With Baffle, Plate, Or Weir Within Gravitational Separator To Aid Contact Liquid Regeneration, Purification, Or Separation Patents (Class 96/239)
  • Patent number: 9027363
    Abstract: An economizer is provided in a multistage compression refrigeration system including a refrigerant circuit in which a multistage compressor, a condenser, a multistage expansion mechanism, and an evaporator are sequentially connected. The economizer includes: a tank having an introducing portion for introducing a refrigerant of the refrigerant circuit, a liquid outlet for guiding a liquid refrigerant into the evaporator, and a gas outlet for guiding a gas refrigerant into a medium pressure portion of the multistage compressor; and a float expansion valve, which forms part of the multistage expansion mechanism and is attached to the liquid outlet, and whose throttle amount is adjusted according to a level of the liquid refrigerant in the tank. Multiple ones of the liquid outlet and multiple ones of are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasutaka Takada, Nobuhiro Umeda, Kenji Kinokami
  • Patent number: 8864888
    Abstract: This oil-water separation device includes: a supply port (3b) for oily water; a flow passage that causes oily water (X4, X7) supplied from the supply port to flow so that a flow component in a horizontal direction is a main flow component; a floated oil recovery port (F) provided above an upper portion of the flow passage and also at a position spaced from a start end of the flow passage; and a settled oil recovery port (T) provided beneath the flow passage. According to the oil-water separation device, it is possible to separate an oil component from oily water that contains an oil component with higher viscosity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Noriyoshi Osawa, Makoto Kitano, Kenji Sato
  • Publication number: 20140238237
    Abstract: A device including a centrifugal separator for cleaning of a gas, especially a gas containing impurities in the form of solid and/or liquid particles, includes a stationary casing enclosing a separation space, an inlet channel, a rotating member in the separation space for separating at least a main part of the impurities from the gas, a gas outlet channel, and an outlet for discharging a separated phase of the gas. A supply member is provided for supplying a liquid, in the form of an aerosol, to the gas to be cleaned and which comprises a supply conduit with an outlet end, and an ejector nozzle connectable to a pressurised gas conduit and including a nozzle outlet. The nozzle outlet at the outlet end permits ejection of the aerosol from the outlet end by means of the pressurised gas supplied to the ejector nozzle and the nozzle outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2012
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: ALFA LAVAL CORPORATE AB
    Inventors: Staffan Holm, Jan Skoog
  • Publication number: 20140182456
    Abstract: A debinder trap for treating binder gas thermal-cracked in sintering process of metal injection molding includes a hollow barrel body having a barrel cover, a barrel wall and a barrel bottom, and a plurality of baffles disposed in the barrel body to define a guide channel. An inlet and an outlet are apart opened in the barrel cover. The entrance of the guide channel is communicated with the inlet of the barrel body and the exit of the guide channel is communicated with the outlet of the barrel body. The barrel body contains oil material therein. In use, the binder gas enters the barrel body through the inlet and flows along the guide channel for being adsorbed by the oil material and rapidly condensed into solid binder, and the solid binder is dissolved and precipitated in the oil material to make the oil material continue to adsorb the binder gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: CHENG UEI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Cheng Yu Chou, Che Wei Hsu, Chih Wei Cheng
  • Publication number: 20140150652
    Abstract: A flue gas treatment system includes a CO2 absorber having an inlet for receiving a SO3 aerosol containing gas in the CO2 absorber. An amine solvent is supplied to the CO2 absorber. The CO2 absorber has a high temperature region and a lower temperature region. The high temperature region is configured to create an amine vapor and the lower temperature region is configured to cause the amine vapor to condense on the SO3 aerosol creating SO3/amine droplets. A SO3 aerosol removal device is positioned downstream of the CO2 absorber for removing the SO3/amine droplets from the gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTD.
    Inventor: Stephen Alan Bedell
  • Patent number: 8652243
    Abstract: A gas filtration apparatus includes a first pipeline configured to divide transmitted gas and air to second and third gas flows, transmit the second and third gas flows to second pipeline bundle which is configured to divide each of the second and third gas flows to two or more gas flows and transmit the divided gas flows to a plurality of filters, a purifying tank configured to contain first water for purifying the divided gas flows, a plurality of filters positioned in a lower space of the purifying tank and configured to disintegrate one or more bubbles created by the divided gas flows, and a gas outlet configured to collect a plurality of bubbles emitted from the first water and release the collected bubbles to the outside of the gas filtration apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Inventor: Sam Yung Kwack
  • Patent number: 8408524
    Abstract: In a device for humidifying a gas flow, an atomized liquid is combined with a gas flow in a spray chamber, and passed through a generally U-shaped gas flow passage having a first generally vertical part 3 through which the atomized liquid and gas passes to a lower part 4. From there, the gas passes generally vertically upwardly to an outlet 9. The lower part of the passage incorporates an opening 6 to a water separator 7. The opening 6 is closable by a float device 10, or includes a flow restricting control valve 13.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventor: Janusz Blaszczyk
  • Publication number: 20120255900
    Abstract: This oil-water separation device includes: a supply port (3b) for oily water; a flow passage that causes oily water (X4, X7) supplied from the supply port to flow so that a flow component in a horizontal direction is a main flow component; a floated oil recovery port (F) provided above an upper portion of the flow passage and also at a position spaced from a start end of the flow passage; and a settled oil recovery port (T) provided beneath the flow passage. According to the oil-water separation device, it is possible to separate an oil component from oily water that contains an oil component with higher viscosity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Inventors: Noriyoshi Osawa, Makoto Kitano, Kenji Sato
  • Publication number: 20120000366
    Abstract: A wet gas scrubber is provided for removing at least one of solid and liquid particles from water-saturated gases with a Venturi zone adjustable with respect to the flow cross-section. The wet gas scrubber includes a fixed lower Venturi plate and a vertically adjustable upper Venturi plate disposed above the fixed lower Venturi plate. The Venturi plates are substantially parallel to one another and include corresponding segments configured to engage in each other. A plurality of Venturi channels are disposed between the Venturi plates and configured to guide a mixture of a gas to be cleaned and cleaning liquid droplets injected into a stream of the gas by a nozzle. The segments of the Venturi plates engage in each other while the Venturi channels are kept free.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: OUTOTEC OYJ
    Inventor: Henning Nixdorff
  • Publication number: 20110296986
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method and a system for separating hydrogen or helium from gas having a mixture of gaseous components. A compressible feed stream that contains at least one target compressible component and hydrogen or helium is mixed in a substantially co-current flow with an incompressible fluid stream comprising an incompressible fluid in which the target component(s) is/are capable of being preferentially absorbed. Rotational velocity is imparted to the mixed streams, separating an incompressible fluid in which at least a portion of the target component is absorbed from a compressible product stream containing the hydrogen or helium. The compressible feed stream may be provided at a stream velocity having a Mach number of at least 0.1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: SHELL OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Frederik Arnold BUHRMAN, Jingyu CUI, Mahendra Ladharam JOSHI, Stanley Nemec MILAM, Scott Lee WELLINGTON
  • Patent number: 7866638
    Abstract: The invention relates to a gas liquid contactor and effluent cleaning system and method and more particularly to an array of nozzles configured to produce uniformly spaced flat liquid jets shaped to minimize disruption from a gas. An embodiment of the invention is directed towards a gas liquid contactor module including a liquid inlet and outlet and a gas inlet and outlet. An array of nozzles is in communication with the liquid inlet and the gas inlet. The array of nozzles is configured to produce uniformly spaced flat liquid jets shaped to minimize disruption from a gas flow and maximize gas flow and liquid flow interactions while rapidly replenishing the liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Neumann Systems Group, Inc.
    Inventors: David Kurt Neumann, Nicholas J. Miller, Boris R. Nizamov, Thomas Lee Henshaw, Andrew R. Awtry, Jason K. Brasseur, Keith R. Hobbs, Jason A. Tobias, William E. McDermott
  • Patent number: 7850769
    Abstract: An air filtering apparatus including a housing having an air suction port and air blow-out port, an electrolytic bath for generating electrolytic water, a gas-liquid contact member disposed in the housing, an electrolytic water supply unit for supplying the electrolytic water to the gas-liquid contact member so that the electrolytic water infiltrates into the gas-liquid contact member, an air blowing fan for bringing indoor air sucked from the air suction port into contact with the electrolytic water infiltrating in the gas-liquid contact member and blowing out the indoor air from the air blow-out port, a water receiving portion for receiving the electrolytic water passed through the gas-liquid contact member, and a foreign material removing mechanism for removing foreign materials contained in the electrolytic water. The foreign material may be a filter member disposed in front of the gas-liquid contact member, or a dam member disposed in the water receiving portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuo Takahashi, Yoichi Uchida, Hiroaki Usui, Tetsuya Yamamoto, Keiko Kurokawa, Masayuki Motegi, Tomohito Koizumi, Hiroyuki Umezawa, Tsuyoshi Rakuma, Toshio Fukushima, Toru Arakawa, Hiroyuki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 7799218
    Abstract: A paint reclamation clarifier system in communication with a sump tank in a paint booth containing a carrier fluid for capturing paint droplets and a conduit for transporting the carrier fluid mixed with paint droplets to the reclamation clarifier system is presented. The clarifier system includes an influent port, a detackification agent inlet, a sludge tank in a lower portion of the clarifier for collecting the dispersed carrier liquid, where the paint droplets bond with the agent and settle to the bottom of the sludge tank, a sludge outlet, and, at least one effluent port located on or near an upper portion of a sidewall of the clarifier system permitting unsettled material to exit from the clarifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc
    Inventor: John M. Spangler
  • Publication number: 20100024654
    Abstract: A trap device comprises means for separating a liquid compound from a waste stream exhaust from a process chamber, means for collecting the liquid compound separated from the waste stream, means for selectively isolating the collected liquid compound from the waste stream, and means for evaporating the collected liquid compound to return the compound in gaseous form to the waste stream. This can enable a volatile liquid to be collected at a defined location, isolated from the waste stream, and, when so desired, returned to the waste stream in the form of a gas for subsequent abatement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2006
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Inventors: Christopher John Shaw, Graeme Huntley, Andrew James Seeley
  • Publication number: 20090211601
    Abstract: System for extracting vapour and particulates from a flow of at least an air stream, the air stream including vapour and particulates, the system having a funnel and a filter unit; an opening of the funnel being arranged for receiving the flow of at least the air stream; an outlet of the funnel being connected to an inlet of the filter unit, the inlet of the filter unit being arranged for receiving the air stream, wherein the filter unit further includes a housing, a first filter and a second filter, a ventilation unit and a filter unit outlet; the housing having a first, second and third chamber; the first chamber and second chamber being separated by the first filter, the second chamber and third chamber being separated by the second filter; the inlet of the filter unit being located in the first chamber; the ventilation unit being located between the third chamber and the filter unit outlet and being arranged during use for creating an underpressure in the first, second and third chambers, the underpressur
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2008
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Inventor: Antonius Theodorus Cecilianus HAUZER
  • Patent number: 7578883
    Abstract: An arrangement and associated method for abating effluent from an etching process is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: LSI Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Williams, Michael Barthman
  • Patent number: 7390341
    Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid/gas state separating device capable of separating the molecules of vapour (V) of a liquid evaporating under the effect of a partial vacuum (31) maintained by pumping means from drops (L) of said liquid carried along by the flow of vapour (V), characterised in that it comprises a vapour deflector (50) and a drop collector (60), the vapour deflector (50) imposing at least one sudden change of direction on the flow of vapour (V).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: Thermagen SA
    Inventor: Pierre Jeuch
  • Patent number: 7374604
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a system for flue gas treatment, wherein the provided system comprises a quench module, a first control module, a filter collecting module, a wet scribing module and a regeneration module. In this system, parts of the particles contained in flue gas are removed in the quench module and the wet scribing module by a first scrubbing solution, and then in wet scribing module a second scrubbing liquid containing particles is formed. Next, the second scrubbing solution is treated in the regeneration module to form a third scrubbing solution, wherein the third scrubbing solution is then fed back to the quench module and/or the wet scrubbing module to substitute the first scrubbing solution for repeating what originally performed via the first scrubbing solution. Furthermore, this invention discloses a method for flue gas treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: Chung Yuan Christian University
    Inventor: Chien-Song Chyang
  • Patent number: 6793814
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for separating solid particles from a fluid. One preferred embodiment includes a tank for settling particles out of the fluid, a conical chamber at the bottom of the tank, an outlet connected to conical chamber, and a conical auger within the conical chamber. The tank may have a tangential inlet that creates a fluid circulation that exerts a centrifugal force on the solid particles to increase the settling of particles out of the fluid. The tank may have a static spiral on the inner wall that helps small particles coalesce into larger particles that settle faster out of the fluid. The fluid content of the solids removed from the tank may be controlled by varying the rotational speed of the conical auger. The rotational speed of the conical auger may be varied depending on the torque required to rotate the conical auger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: M-I L.L.C.
    Inventors: Gary Fout, Neale Browne
  • Publication number: 20030190509
    Abstract: A gas/liquid separator comprises: a vessel having a fluid inlet, a liquid outlet, a vapor outlet and a vessel cross-sectional geometry, an initial baffle and a subsequent baffle disposed within the vessel, between the fluid inlet and the vapor outlet, and having a baffle geometry substantially similar to the vessel cross-sectional geometry, and a solid plate disposed between the initial baffle and the vapor outlet, wherein the vapor outlet is in gaseous communication with a side of the solid plate opposite the vapor outlet. The initial and subsequent baffles comprise a plurality of openings providing fluid communication from a fluid inlet side to a baffle vapor outlet side of the initial baffle and the subsequent baffle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2003
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventors: Robert H. Byron, Michael Brown
  • Patent number: 6511529
    Abstract: The object of the invention is to provide a method of treating wash water resulting from the scrubbing of process gases in smelting plants, according to which method the wash water is brought into intimate contact with the process gas and is circulated when the solids have been deposited. The method according to the invention draws off a partial flow from the wash water, mixes it with fresh water and uses it for rewashing the process gas. According to the invention, the wash water necessary for the scrubbers is drawn from a wash water container. In the sedimentation tank the insoluble portions are removed from the substance-charged wash water which is then introduced into the wash water container. The wash water required for the rewashing stage is removed from the wash water container and mixed with fresh water via the fresh water pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2003
    Assignee: Voest-Alpine Industrieanlagenbau GmbH
    Inventors: Karin Pichler, Günter Schrey, Alfred Hirsch
  • Patent number: 6158242
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for efficiently and cost-effectively removing moisture from pressurized gas stream to any required low level. The invention adopts an irregular matrix of finned pipes to remove the moisture as liquid and solid deposits. Clogging is completely eliminated in the freezer and heat recuperator of this apparatus. The dew-point of the dried gas may be reduced to under -100.degree. F. The method and the apparatus provided by the present invention are universally applicable to the dehydration of all kind of gases, and, hence, can replace all the three major dehydration methods and dehydrators currently in the market, i.e., the solid desiccant absorption, the liquid desiccant absorption, and the refrigeration dehydration. No BTEX pollutant is emitted to the atmosphere when applied to natural gas dehydration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2000
    Inventor: Yingzhong Lu
  • Patent number: 6132497
    Abstract: A dust suppression system for suppressing dust associated with a movement of dust producing material along an open conduit may include a hood assembly positioned adjacent the open conduit so that the hood assembly defines an interior chamber that is exposed to the dust producing material contained within the open conduit. A baffle member mounted to the hood assembly divides the interior chamber into an inlet chamber and an outlet chamber. A venturi assembly having an inlet end and an outlet end is mounted to the baffle member so that the inlet end of the venturi assembly is exposed to the inlet chamber and so that the outlet end of the venturi assembly is exposed to the outlet chamber. A pressurized fluid provided to the venturi assembly causes the venturi assembly to pull dust laden air contained within the inlet chamber to the outlet chamber, the fluid combining with a portion of the dust suspended in the dust laden air to suppress a release of dust into a surrounding atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2000
    Assignee: RAG American Coal Company
    Inventor: Randall L. Conklin
  • Patent number: 5908491
    Abstract: An air cleaner for efficiently providing clean air for a structure is comprised of a housing having an intake port and an exhaust port. At least one air chamber having a liquid reservoir at its base is disposed within the housing. A fan draws air through the intake port and the air passes in turn through each liquid reservoir and then its air chamber and discharges the air through the exhaust port. A switch controls the fan and is turned off whenever the liquid level within the device is improper with the device having a flush valve for discharging exhaust liquid and a liquid fill valve for introduction of liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1999
    Inventor: Roy Hobbs
  • Patent number: 5803955
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling dust generated during a material transfer operation includes an environmental enclosure surrounding a conveyor bed, the enclosure having a series of baffles creating scrubbing chambers in which dust particles are agglomerated by a fog or mist. The baffles have ports allowing positive airflow under the influence of the moving material and of the conveyor bed so that airborne dust particles impact and adhere to the wet baffle surface. Accumulated dust in the form of a wet sludge eventually drops onto the material on the conveyor and is carried out of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1998
    Assignee: The Raring Corporation
    Inventor: David L. Raring