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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8083075 | Denisty current baffle for a clarifier tank A density current baffle for use in a clarifier tank has a first baffle portion having a lower end, an upper end and an intermediate central portion. The lower end of the baffle portion is coupled to a side wall of the clarifier tank, the upper end of the baffle por... | 12/27/2011 |
| 7971731 | Density baffle for clarifier tank A baffle system in a clarifier tank having a tank bottom, a periphery, a substantially vertical peripheral wall bounding the interior of the tank and an effluent channel includes a plurality of baffles mounted on the clarifier tank. Each baffle has a baffle surface ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7963403 | Dual surface density baffle for clarifier tank A baffle system for use in a clarifier tank, having a tank bottom and a periphery and a substantially vertical peripheral wall bounding the interior of the tank, has a plurality of baffles mounted on the peripheral wall of the clarifier tank, each baffle has an uppe... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7892425 | Stormwater plug flow separation system A water separation system includes a flow container includes a water inlet pipe; an inlet chamber in fluid communication with the water inlet pipe; a first settling chamber configured to settle grit and to float oil; an elevated, horizontally-oriented, elongate-rect... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7726494 | Density current baffle for a clarifier tank A density current baffle for use in a clarifier tank maintains a first baffle portion having a lower end, an upper end and an intermediate central portion. The lower end of the baffle portion is coupled to a side wall of the clarifier tank and the upper end of the b... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7694829 | Settling vessel for extracting crude oil from tar sands Process and apparatus for the continuous separation of crude oil from tar sands include using a hydrocarbon diluent and an aqueous solution in one or more settling vessels. The light components from the oil are collected and recycled to be used as the hydrocarbon di... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7556157 | Density current baffle for a clarifier tank A density current baffle for use in a clarifier tank has a first baffle portion having a lower end, an upper end and an intermediate central portion. The lower end of the baffle portion is coupled to a side wall of the clarifier tank. The upper end of the baffle por... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7520393 | Fluid separation system A system for separating a mixture of two fluids of different specific gravities comprising: a first chamber having an inlet for receiving said mixture; a second chamber having a connection for receiving the fluid with the higher specific gravity of sai... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7438807 | Bituminous froth inclined plate separator and hydrocarbon cyclone treatment process Discloses apparatus to perform a process to remove water and minerals from a bitumen froth output of a oil sands hot water extraction process. A bitumen froth feed stream is diluted with a solvent and supplied to a primary inclined plate separator stage, which separ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7438189 | Bituminous froth inclined plate separator and hydrocarbon cyclone treatment process An apparatus for separating bitumen from a bitumen froth output of a oil sands hot water extraction process comprises an inclined plate separator (IPS) for providing a first bitumen separation stage and a cyclone for providing a second bitumen separation stage. The ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7438803 | Disposable weir liner A garnet settling/filtration system for use with a plurality of machine tools such as a water jet cutting machine is described. The garnet settling/filtration system comprises a settling tank, which utilizes a removable, disposable settling weir, which is received t... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7435864 | Method and device for the production of alkylates Disclosed is a device for the production of alkylate(s) by sulfuric acid alkylation of at least one isoparaffin such as isobutane with at least one olefin, such as butylenes. The device includes a mixing chamber for preparing a mixture of the isoparaffin with recycl... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7431852 | Oil/grease separator with interchangeable inlet and outlet A separator separates water and oil. An outer housing has an inner volume and an inner housing. One port in the inner housing receives influent mixed liquids. Another port from the inner housing discharges water outside the outer housing and defines a static liquid ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7416657 | Oil water coalescing separator An oil water coalescing separator has a coalescing chamber containing oil coalescing media. The separator is preferably substantially transparent so that the thickness of the band of coalesced tramp oil can be visually discerned at a glance. The separator preferably... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7416662 | Corrugated density baffle A density baffle assembly for use in a water treatment system is disclosed. The density baffle assembly includes a plurality of density baffles where each density baffle comprises a corrugated panel member having an upper edge, a lower edge, a first lateral side, an... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7410569 | Filtration system for metalworking fluids A filtration system for metalworking fluids has panel filter elements arranged in cells in which the filter frames and panels are approximately parallel to one another. The filter frames are disposed such that the filter surfaces are oriented at an acute angle with ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7406843 | Remote sump with film heater and auto purge An automatic washer comprises a remote sump fluidly connected to a drain pump and a recirculation pump, and a separator comprising an array of regularly-spaced fins oriented upstream of the recirculation pump for intercepting foreign objects in wash liquid. The remo... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7401704 | Conveyor apparatus A conveyor apparatus for conveying solid material in a process vessel includes, a first baffle set comprising a plurality of inclined baffles located above the eductors and arranged to restrict upward flow of solids in the direction of movement of the solids. A seco... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7392910 | Lamellar decanting module and block comprising plates that can be vertical The invention relates to a lamellar decanting module comprising two interconnected plates, at least one of said plates being corrugated in such a way that the dips and peaks are inclined in relation to a first edge of said plate according to a non-zero degree angle ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7390420 | Method and equipment for compressing a dispersion in liquid-liquid extraction The invention relates to a method for controlling and compressing a dispersion formed in the mixing stage of liquid-liquid extraction. The compression of the dispersion is achieved by reducing the cross-section of the separation section in the direction of flow and ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7384551 | Trapezoid settler apparatus and method for solvent extraction An embodiment of the invention includes a trapezoid settler having a longitudinal axis, a base, a first side wall oriented at an angle to the longitudinal axis, a second side wall opposing the first side wall and oriented at an angle to the longitudinal axis, and a ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7367459 | Passive grease trap using separator technology A grease trap for separating grease and solid waste from waste water. The grease trap includes a tank having a downwardly shaped bottom. An upwardly shaped divider divides the tank into an upper chamber and a lower chamber. A hole near an upper part of the divider a... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7364664 | Foreign matter removing mechanism, fluid flow processing equipment, and foreign matter removing method The present processing apparatus blocks off such a portion of a flow of a plating solution (17) that is other than a vicinity of a liquid surface, by using a first partition plate (15) whose lower end is in close contact with a bottom of a plating tank... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7357860 | Skimmer system A skimmer system composed of a base and a slidable float assembly. The base has a base chamber defined by a sidewall, an endwall, and a conduit having an intake communicating with the base chamber. The float assembly has a float chamber defined by an outer float wal... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7347945 | Method and an installation for separating out multiphase effluents The invention relates to a method and to an installation for separating out an effluent made up of a multi-phase fluid mixture. According to the invention, said installation includes gravity separator means whose geometrical separation characteristics can be adjuste... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7334689 | Overflow launder An overflow launder for a separation cell where particles are fluidiZEd and rise to the top of the cell, has a primary trough (1) surrounding the rim of the cell (2), and an array of secondary troughs (4) extending across the fluid surface from ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7331472 | Method 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 |
| 7331569 | Liquid aeration system and method A system for aerating liquid within a liquid retention structure including a liquid delivery tube in fluid communication with a gas exchange chamber and a pump. The gas exchange chamber includes an air inlet and a gas outlet. The pump is configured to pump liquid wi... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7328809 | Solvent extraction method and apparatus A weir assembly for use with a mixer-settler for liquid-liquid extraction includes in one embodiment an organic weir having an inlet opening below the free surface of the organic phase liquid and a vertically-adjustable front wall allowing adjustments in the positio... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7326338 | Low cost oil/grease separator A container for receiving and holding effluent water containing oil/grease to be removed has sectional covers. A main sectional cover supports a partially immersed rotatable disk; a drive on the main sectional cover rotates the disk; a trough on the main sectional c... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7314549 | Storm water interceptor A storm water interceptor comprises an input conduit connected to a first treatment tank for delivering storm water to the first treatment tank and having an obvert elevation. Also, the interceptor comprises a lower conduit having an invert elevation, a substantiall... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7314572 | Methods of and apparatus for low-angle-tray settling with multi-zone configuration Settleable-particles are separated from a dirty flow of settleable-particles and fluid by trays having a planar section configured with opposed ends and opposed sides, and an entrance edge and an exit edge on opposed ends. The section has opposed side edges, and an ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7311818 | Water separation unit A water separation unit having an inner housing for storm water collection, separation of oils and debris from the storm water, and discharge of clean water. The inner housing is suspended inside an outer housing. The inner housing has a translatable floor with a pl... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7303686 | Method of separating suspension, in particular for waste water treatment, and an apparatus for performing the same Arrangement for separating suspension, in particular for treatment of wastewater. A flocculating suspension is separated from the liquid by filtration in a fluidized layer in a sludge blanket, wherein the flocks are created from the separated suspension and fluidiza... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7303085 | Method and apparatus for purifying mixtures of oil and water An apparatus and method for separating oil and particulate contaminants from pump-driven aqueous fluid contaminated with emulsified oils, free oils, particulate matter, suspended solids, and other contaminants in which the contaminated fluids are introduced into a c... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7296692 | Apparatus for separating floating and non-floating particulate from a fluid stream A fluid separation system includes a tank with a storage chamber for retaining floating and non-floating particulates. The tank includes a baffle for retaining floating particulates within the storage chamber and for directing flow out of the storage chamber. The ta... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7296693 | Anaerobic sludge digester A method is provided for introducing a fresh sludge flux whose concentration in terms of dry material is less than 40 g/l into the upstream part of digester, maintaining a thin sludge layer in the digester, circulating substantially horizontally effluents above and ... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7294256 | Storm water filter system A storm water filter system for filtering storm water being fed into an in-ground well includes a housing having an inlet and an outlet, with the outlet being connected to an in-ground recharge well. A plurality of open chambers are formed in the housing. An inlet f... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7287651 | Fuel and water separator A fuel-water separator for diesel engines has a coalescing media and baffle plates through which diesel fuel and water pass upwardly, separation thereof being effected by reducing emulsification of water with fuel, and by passing of heavy particulates to the bottom ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7285211 | Process and system for separating solids from combined sewer overflows A retention treatment basin system and method 10 that handles an influent of combined wastewater and sewer overflows. The influent includes floatable 12 and settlable solids 14. The basin includes a ceiling 16. The retention treatment bas... | 10/23/2007 |
