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Allen Matlick

Dwain E Morse

Wade O Morse

Thomas G Matherly

Raffael Jovine

Eddie Dean Hendrickson

Joseph B DeWitt

Jonathan J Owen

Brad Gnegy

A fluid conditioning system and method is disclosed for coupling to a first solution source comprising a suspension solution and particles suspended in the suspension solution. The fluid conditioning system includes a containment vessel defining a treatment environment and including a wall defining a fluid passage and a having an inlet apparatus. The inlet apparatus is coupled to the solution source for receiving a solution stream and directing the solution stream through the passage helically along the cylindrical wall. The containment vessel includes a sparging apparatus disposed downstream of the inlet apparatus for introducing a gas into the solution stream, and an outlet for discharging the sparged solution stream. The system further includes a flotation tank disposed proximate the containment vessel outlet for receiving the discharged solution stream. The flotation tank is adapted to carry a predetermined volume of a second solution to effect flotation of the particles to the surface of the second solution. The flotation tank further includes a tank outlet for exiting processed effluent from the tank.

Fluid conditioning system and method

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Santa Barbara, CA, United States of America

Allen Matlick