Patents Assigned to Exterran Water Solutions ULC
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Patent number: 10376818Abstract: A nozzle is disclosed for use within a filter for inputting a jetting stream into the filter media to clean the filter media. The nozzle comprises an inlet for communication with a jetting stream source, and a plurality of plates stacked parallel and abutting one another. The plurality of plates comprises at least a top plate and a bottom plate, one of the plates having an aperture through the center thereof for receiving the jetting stream, wherein between adjacent plates at least one space is provided extending from the outside edge of the plates to the interior of plates and in fluid communication with the aperture for channeling the jetting stream radially outward from and substantially parallel with the longitudinal plane of the plate.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2018Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: EXTERRAN WATER SOLUTIONS ULCInventors: Todd William Kirk, Daniel Clifford Whitney, Douglas Walker Lee
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Patent number: 10377641Abstract: A gas flotation tank is provided that includes a series of adjacent chambers which impart a rotational current therein. Each chamber is separated from a skim oil trough by a skimming weir. Each chamber comprises an alternating fluid communication device between adjacent chambers allowing fluid communication between adjacent chambers in the form of a communication port in the dividing wall between adjacent chambers and a chamber outlet in conjunction with a perforated plate and the outlet is positioned in fluid communication with the final chamber. An optional coalescing media may be positioned in or proximate the communication port to absorb or coalesce contaminants as they pass therethrough.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2018Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: Exterran Water Solutions ULCInventors: Todd William Kirk, Daniel Clifford Whitney, Douglas Walker Lee
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Patent number: 10329168Abstract: A method for removing immiscible fluid from contaminated water includes at least one chamber; an injection line in fluid communication with an inlet of the one chamber; bubble generation means in fluid communication with the injection line for injecting gas bubbles into the injection line and allowing mixing in the injection line of the gas bubbles and the contaminated water to form an inlet fluid; an inlet weir within the chamber adjacent the inlet; an immiscible fluid weir within the chamber; a trough for collecting the immiscible fluid and allowing the immiscible fluid to flow out of the at least one chamber through an immiscible fluid outlet; and a cleaned water outlet generally at the bottom of the chamber.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2015Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: EXTERRAN WATER SOLUTIONS ULCInventors: Douglas W. Lee, George Muir
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Patent number: 9943784Abstract: A nozzle is disclosed for use within a filter for inputting a jetting stream into the filter media to clean the filter media. The nozzle comprises an inlet for communication with a jetting stream source, and a plurality of plates stacked parallel and abutting one another. The plurality of plates comprises at least a top plate and a bottom plate, one of the plates having an aperture through the center thereof for receiving the jetting stream, wherein between adjacent plates at least one space is provided extending from the outside edge of the plates to the interior of plates and in fluid communication with the aperture for channelling the jetting stream radially outward from and substantially parallel with the longitudinal plane of the plate.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2015Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: Exterran Water Solutions ULCInventors: Todd William Kirk, Daniel Clifford Whitney, Douglas Walker Lee
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Patent number: 9890059Abstract: A gas flotation tank is provided that includes a series of adjacent chambers which impart a rotational current therein. Each chamber is separated from a skim oil trough by a skimming weir. Each chamber comprises an alternating fluid communication device between adjacent chambers allowing fluid communication between adjacent chambers in the form of a communication port in the dividing wall between adjacent chambers and a chamber outlet in conjunction with a perforated plate and the outlet is positioned in fluid communication with the final chamber.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2014Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: Exterran Water Solutions ULCInventors: Todd William Kirk, Daniel Clifford Whitney, Douglas Walker Lee
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Patent number: 9878268Abstract: A separation tank for separating a contaminant from a contaminated fluid. A series of juxtaposed interconnected chambers having a series of baffles therein provide a revolving flow of fluid in each chamber to maximize distance for which contaminants travel to separate from the fluid. The interconnected chambers may be juxtaposed in end-to-end relation or in side-by-each configuration.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2014Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: EXTERRAN WATER SOLUTIONS ULCInventors: Todd William Kirk, Daniel Clifford Whitney, Douglas Walker Lee
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Publication number: 20160339362Abstract: A nozzle is disclosed for use within a filter for inputting a jetting stream into the filter media to clean the filter media. The nozzle comprises an inlet for communication with a jetting stream source, and a plurality of plates stacked parallel and abutting one another. The plurality of plates comprises at least a top plate and a bottom plate, one of the plates having an aperture through the center thereof for receiving the jetting stream, wherein between adjacent plates at least one space is provided extending from the outside edge of the plates to the interior of plates and in fluid communication with the aperture for channelling the jetting stream radially outward from and substantially parallel with the longitudinal plane of the plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2015Publication date: November 24, 2016Applicant: Exterran Water Solutions ULCInventors: Todd William KIRK, Daniel Clifford WHITNEY, Douglas Walker LEE
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Patent number: 9409796Abstract: A gas flotation tank is provided that includes a series of adjacent chambers which impart a rotational current therein. Each chamber is separated from a skim oil trough by a skimming weir. Each chamber comprises an alternating fluid communication device between adjacent chambers allowing fluid communication between adjacent chambers in the form of a communication port in the dividing wall between adjacent chambers and a chamber outlet in conjunction with a perforated plate and the outlet is positioned in fluid communication with the final chamber.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2013Date of Patent: August 9, 2016Assignee: Exterran Water Solutions ULCInventors: Todd William Kirk, Daniel Clifford Whitney, Douglas Walker Lee
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Publication number: 20160214033Abstract: A gas flotation tank is provided that includes a series of adjacent chambers which impart a rotational current therein. Each chamber is separated from a skim oil trough by a skimming weir. Each chamber comprises an alternating fluid communication device between adjacent chambers allowing fluid communication between adjacent chambers in the form of a communication port in the dividing wall between adjacent chambers and a chamber outlet in conjunction with a perforated plate and the outlet is positioned in fluid communication with the final chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2014Publication date: July 28, 2016Applicant: Exterran Water Solutions ULCInventors: Todd William Kirk, Daniel Clifford Whitney, Douglas Walker Lee
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Patent number: 9150430Abstract: A method for removing immiscible fluid from contaminated water includes at least one chamber; an injection line in fluid communication with an inlet of the one chamber; bubble generation means in fluid communication with the injection line for injecting gas bubbles into the injection line and allowing mixing in the injection line of the gas bubbles and the contaminated water to form an inlet fluid; an inlet weir within the chamber adjacent the inlet; an immiscible fluid weir within the chamber; a trough for collecting the immiscible fluid and allowing the immiscible fluid to flow out of the at least one chamber through an immiscible fluid outlet; and a cleaned water outlet generally at the bottom of the chamber.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2013Date of Patent: October 6, 2015Assignee: EXTERRAN WATER SOLUTIONS ULCInventors: Douglas W. Lee, George Muir
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Publication number: 20150053600Abstract: A gas flotation tank is provided that includes a series of adjacent chambers which impart a rotational current therein. Each chamber is separated from a skim oil trough by a skimming weir. Each chamber comprises an alternating fluid communication device between adjacent chambers allowing fluid communication between adjacent chambers in the form of a communication port in the dividing wall between adjacent chambers and a chamber outlet in conjunction with a perforated plate and the outlet is positioned in fluid communication with the final chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2013Publication date: February 26, 2015Applicant: EXTERRAN WATER SOLUTIONS ULCInventors: Todd William Kirk, Daniel Clifford Whitney, Douglas Walker Lee
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Patent number: 8475663Abstract: A method for removing immiscible fluid from contaminated water includes at least one chamber; an injection line in fluid communication with an inlet of the one chamber; bubble generation means in fluid communication with the injection line for injecting gas bubbles into the injection line and allowing mixing in the injection line of the gas bubbles and the contaminated water to form an inlet fluid; an inlet weir within the chamber adjacent the inlet; an immiscible fluid weir within the chamber; a trough for collecting the immiscible fluid and allowing the immiscible fluid to flow out of the at least one chamber through an immiscible fluid outlet; and a cleaned water outlet generally at the bottom of the chamber.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2010Date of Patent: July 2, 2013Assignee: Exterran Water Solutions ULCInventors: Douglas W. Lee, George Muir
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Patent number: 8080158Abstract: A vessel and method for removing immiscible fluid from contaminated water, the vessel comprising: at least one chamber; an injection line in fluid communication with an inlet of the one chamber; bubble generation means in fluid communication with the injection line for injecting gas bubbles into the injection line and allowing mixing in the injection line of the gas bubbles and the contaminated water to form an inlet fluid; an inlet weir within the chamber adjacent the inlet; an immiscible fluid weir within the chamber; a trough for collecting the immiscible fluid and allowing the immiscible fluid to flow out of the at least one chamber through an immiscible fluid outlet; and a cleaned water outlet generally at the bottom of the chamber; wherein when the inlet fluid is injected into the chamber, it passes through the inlet and over the inlet weir, the cleaned water flows downwardly toward the cleaned water outlet, and a remaining mixture of the immiscible fluid and the gas bubbles floats through the chamber tType: GrantFiled: November 22, 2005Date of Patent: December 20, 2011Assignee: Exterran Water Solutions ULCInventors: Douglas W. Lee, George Muir