Patents by Inventor Daniel K. DeArment

Daniel K. DeArment has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9975061
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of concentrating liquid waste streams including methods comprising drawing a fluidized gas liquid mixture containing water from a mixing cavity into a multi-stage cyclonic separator comprising a first cyclonic separation chamber and a second cyclonic separation chamber in fluid communication with the first cyclonic separation chamber; draining a liquid discharge from the cyclonic separator into a liquid sump; and supplying a liquid contained in the sump to the mixing cavity. Related methods comprise steps such as supplying a liquid waste feed to a concentrator having a mixing cavity and a first cyclonic separation chamber and feeding a supply gas to the mixing cavity. Evaporative concentrators configured to practice these methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Aptim Intellectual Property Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Russell M. Keckler, III, Daniel K. DeArment
  • Publication number: 20120168092
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of concentrating liquid waste streams including methods comprising drawing a fluidized gas liquid mixture containing water from a mixing cavity into a multi-stage cyclonic separator comprising a first cyclonic separation chamber and a second cyclonic separation chamber in fluid communication with the first cyclonic separation chamber; draining a liquid discharge from the cyclonic separator into a liquid sump; and supplying a liquid contained in the sump to the mixing cavity. Related methods comprise steps such as supplying a liquid waste feed to a concentrator having a mixing cavity and a first cyclonic separation chamber and feeding a supply gas to the mixing cavity. Evaporative concentrators configured to practice these methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2012
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventors: Russell M. Keckler, III, Daniel K. DeArment