REACTION AND SEPARATION APPARATUS

    公开(公告)号:US20250050243A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-13

    申请号:US18718180

    申请日:2022-12-07

    Applicant: BIOLY LIMITED

    Abstract: There is provided a filtration system comprising a reaction and separation apparatus (2) for processing a solid-liquid mixture (4) to separate solids from liquid, the reaction and separation apparatus (2) comprising: a tank (6) comprising an inlet (8) and an outlet (10), the inlet (8) configured for receiving the solid-liquid mixture (4) into the tank (6), the outlet (10) configured for permitting liquid to exit the tank (6); and a sedimentation device (16) including a liquid conduit (18), the liquid conduit (18) having a first end (20) and a second end (22), the first end (20) configured to be in liquid communication with the outlet (10), the second end (22) configured for dispensing liquid from the liquid conduit (18), wherein the second end (22) is positioned higher than the first end (20) so that the liquid conduit (18) extends from the first end (20) to the second end (22) along a vertical axis or along an inclined axis relative to the horizontal, wherein the filtration system further comprises a preparatory filter (642) configured to, in use, receive an inflow liquid (644) from an external source and separate the inflow liquid (644) into the solid-liquid mixture (4) and a filtered liquid (646), wherein the preparatory filter (642) is configured to dispense the solid-liquid mixture (4) into the tank (6) via the inlet (8).

    Pinch valve for soil extrusion system

    公开(公告)号:US12214301B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-04

    申请号:US18213870

    申请日:2023-06-25

    Abstract: An extrusion system for separating particulates entrained in wash water, e.g. from harvesting tuberous produce, includes a settling tank configured to receive a flow of particulated water. A diffuser suspended within the tank converts the flow of particulated water into multiple transverse flows to avoid churning settled particulates. A particulate filter fixed within the tank includes a central channel surrounded by a cylindrical array of cantilevered parallel vertical blades. The channel directs the flows below the blades, causing dynamic movement of the blades as the particulated water rises therebetween to trap particulates along boundary layers, promote particulate settling by gravity, and allow clarified water to rise to the top of the tank. A sensor detects settled particulate reaching a predetermined setpoint, and in response the system actuates an auger and opens a pinch valve to force concentrated particulate from the bottom of the tank.

    Sedimentation plate, sedimentation assembly, and sedimentation module

    公开(公告)号:US12214300B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-04

    申请号:US18701665

    申请日:2022-10-17

    Abstract: A sedimentation plate, a sedimentation assembly, and a sedimentation module are provided. The sedimentation plate includes a flat plate; a plurality of first rib plates arranged at intervals, parallel to each other, and perpendicular to a first surface of the flat plate; and a plurality of second rib plates arranged at intervals, parallel to each other, and perpendicular to a second surface of the flat plate. The first rib plates are perpendicular to the second rib plates. A water channel is formed between each two adjacent first rib plates. A mud channel is formed between each two adjacent second rib plates. The sedimentation assembly includes a plurality of sedimentation plates. The sedimentation module includes the sedimentation assembly.

    Modular installation for treating water by flotation

    公开(公告)号:US12172907B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-24

    申请号:US17432977

    申请日:2020-02-13

    Abstract: Installation for treating water by flotation, comprising a substantially parallelepipedal assembly (1) produced by connecting modules (2, 2a), said assembly comprising a contact tank (3) which is provided with supply means for water to be treated (4) and supply means for white water (5), a flotation tank (6) which is provided with means for discharging treated water (7, 7a) and which is separated from said contact tank by a vertical wall (8), and means for discharging floated sludge, characterised in that said contact tank (3) is provided along said flotation tank (6) and delimits a single contact zone for said water to be treated with said white water, and in that said supply means for water to be treated (4) are configured to distribute the water to be treated in said contact tank according to a longitudinal water supply flow, the water distribution flow in the flotation tank being perpendicular to said water supply flow in said contact tank.

    SYSTEM FOR CLARIFYING PROCESS WATER IN OIL AND GAS OPERATIONS

    公开(公告)号:US20240367073A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-11-07

    申请号:US18650623

    申请日:2024-04-30

    Abstract: A portable unit and associated processing are described for clarifying process water used in oil and gas operations such as fracking or drill-out operations. In the portable unit, dirty water (402) is introduced into a clarifier (400). The dirty water (402) is directed to a bottom of the clarifier (400) where dissolved air 408 from a dissolved air flotation pump (410) is injected into the water (402). The water (402) then passes across the inclined plates (412). Particles are separated from the water (402) via interaction with the plates (412) and directed to collectors (414), at the bottom of the clarifier (404), by gravitation. In addition, a floc, enhanced by the injection of the dissolved air (408), is skimmed from the water surface. The result of this process flow is clarified water (430) that can be returned to the frack and post-frack completion process.

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