Patents Assigned to Searen, LLC
  • Patent number: 11767235
    Abstract: A vacuum airlift system for treating an aqueous effluent includes an upflow liquid portion, where the upflow liquid portion is configured to retain a fluid, and a fluid inlet, the fluid inlet being fluidly coupled with the upflow liquid portion, where the fluid inlet is positioned at about a bottom of the upflow liquid portion. The vacuum airlift system can also include a downflow liquid portion, where the downflow liquid portion is fluidly coupled with the upflow liquid portion, and a fluid outlet, the fluid outlet being fluidly coupled with the downflow liquid portion, where the fluid outlet is positioned at about a bottom of the downflow liquid portion. The vacuum airlift system can also include a plurality of aerators fed by one or more fluidic oscillators, the plurality of aerators being coupled to the upflow liquid column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Searen, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Wood Andrews, Emmanuel Pierre Pascal Briquet, John Rodgers Brooks, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11161756
    Abstract: A vacuum airlift system for treating an aqueous effluent includes an upflow liquid portion, where the upflow liquid portion is configured to retain a fluid, and a fluid inlet, the fluid inlet being fluidly coupled with the upflow liquid portion, where the fluid inlet is positioned at about a bottom of the upflow liquid portion. The vacuum airlift system can also include a downflow liquid portion, where the downflow liquid portion is fluidly coupled with the upflow liquid portion, and a fluid outlet, the fluid outlet being fluidly coupled with the downflow liquid portion, where the fluid outlet is positioned at about a bottom of the downflow liquid portion. The vacuum airlift system can also include a photobioreactor fluidly coupled with the downflow liquid portion such that the fluid is configured to pass through the upflow liquid portion, into the downflow liquid portion, and into the photobioreactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Searen, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Wood Andrews, Emmanuel Pierre Pascal Briquet, John Rodgers Brooks, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10618824
    Abstract: Embodiments include a vacuum airlift system for treating an aqueous effluent including an upflow liquid column, where the upflow liquid column is configured to retain a fluid, a fluid inlet, the fluid inlet being fluidly coupled with the upflow liquid column, where the fluid inlet is positioned at about the bottom of the upflow liquid column, a downflow liquid column, a fluid outlet, the fluid outlet being fluidly coupled with the downflow liquid column, wherein the fluid outlet is positioned at about the bottom of the downflow liquid column, and a plurality of moving bed biofilm reactors, the plurality of moving bed biofilm reactors being positioned in the upflow liquid column or the downflow liquid column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Searen, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Wood Andrews, Emmanuel Pierre Pascal Briquet, John Rodgers Brooks, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10233096
    Abstract: Embodiments include a vacuum airlift system for treating an aqueous effluent including an upflow liquid column, where the upflow liquid column is configured to retain a fluid, a fluid inlet, the fluid inlet being fluidly coupled with the upflow liquid column, where the fluid inlet is positioned at about the bottom of the upflow liquid column, a downflow liquid column, a fluid outlet, the fluid outlet being fluidly coupled with the downflow liquid column, wherein the fluid outlet is positioned at about the bottom of the downflow liquid column, and a plurality of moving bed biofilm reactors, the plurality of moving bed biofilm reactors being positioned in the upflow liquid column or the downflow liquid column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Searen, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Wood Andrews, Emmanuel Pierre Pascal Briquet, John Rodgers Brooks, Jr.