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Class 554/177 - Recovering from industrial waste materials (e.g., foots, textile treating liquors, spent sorbents, filter cake, sewage, sludge, soapstock, etc.)


Subclass of Class 554 - Organic compounds -- part of the class 532-570 series
Definition: Processes wherein waste materials, such as foots, textile
No. of patents: 29
Last issue date: 04/01/2008


NumberTitleIssue Date
7351342Method for recovering fluorine-containing emulsifier
An aqueous solution containing a fluorine-containing emulsifier in a low concentration of at least 1 ppm by mass and at most 1% by mass (e.g., coagulation waste water after an emulsion polymerization of a fluoropolymer and/or an aqueous solution obtained by washing ...
04/01/2008
7331472Method and apparatus for separation of a mixture of non-miscible liquids
A tank has an inlet opening mounted at an end wall at the beginning of an elongated horizontal path for supplying a mixture to be separated, and two outlet openings mounted at the end of the elongated horizontal path for separately draining the separated liquids. An...
02/19/2008
7235183Glycerine foots salt separation system
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for the recovery of salt from a glycerine process, allowing the salt to be used in a brine solution. A salt settling tank is positioned inline between the foots from a crude still bottom and a foot still. Salt se...
06/26/2007
7192524Method for processing sugar cane filter cake mud and extracting component products
A process for the continuous treatment of sugar cane filter cane mud separates and extracts components including fiber which can be used as an animal feed or a source of energy generation, lignin, beta-carotene, oil containing a high content of phytosterol, refined ...
03/20/2007
6833149Method and apparatus for processing vegetable oil miscella, method for conditioning a polymeric microfiltration membrane, membrane, and lecithin product
A method for processing vegetable oil miscella is provided. The method includes steps of feeding vegetable oil miscella to a conditioned polymeric microfiltration membrane, and recovering a permeate stream having a decreased weight percent of phospholipids compared ...
12/21/2004
6780321Recovery of oil from spent bleached earth
The invention discloses a process to recover oil from spent bleaching earth recovered from vegetable oil refining process. The process involve three sub-processes comprising of reacting the spent bleaching earth with a solvent selected from a group consisting of tol...
08/24/2004
6613941Method for recovering fluorinated alkanoic acids from waste waters
Fluorinated emulsifier acids can be isolated from wastewater by firstly removing fine solids and/or material which can be converted into fine solids from the wastewater, preferably by precipitation, subsequently bringing the wastewater into contact with a...
09/02/2003
6518442Process for the recovery of fluorinated alkandic acids from wastewater
The invention relates to a method for removing fluorinated emulsifying agent acids from waste waters, characterized in that the finely dispersed solids in the waste water are stabilized with a nonionic or cationic surfactant or an analogous acting surface...
02/11/2003
6497644Process for recycling amido-carboxylic acid esters into amino-carboxylic acids
According to the invention, waste materials containing amido-carboxylic acid esters, which are generated during the preparation of phenyl ester salts, can be converted into amido-carboxylic acids. The recovered amido-carboxylic acid is then useful in the ...
12/24/2002
6399802Method for soapstock acidulation
Methods for acidification of soapstock and recovery of acidulated fatty acids are disclosed. Further methods of conversion of the acidulated fatty acids to esters are also disclosed. Further methods of crystallizing the acidulated fatty acids from the ext...
06/04/2002
6218555Process for the preparation of alkanoyloxy-benzenesulfonic acids and salts thereof
Disclosed is a process for the preparation of alkanoate esters of hydroxybenzenesulfonic acids and salts thereof by the steps of (1) contacting or reacting phenol with an alkanoic acid in the presence of trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) and trifluoroacetic anhy...
04/17/2001
6207209Method for removing phospholipids from vegetable oil miscella, method for conditioning a polymeric microfiltration membrane, and membrane
A method for removing phospholipids from vegetable oil miscella is provided. The method includes steps of feeding vegetable oil miscella to a conditioned polymeric microfiltration membrane, and recovering a permeate stream having a decreased weight percen...
03/27/2001
5980754Process for recovering components of a float material from waste water treatment system
A process for recovering protein, fatty and water components from a float material produced by a waste water treatment system, wherein the protein and fatty components can be further processed for inclusion in various products, such as animal feed. The re...
11/09/1999
5599376Process and equipment to reclaim reusable products from edible oil process waste streams
A process for recovering edible oil and bleaching clay from an edible oil-bleaching clay waste stream and for recovering edible oil and nickel catalyst from a hydrogenated edible oil-nickel catalyst-filter aid waste stream; the recovered bleaching clay ma...
02/04/1997
5565590Process for recycling amino-carboxylic acid waste materials into amido-carboxylic acids
This invention relates to a process for recycling waste material selected from amino-carboxylic acid oligomers or polymers and amido-carboxylic acid oligomers or polymers into amido-carboxylic acids. A mixture containing water, an oligomeric or polymeric ...
10/15/1996
4957662Method for purifying fatty acids
Fatty acids having excellent color and color stability can be obtained by a combination procedure of a contacting step of a crude fatty acid with a reducing metal, and a distillation step....
09/18/1990
4259251Treatment of effluent
A process for the production of fatty acid soaps from sludge, especially sewage sludge, comprises extracting sludge having a solids content of at least 15% by weight with a non-polar solvent to provide an extract containing fatty matter, and subsequently ...
03/31/1981
4186582Press for hydrostatic extrusion of tubes and profiles
The pressure medium used in the pressure chamber of a hydrostatic press is degassified in a degassing tank prior to delivery to the pressure chamber so as to improve the resistance of the pressure cylinder, or the liner inside of the pressure cylinder, to...
02/05/1980
4185026Process for cleansing spent clay from the refining of glyceride esters
Elevated temperature process for deoiling spent crystalline clay from the refining of glyceride esters ("oils") wherein a primary dispersion of such spent clay and aqueous alkali are mixed under pH conditions effective for removing a substantial amount of...
01/22/1980
4164507Process for separation of salt from heavy ends wastes of glycerine manufacture
A process is described for separating salt (sodium chloride) from the polyglyceride-containing organic phase of the heavy ends waste or glycerine foots still bottoms obtained in conventional manufacture of glycerine via hydrolysis of epichlorohydrin or gl...
08/14/1979
4152323Process for removing water from glue stock
A process is disclosed for treating glue stock so as to remove water and fat therefrom and render the glue stock useful as fertilizer, fertilizer supplements or animal feed. The process comprises heating the glue stock to a temperature between 40° and 80...
05/01/1979
4136217Removing oil emulsion from articles prior to coating articles and recovering oil from the emulsion
In a continuous process wherein corrosion resistant and paint adherent coatings are formed on metallic articles and wherein prior to the formation of said coatings, the articles are first subjected to a pre-cleaning stage in which oil emulsion is removed ...
01/23/1979
4110356Recovery of domestic oil from spent clay
Spent clay from the bleaching of C18+ domestic glyceride esters ("oils") is deoiled by slurrying such spent clay with aqueous alkali at a temperature of at least about 80° C. and a weight ratio of water to clay of about 2-6:1 at a high "pH win...
08/29/1978
4082867Oil emulsion removal and recovery of oil
Oil emulsion is removed from the surfaces of articles by washing the articles with an aqueous solution of wash water and demulsifier, thereby forming a turbulent mixture of the wash water, the demulsifier and the oil emulsion. The demulsifier is effective...
04/04/1978
4061568Method for recovering and stabilizing fat and fatty substances as well as proteins and proteinous substances from process water
The invention according to the present patent application relates to a method for recovering substances from fat processing industry such as fat refining plants, margarine industry and other food industries, whereby a water purifying effect is achieved as...
12/06/1977
4049685Process for cleansing spent clay
Process for washing fatty acids from spent clay, such as spent bleaching clay, with aqueous alkali at elevated temperature is improved by establishing and maintaining the mixture of aqueous phase and fatty acid at a pH between about 5 and about 6.5....
09/20/1977
3974069Process for the dehydration of fatty sludge and the recovery of chemicals
A process is disclosed for concentrating a fatty sludge precipitated from a fatty and proteinaceous aqueous emulsion by successive addition of hydrolyzable metals salts and alkaline earth salts thereto and subsequently separated from the aqueous portion o...
08/10/1976
3947355Apparatus and process of separating packing house waste
Scraper elements are resiliently and movably supported to alternately, at one stage in the process, pass along a sloped ramp in contact with a container wall to remove surface layers of tallow-like material from water contaminated therewith and, in a subs...
03/30/1976
3931258Recovery of sugar cane wax
This invention relates to a process for recovering wax from filter cake derived from the treatment of sugar cane in the production of cane sugar. The process involves taking up the wax in water by forming an aqueous slurry of the filter cake, adding a sur...
01/06/1976
 
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