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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8066851 | In-line treatment of hydrocarbon fluids with ozone A system for treating recovered fluids in-line that includes a thermal reactor for separating contaminated drill cuttings into drill cuttings and contaminants by applying heat to the contaminated drill cuttings so as to vaporize contaminants from the contaminated dr... | 11/29/2011 |
| 7695593 | Helical fractionating column The helical fractionating column according to the invention falls into the field of oil separation apparatus for the petroleum refining industry, which includes a column body (8), and is characterized in that the inside of the column body (8) is divide... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7431803 | Process for reducing vapor condensation in flash/separation apparatus overhead during steam cracking of hydrocarbon feedstocks A flash/separation vessel for treating hydrocarbon feedstock containing resid to provide a liquid phase and a vapor phase has: (A) an inlet for introducing hydrocarbon feedstock; (B) an inlet for adding heated vaporous diluent to the vessel to dilute the vapor phase... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7371313 | On-site generation, purification, and distribution of ultra-pure anhydrous ammonia A system and method for generating, purifying, and using ultra-pure ammonia on-site, such as at a semiconductor manufacturing facility. The system includes an ammonia generation system configured to generate ammonia including carbon dioxide, water, and other impurit... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7303664 | Delayed coking process for producing free-flowing coke using a metals-containing additive A delayed coking process for making substantially free-flowing coke, preferably shot coke. A coker feedstock, such as a vacuum residuum, is heated in a heating zone to coking temperatures then conducted to a coking zone wherein volatiles are collected overhead and c... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7267747 | Plant and method for vacuum distillation of hydrocarbon liquids A vacuum distillation system and method utilizing a low capacity vacuum producing ejector operated in parallel with a primary ejector during the Winter months enables significant reduction in the absolute pressure of a vacuum distillation column. Operation of a vacu... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7235183 | Glycerine 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 |
| 7182028 | System and method for the pyrolization of waste A system for the pyrolization of waste has a combustion chamber with a fuel inlet and a hot gas outlet, a pyrolization chamber separated from the combustion chamber, and a conveyor means positioned within the pyrolization chamber for moving waste from the waste inle... | 02/27/2007 |
| 6881303 | Method and system for pyrolyzing plastic and pyrolysate product A plastic as a material to be treated and an additive such as unsaturated fatty acid oil are mixed, and the mixture is heated in a pyrolysis tank at a temperature of 300° C. to 450° C. by a heating member to thereby thermally decompose the mixture. A gas component... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6287455 | Purifier for lubricating oil or hydraulic oil The present invention provides a means of removing water, antifreeze and fuel from lubricating or hydraulic oil by evaporating these impurities and venting them out of the purifier. The oil is heated by heat of an exposed horizontal heating wand within th... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6172271 | Method and apparatus for reclaiming oil from waste plastic This invention provides a method for reclaiming oil from waste plastic in such a way that thermosetting resins and solid foreign matter in the plastic will not pose a problem. This method greatly reduces the burden of presorting the garbage or industrial ... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6099727 | Process for removing contaminants from cooling lubricants A method for separating impurities from cooling lubricants, in particular oil or oil emulsions, in which the cooling lubricant first is warmed to decrease the viscosity; then it is centrifuged in a centrifuge, after which the cleaned cooling lubricant pas... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6036473 | Heavy oil emulsified fuel combustion apparatus A heavy oil emulsified fuel combustion apparatus is provided in which steam bubbles generated in the pressure reduction operation for dewatering a heavy oil emulsified fuel before combustion are prevented from mixing into a dewatered heavy oil side result... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5904836 | High-vacuum oil refinery system and process High-vacuum oil refinery systems and process are disclosed in this invention. The systems and process enables to carry out vaporization and distillation of oils under the condition of 1-10-4 Torr of high vacuum and at the temperature of not hig... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5873980 | Apparatus and method for recovering solvent A solvent recovery system for an oil and grease test collects and condenses solvent vapors to recover solvent. A vessel having an inlet for sealingly receiving an outlet of a separatory funnel receives solvent from the separatory funnel. The solvent is fi... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5871618 | Apparatus for reclaiming fuel oil from waste oil Disclosed is an apparatus and a process for reclaiming fuel oil from waste oil. The apparatus comprises a thermal cracking unit for cracking the high boiling hydrocarbon material into lighter, lower boiling, material so as to separate hydrocarbon vapor pr... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5865956 | Process and apparatus for the conversion of sludges A process for the conversion of organic sludges, the process comprising the steps of: (a) feeding dried sludge through a first reactor (16); (b) heating the dried sludge in the first reactor (16) in the absence of oxygen for the volatilization of oil producing... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5846385 | Process and apparatus for energy recovering through waste classification and calcination The invention provide a process for energy recovering through waste classification and calcination and an apparatus therefor, comprises crushing and sorting various types of wastes and by means of a series of classification, calcination and recovering tre... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5820748 | Safe removal of gasses, water and solvents from used lubricating oils with vacuum apparatus under mild temperature conditions Gasses, water and solvents, major contaminants in used lubricating oils, can be removed from used lubricating oils at mild temperature conditions under vacuum. Apparatus in which the removal can take place includes a hollow vacuum separator vessel with a ... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5753086 | Process for waste plastic recycling An apparatus for recycling or decompstiong waste plastic is decomposed in a diluent such as hot oil through actions involving free readical precursors, such as polyvinyl chloride or polyurethane is achieved at low temperatures. The thermal decompostion (o... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5453165 | System and method for reducing hydrocarbons in wastewater A system and method for reducing hydrocarbons in wastewater includes an oil separator and a stripper tower. The tower has a housing that includes a stripper section and a condensation section. The stripper section includes a plurality of trays and steam i... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5382328 | Installation for processing waste oil For the processing of waste oil, i.e. environmentally safe processing, a process and installation are used whereby the waste oil is preheated with the distillation gases and is then distilled itself by burning the distilled waste oil. The liquid and solid... | 01/17/1995 |
| 5286349 | Apparatus for reclaiming useful oil products from waste oil Apparatus for reclaiming a useful oil product has an evaporation chamber, including an inlet for the waste oil, and an outlet for the vaporized oil, as a useful oil product. Burners are provided for heating the evaporation chamber to vaporize oil from the... | 02/15/1994 |
| 5271808 | Apparatus from waste oil for reclaiming a useful oil product An apparatus and a method are provided reclaiming a useful oil product from waste oil, such as used lubricating oil. The apparatus comprises an oil feed means, a boiler, a heater and a separating means. The heater is used to heat the waste oil in the boil... | 12/21/1993 |
| 4830711 | Installation for separating a solvent from a mixture of solvent and hydrocarbons A method of and system for recovering a solvent from a mixture of solvent and hydrocarbons, the system comprising at least two evaporation flasks successively fed with a charge consisting of said mixture to be separated, at least one steam generator perfo... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4814044 | System for treating heavy hydrocarbon-water mixture In a technique for recovering hydrocarbon values from a heavy hydrocarbon-water mixture, the mixture is first delivered through a sub-assembly to remove solid particulates. Then the mixture is delivered through a series of heat exchanger--kettle arrangeme... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4714524 | Apparatus for minimizing recycling in an unsaturated gas plant An unsaturated gas plant system includes a first unit which receives a low pressure hydrocarbon gas input provides a liquid output and a gaseous output, an absorber which receives an unstabilized gasoline input and a lean oil input, a stripper, and a low ... | 12/22/1987 |
| 4681660 | Method and device for reclaiming fluid lubricants A method and device for reclaiming fluid lubricants, such as oil, which removes both solid and liquid contaminants from the fluid through efficient, adjustable filters and vacuum distillation.... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4549934 | Flash zone draw tray for coker fractionator An internal draw tray is added to the flash zone of a coker fractionator below the coker vapor inlet to collect condensed coke drum overhead components and to keep the condensed material separate from the fresh feed to the coker furnace.... | 10/29/1985 |
| 4502920 | Apparatus for aboveground separation, vaporization and recovery of oil from oil shale An improved retort apparatus for recovering oil from crushed oil shale moved by gravity through a passageway of an elongated housing includes a control assembly connected adjacent the outlet end of the housing to control the rate of movement of the crushe... | 03/05/1985 |
| 4362610 | Apparatus for recovery of hydrocarbons from tar-sands Apparatus for releasing bitumen components of an earth aggregate by establishing a current flow within an electrolyte contained in a volume of the aggregate which has been isolated from the surrounding earth. The current flow electrochemically acts on the... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4261814 | Vacuum pipestill operation The invention provides an improvement in the conventional operation of a vacuum pipestill, whereby when used with, for example, an atmospheric residuum either (a) conventional yields are obtainable with less stripping steam utilization, or (b) a deeper cu... | 04/14/1981 |
| 4179019 | Apparatus for reclaiming used lubricating oils A used lubricating oil reclamation apparatus in which filters, heat exchangers, a vaporizer unit, pumps and other necessary equipment are all contained in a wheeled cabinet. The oil to be reclaimed is pumped through a warming heat exchanger, a first filte... | 12/18/1979 |
| 4089662 | Oil treatment system An oil treatment system for reclaiming used oil including apparatus for feeding the oil first through a filter for removing solid contaminants therefrom then through a vaporizer unit wherein it is heated under a vacuum while in a flowing film form to remo... | 05/16/1978 |
| 4065361 | Apparatus and system for processing oil shale Apparatus for treating oil shale by microwave energy for recovering heated volatile fractions thereof. The microwave oven includes a sloping feeder made of glass, pyrex, or ceramic material, which feeder is reciprocated back and forth along a declining pl... | 12/27/1977 |
| 4038152 | Process and apparatus for the destructive distillation of waste material An apparatus is provided for the destructive distillation of organic waste materials. An insulated sealed distillator compartment is provided having a plurality of conveyor stages for transporting the waste material through the sealed compartment while su... | 07/26/1977 |
| 4014782 | Residual fuel deriving from petroleum crude by thermal shock cracking A process for improving a residual fuel derived from the distillation of petroleum crude includes originating a thermal shock by injecting water into residual fuel oil which has previously been heated to a temperature close to its boiling point, at a pres... | 03/29/1977 |
