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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8096425 | System, apparatus and process for extraction of bitumen from oil sands An extraction system and process for extracting bitumen from a slurry containing bitumen, solids and water. The system comprises a cyclone separation facility for separating the slurry into a solids component stream and a bitumen froth stream with the bitumen froth ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 7431834 | Waste water and sludge treatment apparatus In a system for separating crystals from sludge, or from separated water generated when sludge is subjected to a concentration process or a dewatering process, aspects of both phosphorus removal and phosphorus recovery can be satisfied, MAP having a high degree of p... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7419608 | Treating method and equipment for coke-cooling wastewater The present invention falls within the field of purifying oil-laden wastewater, which provides a method for purifying coke-cooling wastewater in a delayed coking process in petroleum chemical field. The method comprises the following steps: (a) cooling the coke-cool... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7374692 | Treatment of ballast water The invention relates to hydrocyclones for ballast water treatment. The invention further relates to ballast water treatment systems comprising such hydrocyclones and methods of operating such hydrocyclones and ballast water treatment systems. ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7370701 | Wellbore completion design to naturally separate water and solids from oil and gas A wellbore completion design is provided, which creates a convective flow action that separates water and sand from hydrocarbons during production of the hydrocarbons from a subterranean formation. A deviated section of the wellbore creates the desired effect. The w... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7344641 | Used water treatment system for residences and the like A system for the treatment of residential wastewater which comprises a septic tank, a holding tank in fluid communication with the septic tank and a reactor containing a plurality of media on which the wastewater is sprayed, and cyclonic clarification means. The sys... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7314560 | Cyclone separator The present invention provides a cyclone separator made up of a cyclone portion for generating an eddy flow at a given flow rate by feeding a liquid containing a fine substance from liquid discharge passageways, for transferring the fine substance to an outer circum... | 01/01/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7293657 | Hydrocyclone and method for liquid-solid separation and classification Hydrocyclone and method for separating and classifying solids in which a slurry is introduced into the cylindrical inlet section of the separation chamber of the hydrocyclone so that the slurry rotates about the axis of the chamber, then passes through a first conic... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7291193 | Cyclone dust collector and vacuum cleaner therewith A cyclone dust collector and a vacuum cleaner having the same. The cyclone dust collector has a cyclone body shaped to have a relatively wider upper portion and a relatively narrower lower portion and also has a suction port and a discharge port, a grill member conn... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7291268 | Hydrocyclone bundle A hydrocyclone bundle comprising a plurality of hydrocyclone liners and a plate assembly for use in liquid-liquid separation is disclosed. The hydrocyclone bundle may be used in new or existing separators. The hydrocyclone liners may be oppositely positioned within ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7264715 | Apparatus for treating organic wastewater and sludge A process and an apparatus for efficiently recovering magnesium ammonium phosphate (MAP) crystals of high purity and good quality in the technique of removing phosphorus and the like as MAP crystals from wastewater containing high concentration organic substance, ph... | 09/04/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7198713 | Installation for the removal and the deactivation of organisms in the ballast water Installation for the removal and the deactivation of organisms in the ballast water, with the following characteristic features: a first feed pump for conveying the ballast water, an equipment for gravity precipita... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7195084 | Systems and methods for storing and handling drill cuttings Vessels for selectively holding drilling cuttings material and methods employing such vessels; the vessels, in at least certain aspects, having a body with a hollow container with an interior space for receiving drilling cuttings material and from which the material... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7182874 | Storm water treatment apparatus employing dual vortex separators A stormwater treatment device for removing floatables, solids and suspended particles and the like from stormwater run off, whereby a removable assembly is provided for installation into a manhole basin, the assembly including a pass-through member which receives st... | 02/27/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7173150 | Process for recovering terephthalic acid from pulverized product of spent polyethylene terephthalate and system for use in such process This invention provides a process a process for recovering terephthalic acid from pulverized products of spent polyethylene terephthalate. This process comprises (1) a decomposition reaction step where the pulverized products of spent polyethylene terephthalate are ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7148346 | Purification process This invention provides a process for purifying a cyclosporin, e.g. cyclosporin A, or a macrolide, to a high degree of purity on a large scale. In another aspect this invention provides a bulk quantity of cyclosporin A with an impurity level of less than about 0.7%,... | 12/12/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7140122 | Vacuum treatment of waste stream with anti-incrustation measures A method of treating a waste stream comprises a vacuum treatment to promote disintegration of the waste material by “flash vapor” production, causing a swiftly vaporizing fraction inside the material to literally explode or shred apart the matrix of the material... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7128150 | Acid gas disposal method This invention is method of recovering gas from a gas-bearing subterranean formation in which gas is produced from an upper portion of the formation and a waste gas is injected into a lower portion of the formation to dispose of the waste gas. The waste gas is injec... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7080960 | Apparatus and method for transporting waste materials An apparatus for transporting solid waste drill cuttings material produced in the drilling of an oil or gas well, the apparatus including: a waste supply apparatus; a feeder to transport the material; a pneumatic conveying apparatus to which the material is transfer... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7074339 | Apparatus for separating solids from a liquid An improved apparatus and method is disclosed for separating solids from a liquid. The apparatus and method comprises a first separator for circulating the solids and the liquid to concentrate the solids within the liquid. The concentrated solids are discharged into... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7062982 | Method and apparatus for concentrated airborne particle collection An apparatus for collecting biological aerosols from an air sample is provided comprising an air intake assembly adapted to draw the air sample into the apparatus, a separation section coupled to the intake assembly and adapted to separate aerosol particles from the... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7055866 | Non-damming coupler An open-ended coupler for joining a pipe to a larger opening defines a passageway having straight and angled sections. The straight section has a uniform inner diameter concentric about a centerline sized to receive the outer diameter of the pipe. The angled section... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7040417 | Drilling systems The present invention discloses, in certain aspects, systems and methods for producing cyclical impacts and, in certain aspects for moving a drilling apparatus for drilling a borehole in a formation, the system in certain embodiments including a housing with a longi... | 05/09/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7025879 | Rainwater collection apparatus and pumping system A rainwater collection apparatus stores rainwater until required, and includes at least one outlet for exporting rainwater. The outlet or outlets include ball-valve assemblies and levers for opening and closing the outlets, and couplers for attachment to a garden ho... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7020980 | Vacuum treatment of waste stream with anti-incrustation measures A method of treating a waste stream comprises a vacuum treatment to promote disintegration of the waste material by “flash vapor” production, causing a swiftly vaporizing fraction inside the material to literally explode or shred apart the matrix of the material... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7017277 | Vacuum treatment of an input stream without ruining delicate output fractions A method of separating the membrane and mineral fractions from an input stream of broken empty egg shells comprises a vacuum treatment to promote the membrane fraction to “eject” or detach from the attached or adhered scraps of mineral, ie., mineral shards or po... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7013978 | System and method for separating fluids A system for separating fluids from a hydrocarbon well production fluid mixture at a subsea location has a centrifugal separator (16) for separating the mixture into gas and liquid. A hydrocyclone separator (32) then separates the liquid into oil and w... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7011219 | Erosion-resistant hydrocyclone liner Erosion-resistant liquid/liquid hydrocyclone liners, wherein the weight and cost of the liners are kept within acceptable parameters through the construction of a composite hydrocyclone liner, comprised of two or more different materials. The hydrocyclone liner incl... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6994740 | Cyclonic separating apparatus including upstream and downstream cyclone units The invention provides cyclonic separating apparatus comprising an upstream cyclone unit and a downstream cyclone unit, the upstream cyclone unit including at least one cyclone having a first end and a second end, and the downstream cyclone unit including at least o... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6979358 | Vertical cyclone separator Vertical cyclone vessel having a tubular housing comprising of a tubular wall section provided with a tangentially arranged inlet for receiving a suspension of gas and solids and an elevated cover which closes the upper end of the tubular wall section, wherein a gas... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6974488 | Vacuum cleaner A vacuum cleaner with an external surface incorporates a cyclonic separating apparatus that includes a plurality of cyclones arranged in parallel with one another. The cyclones each have a tapered body with an outside wall and are arranged so that at least a part of... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6953097 | Drilling systems Systems and methods for providing a mixture of drilling fluid and beads into a flow of drilling fluid, e.g., flowing in a conduit or flowing upwardly within an annulus of a riser, the method in certain aspects including: introducing an initial stream including a mix... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6942709 | Switchable cyclone for separating particles or droplets from a fluid stream A cyclone arrangement for separating particles or droplets from a fluid stream, including at least two cyclones (1, 2, 3; 21, 22, 23), which have a tangential intake opening (4, 5, 6; 24, 25) for the fluid stream and set the fluid stream into rotation ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6935513 | Method and apparatus for mixture separation A separator that provides a convergent conical flow path for a mixture introduced into the separator at fairly high velocity. Within the convergent flow path, the angular velocity of the spiraling mixture increases such that heavier species are segregated from light... | 08/30/2005 |
