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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7344636 | Separator A separator comprises a gully chamber 2 having inlet and outlet ducts 10, 12. Inlet and outlet housings 20, 22 are disposed within the separator and are connected by a bypass duct 24 which extends around the wall of the chamber 2. ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7311824 | Fine particle separation treatment system and cyclone separator The present invention provides a fine particle separation treatment system containing: a storage tank for storing a solution; a solution circulating passageway for circulating the solution in the storage tank, a cyclone separator disposed in the solution circulating... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7309445 | Transferring slurry from a vessel Apparatus for transferring slurry from a vessel having a plurality of slurry collection points. The apparatus includes a manifold having a plurality of inlets in flow communication with one or more outlets and a plurality of pressure-reducing cyclones. Each cyclone ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7232525 | Automatic tank cleaning system An automatic tank cleaning system includes a water recycling unit having a weir therein and a conically-shaped bottom, a cutting box having a portable weir therein, a hydrocyclonic separator, and a mud tank. Tank slop is pumped from the mud tank to the water recycli... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7217368 | Method and apparatus for liquid treatment with combined electronic and centrifugal processes to remove contaminants An apparatus and method for treating dirty water or other liquids containing particles of varying size includes a magnetic treatment unit and a centrifugal separator through which the liquid flows as a stream in sequence. The magnetic treatment unit causes very smal... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7150836 | Microwave-emitting rotor, separator apparatus including same, methods of operation and design thereof An apparatus for use in separating, at least in part, a mixture, including at least one chamber and at least one microwave generation device configured for communicating microwave energy into the at least one chamber is disclosed. The rotor assembly may comprise an ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7150290 | Unitary concrete pumping station for aqueous waste submersible pumping applications A unitary concrete structure pumping station useful in pumping waste fluids and the like during the passing of such materials from one part of a gravity flow waste system to another. This concrete structure is simple to install and use and many of the problems assoc... | 12/19/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7083718 | Waterboiler system with solids removal apparatus A water boiler system for producing steam or hot water includes an apparatus for removing dissolved minerals from the boiler water without the use of water softeners or other chemical treatment agents. An electromagnetic flux producing device first treats water of t... | 08/01/2006 |
| 6863812 | Collector for adsorptive recovery of dissolved metal from sea water A collector is disclosed that is made of a polyolefin fiber having amidoxime groups and that is capable of efficient adsorptive recovery of useful metals such as uranium, vanadium, cobalt and titanium which are dissolved in small quantities in seawater. In the prese... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6833078 | Solid-liquid separation system Methods and apparatus for separating liquid products and catalyst fines from a slurry used in a Fischer-Tropsch reactor. A settling system continuously or intermittently removes catalyst fines from the slurry and is coupled with catalyst-liquid separation system tha... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6793817 | Lamp assembly for point-of-use water treatment system The present invention is directed to a replaceable lamp assembly for a point-of-use water treatment system (WTS). The lamp assembly includes first and second ends with respective sealed inlet and outlet openings associated with the ends. One or more conduits extend ... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6713299 | Apparatus for separating biological materials A method and apparatus are provided for the separation of biological materials from one another. The device includes a separation column that is in flow communication with a collection chamber in a reservoir that includes a collection container and a lid. The separa... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6641722 | System for removing silicone oil from waste water treatment plant sludge A method of removing silicone oils from waste water generated by a silicones manufacturing plant including the step of centrifuging the waste water to concentrate silicone oil contaminated solids while removing the silicone oils. The silicone oil contamin... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6599418 | Apparatus for treating water or wastewater An integrated apparatus that contains both the gravity settling mechanism and the dissolved-air floatation (DAF) mechanism in a compensating manner is provided. The said apparatus comprises a gravity settling chamber (34), a DAF chamber (42), a chamber co... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6592826 | Differential vacuum chamber for directed transport of a substance In a vacuum chamber, which has at least two vacuum regions, substances, especially fluids, are transported in a directed manner from one region into the other region by the application of a suitable vacuum. As a result, it is possibly by the use of filter... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6585899 | Mobile waste treatment system Disclosed are waste processing systems capable of being used on-board a transport such as a train, bus, airplane, boat, or other similar vehicles. The liquid waste is evaporated and condensed primarily as water vapor. The resulting liquid may be safely di... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6479680 | Method for reacting an organic compound with a hydroperoxide A process for the reaction of an organic compound with a hydroperoxide comprises at least the steps (i) to (iii) below: (i) reaction of the hydroperoxide with the organic compound to give a mixture comprising the reacted organic compound and unreacted hyd... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6475071 | Cross flow slurry filtration apparatus and method The present invention is directed toward an apparatus and method for the cross flow filtration of polishing slurry compositions used in semiconductor wafer planarization. In one aspect, an apparatus according to the invention includes an elongated cylindr... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6451173 | Separator system An improved apparatus useful in a process for separating a liquid stream (which can be an HF catalyst mixture) having a first liquid component (which can be HF), a second liquid component (which can be light ASO) and a third liquid component (which can be... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6444095 | System for recovering glycol from glycol/brine streams A system for recovering glycol from glycol and brine mixtures produced from oil or natural gas wells that combines energy efficiency with a capability for handling salt and other solids contained in the mixture. The system comprises three effect evaporato... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6428697 | System for processing waste water Methods comprise processing wastewater to produce useful products. Preferably wastewater is ash leachate from landfills which is processed using magnetohydrodynamic treatment followed by electrolytic cell treatment to produce sodium hypochlorite. Methods ... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6358415 | Vortex sewage disposal apparatus A vortex sewage disposal apparatus for the disposal of construction sewage, comprising a hopper-type casing, a water inlet pipe, a lower outlet and a frame; within the water inlet pipe these are provided rapid-mixing blades, on the wall of the inlet pipe ... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6325898 | Constituent separation system A device allows for continuous regulation of the composition of a fluid mixture that includes at least two components of different polarities. The device is designed, for example, to be inserted in a separation system that the device supplies with a carri... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6217777 | Flotation apparatus and process Flotation apparatus (1) for the purification of polluted water, comprising a flotation vessel (3) having an inlet means (23) for supplying polluted water to said vessel, an assembly (41) of spaced elements (43, 65) defining passages for the flow of water ... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6210574 | System for separation of nucleated fetal erythrocytes from maternal blood samples A system for separating nucleated cells from a blood sample includes a charge-flow separator (CFS), which separates blood into fractions according to the surface charge density characteristics coupled with an affinity-filtration separator which either out... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6203710 | Liquid decontamination method and apparatus A liquid decontamination system has a liquid treatment chamber having a liquid input and output and a gas input and output. A plurality of electrodes are positioned to place a voltage across the liquid treatment chamber and the liquid therein. A plurality... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6193878 | Multi-modal method and apparatus for treating a solution A multi-modal system for modifying water structure in a solution to continuously affect the hydration forces acting on the constituents in the solution. The system includes a containment vessel defining a treatment environment and including a wall definin... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6074557 | Water treatment device and method An apparatus for separating contaminants from a fluid stream is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a vessel containing a gas blanket. The apparatus will have contained therein a water skimmer member adapted for allowing for retention of the fluid stream. ... | 06/13/2000 |
| 5988283 | Vertical combined production facility A Vertical Combined Production Facility, or gas-well production system, in which the separation of each phase (hydrocarbon gas, hydrocarbon liquids, and produced water), dehydration of natural gas, removal of minute traces of water from the hydrocarbon li... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5980694 | Apparatus for the purification of water contaminated with oil An installation for cleaning oil-polluted water, in particular at oil and gas production plants, is provided with a distillation column having a polluted water feed and at least one contact packing above which the outlet of the polluted water feed is loca... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5958233 | Apparatus for efficiently dewatering corn stillage solids and other materials A new process and apparatus efficiently dewater aqueous solids residual after fermentation and distillation, such as corn stillage. The feed stream of aqueous solids slurry is fractionated into two or more substreams in such a way that one of the substrea... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5958240 | System for recycling waste water An apparatus and method for treating waste water to generate clarified water for reuse in industrial processes which includes the steps of adding agents to the waste stream to generate floccules, aerating the waste stream to cause a portion of the floccul... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5901853 | Apparatus and method for extracting impurities from a pulpous slurry An apparatus (310) for extracting impurities from a pulpous slurry. The apparatus has an auxiliary chamber (13) having an upper chamber (313) and a hydrocyclone (311) for further extracting impurities from the pulpous slurry. A conduit (58) returns a sele... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5902489 | Particle handling method by acoustic radiation force and apparatus therefore A chamber for exerting an ultrasound beam on a sample solution containing particles to be concentrated, separated or arranged is provided with a view toward arbitrarily controlling the shape of a spatial distribution of potential energy created by the ult... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5866071 | Centrifuge tube with a built-in small tubing for separation following density gradients centrifugation A new type of centrifuge tube convenient for separation after density gradients centrifugation is invented. The inner bottom of the centrifuge tube is in a funnel shape, and an orifice is located at the narrowest place of the funnel neck. The orifice conn... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5846413 | Three zone dissolved air flotation clarifier with improved efficiency A compact dissolved-air-flotation (DAF) clarifier and clarification process utilize three zones for clarification which operate in sequence in a single clarifier. Raw water with suspended solids enters a flocculator at the center of an annular tank where ... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5840183 | Apparatus for the separation of materials, especially for the separation of oil and other substances from water An apparatus for the separation of oil and other substances from a liquid such as water consisting of a first, vertical and mainly cylindrical reservoir in which separation takes place by means of gravity, a second reservoir for additional separation, and... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5791491 | Apparatus and method for extracting impurities from a pulpous slurry An apparatus (110) for extracting impurities from a pulpous slurry. The apparatus has a housing (111) and an auxiliary chamber (113). The housing has a separation chamber (127) having stack of disks (159) spaced from each other so as to form channels (172... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5783089 | Method and apparatus for waste water treatment An apparatus and method for removing contaminants from waste water directs the waste water through a first magnetic field. An ionic polymer is introduced into the waste water after the waste water passes through the first magnetic field, whereby at least ... | 07/21/1998 |
