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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7588631 | Vacuum deaerator Vacuum deaerators and methods of using for deaeration comprise a vessel having side walls and a cover. The vacuum deaerator further comprises at least one vacuum source coupled to the vessel, and an open-ended distributor plate comprising outer edges spaced from the... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7267529 | Deaeration system A deaerator includes a stationary separation chamber with first and second opposite walls or ends and a peripheral wall in between. Rotating vanes are mounted on a shaft. A large inlet leads to the stationary chamber at the first end and is arranged along a center a... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7029162 | Process and apparatus for continuous mixing of slurry with removal of entrained bubbles The present system comprises an apparatus and a process for continuously dispersing fine particles in a liquid. The apparatus comprises a mixer that has at least one inlet for receiving the fine particles and liquid and an outlet. The mixer further comprises a barre... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7004616 | Kneading apparatus and method for kneading rubber-based composition using the same A kneading apparatus includes a barrel having a cylindrical chamber; a screw assembly rotating in the chamber so that a material to be kneaded is extruded in the axial direction by the rotation, the screw assembly including a screw section having helical blades and ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6978851 | Drill cutting treatment method and apparatus A method and apparatus for treating for disposal oil-contaminated clay substrates such as drill cuttings from drilling with an oil-based mud. If necessary, the substrate is pretreated with an aqueous emulsion breaker such as alkylbenzenesulfonic acid. The substrate ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6939392 | System and method for thermal management A system for the management of thermal transfer in a gas turbine engine includes a heat generating sub-system in operable communication with the engine, a fuel source to supply a fuel, a fuel stabilization unit to receive the fuel from the fuel source and to provide... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6884401 | Method for removing volatile components from a high viscosity liquid by using rotation pack bed A high viscosity liquid is fed into a rotation pack bed at a position with a distance far enough from a rotation axis, creating a centrifugal force exerted on the high viscosity liquid overwhelming a drag thereof, so that it can flow radially through the rotation pa... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6884281 | Method and apparatus for preparation and deaeration of coating liquid First, the overall quantity of bubbles in a coating liquid is reduced in advance by vacuum deaeration performed in conjunction with preparation of the coating liquid in a stirring tank in a first step, then bubbles of relatively large sizes, of bubbles that have not... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6736880 | Downhole gas/liquid separator system and method A downhole liquid and gas separator system has a pump, a separator and a motor, and a shroud around the pump, separator and motor. The shroud has a lower impermeable portion with a closed lower end and an upper porous portion. The upper end of the impermeable portio... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6723158 | Gas separator improvements A gas separator has a separator member that rotates with a shaft for separation of fluid components. A flow divider directs more dense fluid to the pump and less dense fluid into an annulus surrounding the pump. An impeller is located within the flow divider for urg... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6712883 | Apparatus and method for deaerating liquid crystal An apparatus and method are provided for deaerating liquid crystal contained in at least one liquid crystal container. The apparatus includes a chamber, a holder, a displacement mechanism, a vacuum system and a gas supply. The chamber has an opening to provide acces... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6672387 | Oil and gas production with downhole separation and reinjection of gas A system (SPARC) for producing a mixed gas-oil stream wherein gas is to be separated and compressed downhole in a turbine-driven compressor before the gas is injected into a subterranean formation. A turbine bypass valve allows all of the stream to bypass... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6564865 | Oil and gas production with downhole separation and reinjection of gas A system for producing a mixed gas-oil stream which contains solid particulates wherein gas is to be separated and compressed downhole in a turbine-driven compressor before the gas is injected into a subterranean formation. The stream is passed through an... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6464758 | Apparatus and method for degassing a liquid or pasty medium in a machine for producing and/or upgrading a fiber material web An apparatus for degassing a liquid or pasty medium in a machine for producing and/or upgrading a fiber material web includes a vessel rotatable about an axis of rotation, a medium-supply device for introducing the medium to be degassed into the vessel, a... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6391094 | Method and apparatus for removing gas from drilling mud An apparatus and method that is used for removing gas from drilling mud coming from gas and oil well-bores. The apparatus receives the gas ladened drilling mud and utilizes the energy from the gas ladened mud to power blower fans that are used to discharg... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6372006 | Separator element for a centrifugal separator A centrifugal separator of vertical axis for the separation of a flowable medium, in particular a dental liquid/solids mixture, from conveying suction air has a motor-driven removal element (10) which is arranged in a flow chamber with a rotationally symm... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6296690 | Compression-pumping system comprising an alternating compression section and its process An alternating compression-pumping system includes at least one alternating compression-pumping section, suited to impart a pressure value to an essentially liquid fluid or to an essentially gaseous fluid, at least one pumping section suited for an essent... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6139606 | Method and apparatus for pumping a medium Methods and apparatus are disclosed for degassing gas-containing fluid media in a container with the apparatus including a centrifugal pump for pumping the gas-containing fluid medium from the container, an ejector including a suction side, an ejector inl... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6113675 | Gas separator having a low rotating mass A gas separator having a reduced rotating mass. The gas separator includes a stationary flow inducer that creates a vortex within an outer housing. The flow inducer includes an accelerator mechanism that increases the velocity of the fluid mixture as it f... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6066193 | Tapered flow gas separation system The present invention provides a submersible pumping system which includes a tapered flow gas separation system. The tapered flow gas separation system of the present invention includes at least a first and second gas separator. The first separator is con... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6024780 | Method and apparatus for degassing a fluid in a reusable vaccum chamber with microprocessor based controls An automatic apparatus for substantially reducing gas levels in a fluid is provided. The apparatus comprises: (a) an upper portion comprising a reusable vacuum chamber with a resealable opening thereto; the vacuum chamber being capable of containing a sui... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5993518 | Deaerating apparatus, deaerating method, and treatment apparatus A deaerating apparatus for removing a gas from a liquid, including a liquid container rotatable and storing the liquid from which the gas is to be removed, a rotating device for rotating the liquid container, a sucking device for absorbing the gas from th... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5972171 | De-entrainment tray and method of operation De-entrainment devices are provided for separating an entrained liquid from a vapor stream exiting a flash zone in a separation column. Methods for utilizing the de-entrainment devices are also provided. In one embodiment, the de-entrainment device of the... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5863317 | Apparatus for gas liquid separation An apparatus for separating a gas-liquid mixture into component parts having a coalescing filter mounted on a rotatable shaft. The gas-liquid mixture is directed to the coalescing filter in a generally radial inward direction relative to the shaft and the... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5861052 | Apparatus and process for pumping and separating a mixture of gas and liquid A process and apparatus for pumping a fluid mixture of a gas and a liquid and for separating said gas and liquid from each other, said apparatus having a fluid inlet (14) at one end (18) and at the opposite end (22) a pump housing (16) with a liquid outle... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5858070 | Apparatus for cleaning a hydraulic fluid An apparatus for cleaning hydraulic fluid includes a centrifugal fluid-spinning disk arranged in a housing, of which an upper portion forms a vapor chamber and a lower portion forms a fluid collecting basin. A vacuum pump is connected to the housing throu... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5749945 | Apparatus for rapidly degassing and decontaminating liquids A system is described for rapidly removing dissolved permanent gasses or dissolved volatile contaminants from a liquid, in which the liquid is forced through a cavitating venturi, designed and operated in a fashion to produce micro-bubbles in the high-she... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5634963 | Degassing apparatus and use thereof An apparatus suitable in particular for degassing fluoropolymers which have been subjected to thermal degradation contains--in the direction of flow of the product--a product intake, a coolable conveyor section, a comminution apparatus, a heated conveyor ... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5554343 | Particle and light and heavy fluid separator A fluid centrifuge device for separating fluids and/or solids comprises a non-rotatable containment vessel (6) and a rotatable shroud (6A) of conical or other form within said vessel (6). The vessel (6) is located between an inlet assembly (2) including a... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5534118 | Rotary vacuum distillation and desalination apparatus A controlled bubble of cavitation is formed within the distilland by opposed centrifugal and centripetal forces in the plane of an afferent mesial passage. Thus a distilland surface forms around the axis of rotation, and saturated vapor is continuously st... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5370498 | Apparatus for elimination of gas constituents An apparatus for eliminating gas constituents, such as moisture or the like, from a cooking space of an industrial kitchen apparatus or the like, has a radial fan which is arranged close to an essentially vertically housing wall, the drive shaft of the ra... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5236590 | Process for removing dissolved organics from aqueous compositions A process is disclosed for removing dissolved organics from an aqueous composition, said composition comprising water, carbon dioxide and dissolved organics, and said composition having a pH of 6.5 or less and an inlet organics concentration. The process ... | 08/17/1993 |
| 5190515 | Vacuum degassing apparatus An apparatus for degassing a continuously flowing liquid stream comprising an air-tight housing, in which is mounted for rotation a centrifuge bowl of circular cross-section and having an inner surface for spreading centrifugally impelled liquid to be deg... | 03/02/1993 |
| 5114310 | Centrifugal pump with sealing means A centrifugal pump for pumping fiber suspensions includes a centrifugal pumping housing (50) having an inlet (52) and an outlet for the suspension and a centrifugal impeller within the centrifugal pump housing. A vacuum pump (70) is placed adjacent the ce... | 05/19/1992 |
| 5084189 | Method and apparatus for separating fluids having different specific gravities An axial flow-type pump for separating immiscible fluids having different specific gravities and a discharge manifold fluid connected to the fluid pump for drawing of the fluid having the heavier specific gravity. The fluid pump employs a rotatable impell... | 01/28/1992 |
| 5034099 | Apparatus for the manufacture of fiber pulp using a preheater, defibrator and horizontal separator Apparatus for manufacturing pulp fiber from lignocellulose-containing material is disclosed, including a preheater, a defibrator with a pressurized housing, a conveying screw to convey the preheated lignocellulose-containing material from the preheater to... | 07/23/1991 |
| 5017198 | Process for the treatment of material-gas mixtures The invention relates to processes for the treatment of in particular medium and highly consistent material-gas mixtures to be pumped, preferably gas-containing, in particular air-containing fibrous material suspensions, a separation of the gas being effe... | 05/21/1991 |
| 5000766 | Suction system gas separator from fluid A compact and efficient separator for removing both entrained bubbles and dissolved gases from fluid. Fluid containing gases is introduced tangentially into a vortex flow chamber which is disposed at the suction-side of a pump. The fluid, which is strippe... | 03/19/1991 |
| 4990054 | Device incorporating micro-porous membrane for venting gases from seal assembly of a reactor coolant pump A pump has a stationary seal housing with pressurized liquid and gas therein, a rotatable shaft disposed through the housing and operable for centrifugally producing rotation of the liquid within the housing, and a seal assembly disposed between the housi... | 02/05/1991 |
| 4978370 | Method and apparatus for reduction of the pressure in a liquid mixture In connection with reduction of the pressure of newly produced oil, i.e. a mixture of hydrocarbon compounds, this conventionally is performed stepwise, a momentary pressure drop occurring at each stage. According to the invention it is suggested that oil is ca... | 12/18/1990 |
