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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8157895 | System for reducing head space in a pressure cyclone A pressure cyclone is disclosed having a concave top head, wherein the concave top head has a substantially flat roof disposed in the interior of the cyclone vessel. An inlet is tangentially-coupled to the vessel and has an inlet nozzle disposed therein and configur... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8152905 | Device and method for separating particles out from a fluid Device (34) for separating particles and/or drops of solid/fluid material out of a fluid, which device has a cyclone (14) with an inlet (16) and an outlet (28). The device also has a centrifuge (36) that is arranged to separate par... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8083838 | Direct stripping cyclone Systems and methods for the separation of a particulate-fluid suspension are provided. An apparatus for the separation of a particulate-fluid suspension can include an enclosed vessel having two or more sections disposed coaxially along a common longitudinal centerl... | 12/27/2011 |
| 7985282 | Apparatus and method for separating solids from gas streams Disclosed herein is a cyclone for separating fine particles from a gas. The cyclone includes a cyclone body having an upper end with an inlet and a lower end with a particulate outlet, gas outlet tube with an upper end that extends upwardly into the lower end of the... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7967897 | System and process for the separation of suspensions of spent catalysts and hydrocarbons formed in a fluid catalytic cracking unit with multiple ascending flow reaction tubes The present invention relates to a system for the separation of suspensions of spent catalysts and hydrocarbons formed in an FCC unit with multiple ascending flow reaction tubes, comprising interconnections between each of the ascending flow reaction tubes and the s... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7931740 | Cyclone separator Systems and methods for separating contaminants in a contaminated airstream are described. In one embodiment, a contaminated airstream is received and a vortex is created that separates the contaminated airstream into a clean airstream used in the system and contami... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7922794 | Cyclonic vacuum cleaner ribbed cyclone shroud A vacuum cleaner cyclone separator having a cyclone chamber with an air inlet and an air outlet. The cyclone chamber directs an airflow into a cyclonic pattern to remove a first amount of debris from the airflow. A filter shroud is located within the cyclone chamber... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7914610 | Stripping process In an FCC process in which swirl arms are used to discharge gas and catalyst from a riser, a baffle is used to direct descending catalyst away from a wall of a disengaging vessel proximate a stripping section comprising elongated strips of metal. ... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7736422 | Cyclonic separation grassbag apparatuses and methods for mowing machines Apparatuses and methods are provided for removing dust particles from air circulating within a mowing machine, such as a lawn mowing machine, including a housing, a handle attached to the housing, a prime mover attached to the housing, and a grassbag employing a cyc... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7708808 | Cyclone separator with rotating collection chamber A cyclone separator including a gas inlet, a gas outlet, and a particle outlet opening, wherein a rotatable particle collection chamber is in fluid communication with the particle outlet opening. ... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7597748 | Process to separate solids from solids laden gaseous flow A process to separate solids from a solids laden gaseous flow containing more than 100 mg/Nm3 solids by separating solids from the gaseous flow using a gas-solids separator resulting in a gaseous flow containing less than 50 mg/Nm3 solids and a... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7547351 | Multi cyclone dust collector for a vacuum cleaner A multi-cyclone dust collector including at least one first cyclone forcing contaminants-laden air that is entered into a lower portion of the at least one first cyclone to whirl so as to centrifugally separate contaminants from the contaminants-laden air; and at le... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7510597 | Method and separator for cyclonic separation of a fluid mixture A method for cyclonic separation of gaseous and liquid fractions from a multiphase fluid mixture comprises: providing a cyclonic separation vessel (1) having a bottom section (4), a top section (3) and a tubular midsection (2), which is c... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7410527 | Device for separating liquid components from a gas flow with a cyclone, a tank and a cyclone tank turbulence brake A separator for separating liquid components, in particular oil components, from a gas flow is disclosed including a cyclone and a tank. The liquid separator has a cyclone 1 with a separating chamber 2 including gas supply 3 and gas discharge | 08/12/2008 |
| RE40407 | Method and apparatus for mixing fluids A method for entraining and mixing gas with liquids within a conduit or drop structure, comprising the channeling of one or more liquid flows into spiral flows of predetermined radius (radii), reducing the predetermined radius (radii) to increase the centrifugal for... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7377960 | Cyclonic separator with secondary vortex break A cyclonic separator and methods of cyclonic separation which provide for a band pass separation of particles. That is, a cyclonic separator able to remove particles from an air stream that are greater than a predetermined minimum (which is greater than zero) while ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7370543 | Air-sampling device and method of use The present disclosure concerns embodiments of a sampling apparatus that utilizes one or more cyclone separators to collect airborne particles from the atmosphere. In one representative embodiment, the sampling apparatus includes a collection-vessel retaining member... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7351326 | FCC closed cyclone with snorkel Thermal cracking in a riser cracking, closed cyclone, fluidized catalytic cracking process is reduced. A snorkel or flow conduit having an inlet just above the catalyst stripper moves stripper vapor into the closed cyclone. The system preferably operates without a s... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7329309 | Gas-solids separation device and method A multi-stage gas-solids separator is configured so that the higher density (solids) output flows of two or more of the separator stages are merged together. The multi-stage separator is preferably composed of cyclone separators, with the diplegs of at least two of ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7323038 | Separation of gases and solids using a cyclone Cyclone design comprising an inlet device having an inlet height (Hi) and an inlet width (Wi), a gas outlet pipe having a pipe diameter (Di) and a pipe penetration (P), a barrel having an upper barrel diameter (Db) and a barrel length (Lb), said barrel comprising a ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7311746 | Vapor/liquid separation apparatus for use in cracking hydrocarbon feedstock containing resid A highly efficient vapor/liquid separation apparatus for treating a flow of vapor/liquid mixtures of hydrocarbons and steam comprises a substantially cylindrical vertical drum having an upper cap section, a middle section comprising a circular wall, a lower cap sect... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7309383 | Process for removing solid particles from a gas-solids flow Catalyst losses are prevented in riser reactor systems by using a low inlet velocity for the first cyclone separator in each multi-stage cyclone separator in the reactor. Catalyst particles not separated from the product output flow in an oxygenate-to-olefin reactor... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7288202 | Rotary separator and method A separator and method according to which substances having relatively high densities are separated from a pressurized flow stream. ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7282074 | Auxiliary dust collection system An auxiliary dust collection system can be interposed between a sander or other dust producing tool and a vacuum source, e.g., shop vacuum. This auxiliary system has a cyclonic separator connected by a flexible hose to the tool and by another hose to the vacuum sour... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7279039 | Method and apparatus for controlling pollution from a cement plant A method and apparatus for reducing air pollutants associated with dry process, precalciner cement manufacturing is shown. Raw feed meal used in cement production is heated in a special heating chamber to drive off volatile compounds, such as organic materials and s... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7262384 | Reaction vessel and method for synthesizing nanoparticles using cyclonic gas flow A reaction vessel and a method for efficiently producing and collecting nanoparticles in the reaction vessel using cyclonic gas flow. Gas is injected through an inlet tangentially positioned relative to the axis of the vessel to cause the gas to form an outer helica... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7261008 | Air sampler An air sampler having a fan; an air inlet tube; a main body having a cyclonic cup, a stripping column and a demister; and fluidic circuitry for inputting fluids to the main body and the air inlet tube, and for outputting fluids from the main body. Air flow through t... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7246825 | Erosion-indicating safety fitting An erosion-indicating safety fitting having a fluid passage formed within for connection in-line with a pipe and a cage of interconnecting breach passages formed into the block and surrounding the fluid passage, particularly at areas having a predicted risk of erosi... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7214323 | Method for treating body waste material, and apparatus therefor A method of treating fluid body waste material includes, separating the material into factions, in which the solids content of one faction is increased substantially relative to the originating waste material, while a second faction has an increased liquid content. ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7189273 | Inducing air A mechanism configured to interact with air, which has been sucked through a device that imparts turbulence to the air, causes a redistribution of components (e.g., oxygen and nitrogen) in the air so that when the air arrives at a location where the oxygen is to be ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7185595 | Method for largely unsupported combustion of petroleum coke Combustion of petroleum coke using air to carry the fuel into a combustion zone and to provide a source of oxidant. Enhanced combution utilizes oxygen introduced into or proximate primary, secondary, tertiary, quaternary, or over-fire air to effect primary combustio... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7185765 | Cyclone with in-situ replaceable liner system and method for accomplishing same Cyclones having abrasion resistant liners with a system and method for replacing the liners when they worn out due to the destructive nature of the materials being classified in the cyclone. The cyclone includes segmented inlet housing liners which are separately re... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7163626 | Device for treating a gas/liquid mixture The present invention relates to a device for treating a gas/liquid mixture, comprising: an inlet opening for the mixture; an outlet for the mixture located downstream; rotating means arranged in the tube for setting the mixture into rotating movement; one or more o... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7160518 | Cyclone separator A cyclone separator provided with an inlet for receiving gas and solid particles, + a gas outlet at its upper end and a lower tubular part, wherein the lower tubular part is provided with a closed lower end, through which closed lower end a substantially vertical pa... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7150860 | Process and apparatus for quick feed contacting with immediate vapor disengagement An apparatus and process in which a catalyst nozzle and a feed nozzle are joined together at a joint in a reactor vessel that contains a disengaging transport conduit in communication with a separator. An inlet to the transport conduit is disposed vertically higher ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7144447 | Method and device for treating particulate material A process and apparatus for reducing material in particle form in a fluidization zone and at elevated temperature, in particular for reducing fine ore, the particle material being held in the fluidization zone by a treatment gas which flows upward from below. Materi... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7135151 | Apparatus for feed contacting with immediate catalyst separation A particular arrangement of an FCC unit creates an immediate and sustained gravity separation of catalyst and hydrocarbon vapors in short contact time cracking operation. A transverse feed contactor ejects the mixture of catalyst and hydrocarbon vapors transversely ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7115157 | Gas separation apparatus and methods Novel gas separation apparatus and methods are provided that help reduce the amount of process gas lost through the discharge outlet of either a cyclone separating gas/solid mixtures or a hydroclone separating gas/liquid mixtures. Significant savings are realized by... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7108785 | Blood conditioning device A blood conditioning device having a housing with a helical blood acceleration section which includes a helical flow path for impressing centrifugal forces on the entrained bubbles in the blood to concentrate them towards the center of the flow path, a bubble pick o... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7070645 | Process and apparatus for separating two phases from each other The invention relates to a method and apparatus for separating two phases from each other. According to the invention, a stream made up of at least two phases is directed to a separation apparatus, which comprises a separation container (25) and cyclones (... | 07/04/2006 |
