Dow Global Technolgoies LLC

Rohm and Haas Company

Santhosh K Ramalingam

Steven Douglas Jons

Christopher J Siler

Aaron Sarafinas

A method for making an emulsion using a rotating membrane device () including:

Swept membrane emulsification

A hydroclone including: a vortex chamber () in fluid communication with the inlet (), a process fluid chamber () in fluid communication with the process fluid outlet (), an effluent separation chamber () located between the vortex chamber () and process fluid chamber () and including an outer circumferential surface (), a vortex flow barrier () located between the vortex chamber () and the effluent separation chamber (), an effluent barrier () located between the effluent separation chamber () and the process fluid chamber () including at least one opening (') near the outer circumferential surface (), and an effluent opening () centrally located within the effluent separation chamber () in fluid communication with the effluent outlet (); wherein the effluent separation chamber () has a median distance () between the vortex flow barrier () and effluent barrier () which is adjustable.

Hydroclone

A hydroclone () including a tank () having a fluid inlet (), a filtered fluid outlet (), an effluent outlet (), a process fluid outlet () and an inner peripheral wall () positioned about an axis (X) and enclosing a plurality of aligned chambers including: i) a vortex chamber () in fluid communication with the fluid inlet (), a filter assembly () located within the vortex chamber () and enclosing a filtrate chamber (), a fluid pathway () extending from the fluid inlet () and about the filter assembly () which is adapted to generate a vortex fluid flow about the filter assembly (), wherein the filtrate chamber () is in fluid communication with the filtered fluid outlet () such that fluid passing through the filter assembly () enters the filtrate chamber () and may exit the tank () by way of the filtered fluid outlet (), and ii) an effluent separation chamber () in fluid communication with the vortex chamber () and which is adapted for receiving unfiltered fluid therefrom, wherein the effluent separation chamber () is in fluid communication with the process fluid outlet () and an effluent outlet (); wherein the hydroclone () further includes a vortex flow barrier () located between the vortex and effluent separation chambers () which is adapted to disrupts vortex fluid flow as fluid flows from the vortex chamber () to the effluent separation chamber ().

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Pearland, TX, United States of America

Santhosh K Ramalingam