrugated container fiber pulp A system for removing bleed-through contaminants from OCC fiber pulp includes a plurality of primary flotation cells, with each primary flotation cell having an inlet, an accept outlet and a reject outlet. The inlet and the accept outlets of the plurality... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6315127 | System and method for removing particulate contaminants from fluid streams The present invention is directed to a system and method for removing particulate contaminants from a fluid stream where the particulate contaminants have densities equal to or approximating the density of the carrier fluid.... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6238579 | Device for separating solid particles in a fluid stream The present invention provides for discharge (exit) ports for exit fluid flow disposed at or adjacent to one another on one end of a vortex separating body; an inlet port(s) disposed at one end of a separating body having discharge (exit) ports for exit f... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6036870 | Method of wellbore fluid recovery using centrifugal force A method for recovering a component from a wellbore fluid mixture has been invented that includes feeding a wellbore fluid mixture to a decanting centrifuge, the wellbore fluid containing at least one liquid component and undesirable solids; separating un... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6003683 | Forward or reverse hydrocyclone systems and methods Hydrocyclone cleaning systems and methods remove contaminants from a suspension of papermaking stock. A subsystem 10 employs forward cleaners for removing heavy contaminants while a subsystem 12 is fed directly from subsystem 10 and removes lightweight co... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5947300 | Cyclone separater having switchable inlet A separation apparatus for separating a mixture of materials including a cyclone having an inlet capable of being switched into either one of two conditions, such as fully closed and fully or pre-set partially open, by movement of at least part of the cyc... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5783096 | Method for treating wash water originating from the washing of sugar beets A description is given of a method for treating wash water originating from the washing of sugar beets. This wash water essentially comprises water, sand, sludge and sugar beet particles. The wash water is subjected to a treatment in a cyclone, in which t... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5776304 | Method and apparatus for treating filler-containing material, such as recycled fibers Recycled fiber pulp from a vortex cleaning plant (e.g. connected to the short circulation of a paper machine) effects the recovery and return of fillers in the recycled fiber pulp discharged from the vortex cleaning plant, in an efficient and economical m... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5693225 | Downhole fluid separation system A downhole fluid separation system is used with submergible pumping systems to separate downhole fluids into different density fluids, recover the lighter fluids to the earth's surface, and dispose the heavier fluids downhole. The fluid separation system ... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5500197 | Process of purifying gypsum The process for purifying gypsum suspensions, particularly those formed in a flue gas desulfurizing plant, includes feeding the gypsum suspension (9) to a first hydrocyclone (1), which is operated to produce an underflow (11) with a comparatively high und... | 03/19/1996 |
| 4960525 | Hydrocyclone for washing particles in liquid suspension An apparatus and method for separating particulate solids from a liquid suspension relies upon a hydrocyclone having two radially and vertically spaced inlets in the upper portion thereof for establishing throughout the hydrocyclone concentric flow patter... | 10/02/1990 |
| 4927536 | Hydrocyclone separation system A hydrocyclone separation system is disclosed for separating a fluid mixture into at least two separate density components and for precluding remixing of semi-separated higher density components. A first and second hydrocyclone separators each has a centr... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4865740 | Method and apparatus for separating and recovering particulate material Particulate material such as coal of a size inferior to 1 mm is recovered by being entrained in a liquid medium and being fed through an apparatus comprising a plurality of cyclone separators connected in series, the cyclone angle of the separators decrea... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4830741 | Method for efficient separation of coal from coal spoil in two stages of hydrocyclonic separation A system operating in accordance with the method of the invention can be compared to a single stage enrichment by noting that in the single stage system, 100% (or all) of the underflow output of the first stage would go into refuse, i.e. whatever desirabl... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4773989 | Process for the preparation of fibrous suspensions in hydrocyclones The process for cleaning fibrous suspension in a multi-stage cleaner plant, in which one part is led off from the first stage as accept and the remaining part of the first stage is further prepared in subsequent stages. The cleaners (1) of the first stage... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4755295 | Multistage arrangement for countercurrent separation and methods of operating same A multistage arrangement for countercurrent separation of suspended solids, such as crystals, by means of hydro-cyclone groups connected in series and corresponding pumps and pump wells. For operating with relatively small expenditures with respect to app... | 07/05/1988 |
| 4738779 | Cyclone separator Oil processing apparatus for the treatment of a mixture containing oil and other constituents. The apparatus comprises two types of separators arranged to co-operate together, the first separator (22) being of the type capable of handling a mixture contai... | 04/19/1988 |
| 4737287 | Fluid flow apparatus Provided is a system of process components which will enable conversion of a bank of hydrocyclones from parallel operation to series operation and vice versa.... | 04/12/1988 |
| 4719014 | Cyclone separator Cyclone separator having a separating chamber with a primary portion of greater diameter at one end than at the other with at least one tangential feed inlet to the primary portion and two outlets each arranged axially and one extending from one end as th... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4711720 | Tangentially staged hydrocyclones A hydrocyclone separation system is disclosed for separating a liquid mixture into at least two different density components. A central outlet of a primary separation chamber is in fluid communication with a tangential inlet of at least one secondary cham... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4676809 | Hydrocyclone plant In a hydrocyclone plant for separating a fiber pulp suspension into a light phase and a heavy phase, comprising at least two hydrocyclones (1, 2) connected in series, there is provided a device (20) arranged both for degassing a first stream of separated ... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4673495 | Enclosed cyclone separators A liquid separator apparatus comprising a plurality of cyclone separators having feed inlets, overflow outlet and underflow outlets. The cyclone separators are enclosed substantially within a partitioned housing such that an overflow outlet of a first cyc... | 06/16/1987 |
| 4571296 | Two stage desilter An integrated and transportable two stage drilling mud desilting apparatus in combination. Includes a first-stage mud inlet manifold, a second-stage inlet manifold, and a mud outlet manifold all mounted together as part of a separator body. Has a second-s... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4544486 | Cyclone separator Cyclone separator having a separating chamber with first, second and third contiguous cylindrical portions arranged in that order and of progressively decreasing diameter, tangential feed inlets to the first cylindrical portion and two outlets each arrang... | 10/01/1985 |
