Patents by Inventor Ronald Mulder

Ronald Mulder 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: 11912212
    Abstract: An additive sub-system for a wastewater management system of a vehicle including at least one holding tank and a toilet has a controller, at least one additive dispenser and a pump. The at least one additive dispenser is in fluid communication with the at least one holding tank or the toilet. The pump is associated with each additive dispenser of the at least one additive dispensers. Each pump is controlled by the controller to dispense an additive from the at least one additive dispenser to the at least one holding tank or the toilet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Thetford BV
    Inventors: Jacco Van Beek, Joop Van Leeuwen, Tijs Slezak, Wilco Wessels, Ruud Van Den Heijkant, Ronald Van Der Hoeven, Mark Mulders, Tom Kieboom, Didier Van Riel, Mitchell Van De Sande, Dineke Van Duijn
  • Patent number: 11912213
    Abstract: An apparatus for delivering wastewater from a recreational vehicle to a drain includes a housing having an outer wall and an inner wall generally perpendicular or slightly angled to the outer wall. The housing and the inner wall define an inlet chamber above the inner wall and a further chamber below the inner wall. The housing further includes an outlet downwardly extending from the inlet chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Thetford BV
    Inventors: Jacco Van Beek, Joop Van Leeuwen, Tijs Slezak, Wilco Wessels, Ruud Van Den Heijkant, Ronald Van Der Hoeven, Mark Mulders, Tom Kieboom, Didier Van Riel, Mitchell Van De Sande, Dineke Van Duijn
  • Patent number: 8663468
    Abstract: A reactor for anaerobically purifying waste water, such as waste water from the paper industry, includes a reactor vessel that has at least one inlet for supplying waste water to be purified into the reactor, at least one outlet for discharging purified water, at least one sediment filter and at least two multi-phase separator devices arranged on top of one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignees: Voith Patent GmbH, Aquatyx Wassertechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Axel Gommel, Dieter Efinger, Ronald Mulder
  • Publication number: 20130037468
    Abstract: A reactor for anaerobically purifying waste water, such as waste water from the paper industry, includes a reactor vessel that has at least one inlet for supplying waste water to be purified into the reactor, at least one outlet for discharging purified water, at least one sediment filter and at least two multi-phase separator devices arranged on top of one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Inventors: Axel Gommel, Dieter Efinger, Ronald Mulder
  • Patent number: 8354027
    Abstract: A reactor for biological purification of waste water includes a reactor vessel having a substantially flat or a round bottom, at least one supply pipe arranged in a lower region of the reactor vessel for feeding the waste water to be purified into the reactor, at least one fluid discharge pipe for discharging purified waste water from the reactor, at least one solid matter discharge pipe arranged in the lower region of the reactor vessel for discharging solid matter from the reactor and at least one diverting means including at least one diagonally extending section. The at least one diverting means is designed and/or arranged so that solids sinking to the bottom of the reactor from the upper region of the reactor are deflected so that the solids settle in a region of the at least one solid matter discharge pipe and are discharged from the reactor through the at least one solid matter discharge pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignees: Voith Patent GmbH, Aquatyx Wassertechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Axel Gommel, Dieter Efinger, Werner Gessler, Ronald Mulder
  • Patent number: 8337699
    Abstract: The invention relates to a reactor for anaerobically purifying waster water, especially waste water from the paper industry, comprising a reactor vessel, several inlets arranged in the bottom region of the reactor vessel to feed waste water to be purified into the reactor, at least one outlet for discharging purified water, and at least one sediment drain. One or more inlets are fed by a supply pipe, and several supply pipes are fed by a collecting supply pipe. In order to ensure that waste water to be purified is fed as regularly as possible at the bottom of the reactor vessel, at least the majority of the supply pipes of a collecting supply pipe supply waste water to be purified to a maximum of 10 inlets, and at least the majority of said supply pipes each have a control valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignees: Voith Patent GmbH, Aquatyx Wassertechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Axel Gommel, Dieter Efinger, Werner Gessler, Ronald Mulder
  • Patent number: 8133392
    Abstract: A three-phase separator for separating gas and solids from a three-phase mixture containing liquid, gas and solids includes an inlet region for the three-phase mixture, an outlet for a fraction rich in solids, an outlet for liquid, a first separator for separating gas from the three-phase mixture, forming a two-phase mixture which contains liquid and solids, and a second separator for separating solids from the two-phase mixture formed in the first separator, the first separator and the second separator in each case having at least one plate block each having at least three mutually parallel plates, between which a flow channel is formed in each case, the first separator being configured such that the mixture entering through the inlet region is led from top to bottom in the at least two flow channels, relative to the vertical, the second separator being configured and arranged in relation to the first separator such that the two-phase mixture emerging from the first separator enters the at least two flow cha
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Voith Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Lukas Menke, Georgios Troubounis, Ronald Mulder
  • Publication number: 20120031835
    Abstract: The invention relates to a reactor for anaerobically purifying waster water, especially waste water from the paper industry, comprising a reactor vessel, several inlets arranged in the bottom region of the reactor vessel to feed waste water to be purified into the reactor, at least one outlet for discharging purified water, and at least one sediment drain. One or more inlets are fed by a supply pipe, and several supply pipes are fed by a collecting supply pipe. In order to ensure that waste water to be purified is fed as regularly as possible at the bottom of the reactor vessel, at least the majority of the supply pipes of a collecting supply pipe supply waste water to be purified to a maximum of 10 inlets, and at least the majority of said supply pipes each have a control valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Inventors: Axel Gommel, Dieter Efinger, Werner Gessler, Ronald Mulder
  • Publication number: 20120018372
    Abstract: A reactor for biological purification of waste water includes a reactor vessel having a substantially flat or a round bottom, at least one supply pipe arranged in a lower region of the reactor vessel for feeding the waste water to be purified into the reactor, at least one fluid discharge pipe for discharging purified waste water from the reactor, at least one solid matter discharge pipe arranged in the lower region of the reactor vessel for discharging solid matter from the reactor and at least one diverting means including at least one diagonally extending section. The at least one diverting means is designed and/or arranged so that solids sinking to the bottom of the reactor from the upper region of the reactor are deflected so that the solids settle in a region of the at least one solid matter discharge pipe and are discharged from the reactor through the at least one solid matter discharge pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Inventors: Axel Gommel, Dieter Efinger, Werner Gessler, Ronald Mulder
  • Publication number: 20110048233
    Abstract: A three-phase separator for separating gas and solids from a three-phase mixture containing liquid, gas and solids includes an inlet region for the three-phase mixture, an outlet for a fraction rich in solids, an outlet for liquid, a first separator for separating gas from the three-phase mixture, forming a two-phase mixture which contains liquid and solids, and a second separator for separating solids from the two-phase mixture formed in the first separator, the first separator and the second separator in each case having at least one plate block each having at least three mutually parallel plates, between which a flow channel is formed in each case, the first separator being configured such that the mixture entering through the inlet region is led from top to bottom in the at least two flow channels, relative to the vertical, the second separator being configured and arranged in relation to the first separator such that the two-phase mixture emerging from the first separator enters the at least two flow cha
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Inventors: Lukas Menke, Georgios Troubounis, Ronald Mulder
  • Patent number: 7722768
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a process for the simultaneous removal of BOD and phosphate from a liquid containing ammonium, BOD, phosphate and magnesium, the method comprising: feeding the liquid to a reactor containing BOD-oxidising biomass; ensuring that the liquid in the reactor contains an excess to stoichiometry of ammonium and magnesium relative to phosphate, wherein the stoichiometry is related to the stoichiometry of struvite; oxidising at least part of the BOD; adjusting the pH of the liquid in the reactor at a desired value; forming solid material in the reactor, the solid material comprising struvite; separating at least part of the solid material from the reactor effluent; returning a part of the solid material to the reactor. The invention is also directed to a reactor for this process. The advantage of the process and the apparatus is that in one reactor both BOD and phosphate are removed from the liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Paques B.V.
    Inventors: Wiebe Ruurd Abma, Sjoerd Hubertus Josef Vellinga, Ronald Mulder
  • Publication number: 20080073265
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a process for the simultaneous removal of BOD and phosphate from a liquid containing ammonium, BOD, phosphate and magnesium, the method comprising: feeding the liquid to a reactor containing BOD-oxidising biomass; ensuring that the liquid in the reactor contains an excess to stoichiometry of ammonium and magnesium relative to phosphate, wherein the stoichiometry is related to the stoichiometry of struvite; oxidising at least part of the BOD; adjusting the pH of the liquid in the reactor at a desired value; forming solid material in the reactor, the solid material comprising struvite; separating at least part of the solid material from the reactor effluent; returning a part of the solid material to the reactor. The invention is also directed to a reactor for this process. The advantage of the process and the apparatus is that in one reactor both BOD and phosphate are removed from the liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2005
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Applicant: PAQUES B.V.
    Inventors: Wiebe Abma, Sjoerd Hubertus Vellinga, Ronald Mulder
  • Patent number: 6841072
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for the anaerobic purification of slurry which contains organic constituents. Slurry which is to be treated is fed periodically or continuously to a mixture-filled, substantially closed reactor (2), while the slurry is forcibly mixed with mixture (3) from the reactor. The mixture in the reactor is subjected to upward flow through it and to a hydrolysis process. The mixture is subjected to floatation by injection of a low-oxygen gas, such as biogas which originates from the reactor, and the floating layer of solids which is formed in the process is returned to the mixture in the reactor, while the low-particle liquid which is formed in the process is discharged as effluent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2005
    Assignee: Paques Bio Systems B.V.
    Inventors: Sjoerd Hubertus Jozef Vellinga, Ronald Mulder
  • Publication number: 20040108267
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for the anaerobic purification of slurry which contains organic constituents. Slurry which is to be treated is fed periodically or continuously to a mixture-filled, substantially closed reactor (2), while the slurry is forcibly mixed with mixture (3) from the reactor. The mixture in the reactor is subjected to upward flow through it and to a hydrolysis process. The mixture is subjected to floatation by injection of a low-oxygen gas, such as biogas which originates from the reactor, and the floating layer of solids which is formed in the process is returned to the mixture in the reactor, while the low-particle liquid which is formed in the process is discharged as effluent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2003
    Publication date: June 10, 2004
    Inventors: Sjoerd Hubertus Jozef Vellinga, Ronald Mulder
  • Patent number: 6372139
    Abstract: A method for the treatment of process water or effluent from a papermaking process, in which this water is subjected to at least one anaerobic purification step, an aeration step and a solids separation step and the water is then returned to the production process, and at least two treated water streams of different quality, which originate from a different combination of purification steps, are returned to different points in the production process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2002
    Assignee: Paques Water Systems B.V.
    Inventors: Leonard Hubertus Alphonsus Habets, Ronald Mulder
  • Patent number: 5518618
    Abstract: A system for purifying nitrogenous waste water by biological nitrification and denitrification, comprises at least two essentially separated reactor chambers, a liquid supply (4) and a liquid discharge (5). The first, aerated reactor chamber (1) is provided at the top with an overflow to the second, oxygen-depleted reactor chamber (2). The oxygen-depleted reactor chamber (2) is divided at the top into a degassing chamber (7) and a settling chamber (8) having an overflow (9) to the liquid discharge. The first reactor chamber is provided with an air supply (11, 18) and an air discharge (12) located above the supply. The first reactor chamber may be partly divided into a riser (14) and a downcomer (15) which allow, as a result of the air supply, mass circulation to take place in the aerated reactor chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 21, 1996
    Assignee: Paques B.V.
    Inventors: Ronald Mulder, Sjoerd H. J. Vellinga