Abstract: A device and method for drying fine particulate. A parallel flow rotary drum dryer is used to dry the particulate material. There is a combustion chamber for the burner, located upstream of the dryer inlet, and the burner flame is limited to the combustion chamber so the fine particulate material does not come into direct contact with the burner flame. The output from the dryer passes through a knock-out box including a baffle system with a plurality of narrow gaps to create a pressure drop to slow down the gas flow and enable the entrained fine mesh dry particulate to drop out through a bottom outlet before the effluent gas is sent to the dust collection/air filtration system.

Abstract: A system of controlling the capture of emissions from an exhaust emitter includes a housing including an inlet, a first outlet, and a second outlet; an adapter configured to attach to the exhaust emitter and the inlet of the housing; an attachment assembly coupled to the exhaust emitter, the attachment assembly including at least one leg pivotably coupled to the adapter; at least one valve coupled to the housing; and a control unit capable of communicating with the at least one valve to control the emission of exhaust through the device.

Abstract: A counterflow rotary cooler including an elongated rotary vessel having first and second ends, at least one inner tube nested inside one outer tube and defining an annulus space between said inner and outer tubes, with cooling water flowing from said first end to said second end through said annulus and then returning to said first end through the inner tube.

Abstract: A loading lockout system which takes an image of a vessel, recognizes the receiving opening of the vessel, and prevents the loading of material into the vessel until it determines that the discharge footprint of the material storage device is within the receiving opening of the vessel.

Abstract: A method and a system for operating a rotary vessel, rotated by a tire riding on trunnions, which monitors the position of the tire relative to the upper and lower thrust bearings and the temperature of the upper and lower thrust bearings and provides an output that alerts an operator when corrective action should be taken.

Abstract: A device for capturing in-port ship exhaust gases is designed to be connected to a ship, when the ship has at least one funnel that serves as an outlet for exhaust gases.

Abstract: A system of controlling the capture of emissions from an exhaust emitter includes a housing including an inlet, a first outlet, and a second outlet; an adapter configured to attach to the exhaust emitter and the inlet of the housing; an attachment assembly coupled to the exhaust emitter, the attachment assembly including at least one leg pivotably coupled to the adapter; at least one valve coupled to the housing; and a control unit capable of communicating with the at least one valve to control the emission of exhaust through the device.

Abstract: A device for capturing in-port ship exhaust gases is designed to be connected to a ship, when the ship has at least one funnel that serves as an outlet for exhaust gases.

Abstract: A system of controlling the capture of emissions from an exhaust emitter includes a housing including an inlet, a first outlet, and a second outlet; an adapter configured to attach to the exhaust emitter and the inlet of the housing; an attachment assembly coupled to the exhaust emitter, the attachment assembly including at least one leg pivotably coupled to the adapter; at least one valve coupled to the housing; and a control unit capable of communicating with the at least one valve to control the emission of exhaust through the device.

Abstract: A device for capturing in-port ship exhaust gases is designed to be connected to a ship, when the ship has at least one funnel that serves as an outlet for exhaust gases.

Abstract: A device for capturing in-port ship exhaust gases is designed to be connected to a ship, when the ship has at least one funnel that serves as an outlet for exhaust gases.

Abstract: A method for operating a rotary vessel which monitors the position of the tire relative to the upper and lower thrust bearings and the temperature of the upper and lower thrust bearings and provides an output that alerts an operator when corrective action should be taken.

Abstract: A device for capturing in-port ship exhaust gases is designed to be connected to a ship when the ship has at least one funnel that serves as an outlet for exhaust gases. The device includes at least one collection device, including a hood designed to connect to the funnel at the exhaust outlet so as to collect the exhaust gases coming out of the funnel, a handling unit designed to move the collection device and position it at the exhaust outlet, a first constraint configured to interconnect or disconnect the collection device and the handling unit by command so as to create a handling configuration in which the collection device and the handling unit are interconnected by the first constraint and can be moved as one, and a collection configuration in which the collection device collects the exhaust gases and the connection achieved by the first constraint is released.

Abstract: A device and method for drying fine particulate. A parallel flow rotary drum dryer is used to dry the particulate material. There is a combustion chamber for the burner, located upstream of the dryer inlet, and the burner flame is limited to the combustion chamber so the fine particulate material does not come into direct contact with the burner flame. The output from the dryer passes through a knock-out box including a baffle system with a plurality of narrow gaps to create a pressure drop to slow down the gas flow and enable the entrained fine mesh dry particulate to drop out through a bottom outlet before the effluent gas is sent to the dust collection/air filtration system.

Abstract: A device and method for drying fine particulate. A parallel flow rotary drum dryer is used to dry the particulate material. There is a combustion chamber for the burner, located upstream of the dryer inlet, and the burner flame is limited to the combustion chamber so the fine particulate material does not come into direct contact with the burner flame. The output from the dryer passes through a knock-out box including a baffle system with a plurality of narrow gaps to create a pressure drop to slow down the gas flow and enable the entrained fine mesh dry particulate to drop out through a bottom outlet before the effluent gas is sent to the dust collection/air filtration system.

Abstract: A method for operating an asphalt plant includes using sensors to quickly pinpoint a problem area and to determine the best course of action to maintain quality production with minimum wasted material and minimum plant downtime.

Abstract: The system and method of the present application improves the efficiency of systems utilizing spiral membranes but can also be applied to systems using other types of membranes. The membrane vessels and membranes are configured in a vertical orientation and a clear path is provided for the removal of product and cleaning chemicals on the retentate and permeate sides of the membrane with little or no dilution.

Abstract: A nut shell filter allows the shell filter media to be scrubbed without being removed from the filter vessel. In order to protect the vessel from pressure surges which can occur during the scrubbing cycle, pressure applied during the beginning of the scrubbing cycle is contained within a scrubber tube such that the filter vessel is not subjected to pressure surges which occur at the beginning of the scrubbing cycle. The scrubber tube and scrubber filter tube may either be disposed within the filter vessel or outside of the filter vessel.

Abstract: Frying processes utilizing cooking oil at elevated temperatures can cause various degradation effects in the oil including oxidation, hydrolysis and/or polymerization. In the absence of additives to protect the oil, the nutritional profile and cooking performance of degraded oil diminishes the quality of food cooked therein. The disclosed methods and compositions provide beneficial and cost effective improvements in the cooking performance of oil used at elevated temperatures, for example, in food frying equipment.

Abstract: A compound conduit containing inner and outer conduits with apertures in the former that are angled to direct jets of fluid in a rearward direction from the inner conduit into the annular space is used to draw sludge or undesirable material from a vessel without imposing a vacuum on the system. In conjunction with the compound conduit is a rotary tube seal that allows the conduit to be mounted to an orifice in a tank wall and pivoted or rotated over a range of angles. A tubing drive mechanism grasps the tubing at locations well removed from the distal end and causes the tubing to travel in the direction of the tubing axis. The gripping members in the mechanism engage the sides of the tubing and are capable of shifting position relative to each other to accommodate changes in the curvature of the tubing.