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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7972520 | Process for operating a centrifuge The present invention relates to a process for operating a centrifuge which has a drive shaft used for loading, a drum which is connected to the drive shaft and has a drum casing and a drum base, a filter with a working region situated within the filter, an annular ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7442308 | Process for removing viruses in fibrinogen solutions and fibrinogen obtained by said process A process for removing viruses in fibrinogen solutions and fibrinogen obtained thereof wherein the process starts with an adjusted purified fibrinogen solution, the adjusted purified solution is frozen and then thawed at a temperature between 5 and 20° C., the undi... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7413681 | Process to dewater a soot water slurry obtained in a gasification process A process for partial oxidation of a hydrocarbon gas or liquid, involving the steps of partial oxidation and removal of soot by forming a slurry having water and carbon from the gaseous oxidation product, and separating part of the water from the slurry to obtain a ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7357849 | Method and system for separating solids from liquids A method and system for treating feedwater includes evaporating a portion of the feedwater in a first evaporation chamber so as to separate water vapor from the remaining feedwater. Droplets of the remaining feedwater are dispersed into a stream of hot air produced ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7337860 | Apparatus and process for removing liquids from drill cuttings Drill cuttings associated with drilling fluid are thermally cleaned. The wet cuttings are fed into a vessel chamber having mechanical mixers, such as ribbon blenders, extending lengthwise of the chamber. Direct heating is applied to the chamber contents by introduci... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7314141 | Folding belt filter A belt filter for effecting separation of liquid from solids where, at the collection zone, a filter belt or belts is changed shape so as to provide a supporting shape to bold liquid, which is then fed into a nipping zone. In an embodiment there is a single belt use... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7291267 | Molecular separator The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for separating particles and dissolved matter from a fluid stream. Specifically, the present invention includes a first pressure source which transports untreated fluid into a separator annulus with a filter ele... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7291270 | Process for removal of impurities from an oxidizer purge stream A process is disclosed that relates to the removal of impurities and the recovery of a mother liquor and wash filtrate from an oxidizer purge stream produced in the synthesis of carboxylic acid, typically terephthalic. More particularly, the process involves the rem... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7282151 | Process for removal of impurities from mother liquor in the synthesis of carboxylic acid using pressure filtration A process is disclosed that relates to the recovery of a metal catalyst from an oxidizer purge stream produced in the synthesis of carboxylic acid, typically terephthalic. More particularly, the process involves recovery of a metal catalyst from an oxidizer purge st... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7273559 | Process for removal of impurities from an oxidizer purge stream A process is disclosed that relates to the removal of impurities and the recovery of a mother liquor and wash filtrate from an oxidizer purge stream produced in the synthesis of carboxylic acid, typically terephthalic. More particularly, the process involves the rem... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7261208 | Method and installation for drying sludge Apparatus and method for drying sludge, in particular sewage sludge, by creating a granulate from the dried product. A mixture of a carrier material consisting of recycled sludge which has already been dried and liquid sludge is fed to a dryer 6. The dried pr... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7249472 | Device for treating textile or similar in a continuous stream The invention relates to a device for treating web-type textiles, nonwovens or paper in a continuous stream, uses a gaseous treatment agent that circulates in the device. The product lies on the exterior face of a permeable drum (5), which is subjected to an ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7194334 | Method of washing a contaminant from a surface via a robotic arm A robotic wash cell including a six-axis robotic arm and end effector equipped with nozzles that spray unheated, solvent free, pure water at high-pressure to clean or debur objects by maintaining the nozzles in close proximity and substantially normal to each surfac... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7163622 | Filter The invention refers to a filter 1 with several rotating filter discs 3 mounted on a shaft 2 and which are provided with a porous filter medium. It is characterized by elastomer elements (8, 8′) being mounted on the shaft (2) as ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7156995 | Aeration tank control valve system Mineral contaminants are removed from water in a system in which water is sprayed into an air head at the top of a tank through a diffuser and withdrawn through a pick-up tube. A solenoid valve operates to allows air from a compressor to flow into the top of the tan... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7093678 | Method and apparatus for removing fluids from drill cuttings A method and apparatus is provided for removing fluids, particularly entrained and/or adherent fluids, from drill cuttings generated during the well drilling process. A generally cylindrical wire-wrapped screen having a bore therethrough rotates about its longitudin... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7063094 | Substrate processing apparatus A substrate processing apparatus includes a substrate processing part 46 for processing a substrate by a processing liquid and a processing-liquid recovery path 137 allowing of a passage of the processing liquid discharged from the substrate processing... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7054717 | Robotic wash cell using recycled pure water The present invention pertains to a robotic wash cell including a six-axis robotic arm and end effector equipped with nozzles that spray unheated, solvent free, pure water at high-pressure to clean or debur objects by maintaining the nozzles in close proximity and s... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7018547 | Filtration covering apparatus A filtration covering apparatus for use covering diatomaceous earth filter grids for swimming pools. The filtration covering apparatus has a replaceable cover having two closed sides, a bottom opening, and a top opening. The replaceable cover is curved shaped to acc... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7011741 | Filtration apparatus operating features A pressure-filter apparatus includes at least one filtration chamber coupled with a source of slurry. The filtration chamber is also coupled with a source of fluid at an elevated pressure, which may be arranged in series or in parallel with a source of wash fluid. T... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6991738 | Flow-through drum centrifuge A process includes coating a cylinder having an inner wall and a cylinder axis with a gel coating on the inner wall. Then a specimen mixture including solvent is made to flow through the cylinder while the cylinder is being continuously rotated. The specimen mixture... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6946069 | Apparatus for removing metallic particles from effluent liquid waste An apparatus for separating solid particles from the suction effluent of, for example, a dental office, preferably driven by a dental office vacuum pump, includes a surge tank for accommodating effluent overfill connected to a sedimentary deposit tank for sedimentat... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6946078 | Electrochemical method and apparatus for producing and separating ferrate (VI) compounds The method for separating ferrate salts from a solution comprising providing contact between the solution of essentially of aqueous hydroxide and the ferrate salts and a surface having a magnetic attraction, magnetically securing the ferrate salts to the surface; an... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6923872 | Arrangement and method for cleaning fine solid particles from a continuously flowing liquid suspension The invention relates to an arrangement and a method for cleaning fine solid particles from a continuously flowing liquid suspension. According to the invention, alternate emptying of cleaned liquid in at least two decanting chambers (34, 36) of the cleaning ... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6905609 | Waste treatment and disposal system The present invention relates to the treatment and disposal of waste, including sanitary, petroleum, and other organic wastes. More specifically, the present invention treats and disposes of these types of waste from portable and remote waste generating sources, suc... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6887389 | Method and apparatus for recycling sewage sludge utilizing spent water-softener lime A method and apparatus are disclosed for mixing sewage sludge with spent water-softener lime in a ratio of approximately 10:1 on a wet basis. The mixture is introduced to a rotary pre-dryer kiln and a rotary combuster kiln to kill pathogens. An ash by-product and ga... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6761820 | Paint-sludge filtration system featuring pool aeration using high-pressure discharge from filter vacuum producer A paint overspray particulate filtration system includes a collection tank, a floatation consolidation tank, and a vacuum filter assembly having a filter medium that traverses a pair of vacuum chambers. A positive displacement vacuum producer for the first vacuum ch... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6695077 | Thermal process for treating hydrocarbon-contaminated drill cuttings Hydrocarbon contaminants in drill cuttings generated in an oil drilling operation are removed by mixing the drill cuttings with an agglomerant to produce a pre-treatment mixture; heating to vaporize the hydrocarbon contaminants under a condition in which ... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6638429 | Method for processing a watery substance with zeolites Method and apparatus for processing a watery substance, such as sludge or manure, wherein in a mixer-drier (33) the watery substance to be processed, which may or may not be mechanically partly dewatered (in 31) and/or preheated (in 32), is mixed with zeo... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6585900 | Process for the treatment of sludge A process for the treatment of sludge which produces a dry sludge free of pathogenic and non-pathogenic microorganisms enriched with nitrogen which can be used as a fertilizer, and which uses as raw materials: elemental sulfur, formaldehyde, ammonia, urea... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6555013 | Treatment method for things like sludge and treatment apparatus A method and apparatus for treating an aqueous-containing sludge in which the sludge is filtered on an elongate moving sheet of a water permeable unwoven fabric on paper. The moving sheet is folded and compressed between rollers whereby to express water t... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6526675 | Methods of using natural products as dewatering aids for fine particles A method of dewatering fine particulate materials is disclosed. In this method, an aqueous slurry of fine particles is treated with appropriate hydrophobizing reagents so that the particulate material becomes moderately hydrophobic. A lipid of vegetable o... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6521135 | Filtration apparatus operation features A pressure-filter apparatus includes at least one filtration chamber coupled with a source of slurry. The filtration chamber is also coupled with a source of fluid at an elevated pressure, which may be arranged in series or in parallel with a source of wa... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6502326 | Method and apparatus for dewatering fiber cells A method and apparatus for reducing the moisture content bound by capillarity in fiber cells of solid materials containing carbon. The material is ground and screened to form a loose sheet of the solid materials and/or sludges. The material is processed b... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6440316 | Methods of improving centrifugal filtration Methods of improving the efficiency of solid-liquid separation during centrifugal filtration have been developed. They consist of increasing the pressure drop across the filter cake using extraneous means such as increasing the gas pressure inside a filte... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6409929 | Steam drying of rotary filter cakes without crack formation Apparatus and a method are presented for the mechanical removal of moisture from a filter cake. Differential pressure causes the flow of a treatment fluid through the filter cake. The treatment fluid displaces liquid originally present in the filter cake ... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6256902 | Apparatus and method for desiccating and deagglomerating wet, particulate materials An apparatus and method for drying and deagglomerating substances of finely-divided solids suspended in a fluid medium. The apparatus includes the basic components of a phenumatic friction dryer, a flash dryer and a ring dryer.... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6205675 | Dehydration machine A dehydration machine includes a stuff tank, a stuff inlet provided at a lower portion of the stuff tank, a stuff outlet provided at an upper portion of the stuff tank, and a pair of drums each having a circumferential wall with a plurality of water passa... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6090360 | Method for recovering particulate silicon from a by-product stream A method for recovering particulate silicon essentially free of silicon containing compounds from a by-product stream containing metal salts and high-boiling silicon containing compounds having a boiling point higher than the sublimation temperature of th... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6004468 | Serial drum apparatus and method for processing wet material An apparatus for processing a solid-liquid material comprises a housing formed with a series of interconnected chambers defined by chamber walls with at least two drums mounted in series within the chambers. Each chamber receives one of the at least two d... | 12/21/1999 |
