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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7429288 | Spinning impingement multiphase contacting device A spinning impingement multiphase contacting device and method for heat or mass transfer are disclosed. A first fluid, from which the transfer is to occur, is caused to impinge and be entrained in a spinning permeable element, creating a highly dispersed phase. The ... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7357186 | Recirculation gas separator A submersible pumping system includes a pump, a motor that drives the pump and a separator assembly. The separator assembly is for separating gas from the fluid and includes an intake and a vent above the intake. Fluid enters the separator assembly at the intake and... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7326283 | Spinning impingement multiphase contacting device A spinning impingement multiphase contacting device and method for heat or mass transfer are disclosed. A first fluid, from which the transfer is to occur, is caused to impinge and be entrained in a spinning permeable element, creating a highly dispersed phase. The ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7318703 | Impeller for a pump An impeller for a pump, particularly for a cooling water pump of an internal combustion engine, includes a hub (11), a cover disc (14) which is disposed on the intake side and is provided with a central opening (15) for sucking in a conveyed med... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7290607 | Device for the separation of the gas phase from a mixture of fluid/gas for use in hydrocarbons producing and injection wells An apparatus for separating the gaseous phase from a mixture of fluids used during the subsurface intervention in production or injection wells. The device includes a main pipe (T) provided externally with a helix (E) having a longitudinal opening (F) whose edge (B)... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7250075 | Water outlet control mechanism for fuel cell system operation in variable gravity environments A self-regulated water separator provides centrifugal separation of fuel cell product water from oxidant gas. The system uses the flow energy of the fuel cell's two-phase water and oxidant flow stream and a regulated ejector or other reactant circulation pump provid... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7141100 | Low flow phase separator with intermittent pumping A low flow rotary separator includes a housing that defines a separator chamber and a liquid/gas mixture inlet. A shaft driven by a motor includes a plurality of disks in frictional contact with the mixture to drive the liquid outward against an inner wall of the se... | 11/28/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6761215 | Downhole separator and method A downhole separator has a housing defining an interior cavity divided into a first chamber and a second chamber by a flow restricting bearing housing. A shaft driven impeller pumps production fluid into the first chamber and to the bearing housing. The bearing hous... | 07/13/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6629821 | Pump apparatus The present invention provides a multipurpose pump apparatus of high achievement, which can continuously pump and convey liquid even containing a large amount of foams and can make high level defoaming function and degassing function, and pumped liquid st... | 10/07/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6368068 | Multi-well computerized control of fluid pumping A system for controlling one or more borehole pumps includes a receiver/separator tank. The receiver/separator tank includes a body having a sealable top cap, an electronics panel, a separator housing, a separator cap that divides the electronics panel fr... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6345908 | Device for mixing and degassing a flowable mass The device is used to mix and degas a flowable mass (5), in particular a filler-containing casting resin. It is provided with a cylindrically constructed, evacuatable container (1), the container axis (2) of which is oriented essentially vertically. Guide... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6341667 | Arrangement in a circulation lubrication system An arrangement in a circulation lubrication system includes a lubricating oil tank, pressure pipe lines for supplying oil to parts that are to be lubricated, return pipe lines for returning the oil from the parts that are to be lubricated to the oil tank,... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6322616 | Gas separator for an oil well production line A gas separator connectable between the seating nipple/pump and the mud anchor of a well production line takes advantage of gravitational, shear and centrifugal forces to detrain gas from the formation fluid. An outer cylindrical tube is concentrically se... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6155345 | Downhole gas separator having multiple separation chambers A submergible pumping system having a gas separator with multiple separation chambers. The gas separator includes an outer housing having a hollow interior divided into a plurality of separation chambers. A shaft and an inducer are rotatably mounted withi... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6117217 | Agricultural liquid ammonia pump-vapor stripper A liquid ammonia pump-vapor stripper unit is disclosed having an impeller pump assembly which increases the system pressure before it is delivered to a receiver-accumulator where the ammonia vapor mass formed along its path from the storage tank is separa... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6071331 | Method and apparatus for separating gas from a gaseous material Gas is separated from fluent material, particularly a liquid or a cellulose fiber suspension having a consistency of about 8-18%, utilizing a closed separation apparatus having a spiral housing with a central axis, a fluent material inlet channel, a fluen... | 06/06/2000 |
| 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 |
| 6056856 | Blower for an air/water separator in a paper-making machine A paper-making machine includes a wet end associated with a wet fiber web, a headbox having an outlet gap, and a forming fabric positioned adjacent to the outlet gap and moving in a direction of web travel. An air/water separator is positioned in associat... | 05/02/2000 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5833363 | Device for mixing and degassing a free-flowing compound The device serves for mixing and degassing a free-flowing compound (5), in particular a casting resin containing filler. The device has an evacuable container (1, 6) of cylindrical design, the container axis (2) of which is aligned essentially in the vert... | 11/10/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5720799 | Multistage two-phase turbine A multistage two-phase turbine having multiple stages to receive fluid, each stage having an inlet and outlet including nozzles at the inlet to each stage to accelerate the fluid that consists of a mixture of gas and liquid, to form two-phase jets; a rota... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5693125 | Liquid-gas separator An improved liquid/gas separator is disclosed for separating liquid and gas from a mixture that is mostly gas, within a zero gravity or variable gravity working environment. The separator includes a main housing that defines a pre-swirl chamber for receiv... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5651809 | Process and device for separating gaseous components The invention relates to a process and apparatus for separating gaseous components from pourable media. The main feature of the invention is that regions of under pressure are formed by relative movement between the media and a substantially vane-shaped e... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5622621 | Fluid/liquid separator A rotating drum divided in axial spaced compartments with one of the compartments includes paddles and coalescing material to separate the fluid from the liquid and the other compartment includes a stationary third pump and a stationary water pump for eff... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5618335 | Air oil separator An air oil separator adapted for attachment to a dry sump type oil pump incorporates a novel centrifuge and air ducting system. The centrifuge is formed of two disks axially spaced on a hollow rotatable shaft with the shaft having small air passages locat... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5525146 | Rotary gas separator A rotary gas separator for use with a progressive cavity pump which includes a separation housing having an internal separation chamber with a bladed separator rotatably mounted therewithin for separating introduced fluid into a gas constituent and a liqu... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5516360 | Abrasion resistant gas separator A gas separator for a submersible centrifugal pump or well has hardened cases on the components exposed to well fluid within the interior of the gas separator. The gas separator has a cylindrical sidewall with a bore. A shaft driven by a motor of the pump... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5494501 | Lubricant separator for a pneumatic tool lubrication system Lubricant in exhaust fluid from a pneumatic motor is extracted by a separator. The separator comprises a housing in which a cyclonic flow of the exhaust is created to expel the lubricant in the exhaust. The exhaust is directed through a turbine within the... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5462585 | Method and apparatus for separating gas from a gaseous material Gas is separated from fluent material, particularly a liquid or a cellulose fiber suspension having a consistency of about 8-18%, utilizing a closed separation apparatus having a spiral housing with a central axis, a fluent material inlet channel, a fluen... | 10/31/1995 |
