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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2020

Filed:

Apr. 14, 2017
Applicant:

Layne Christensen Company, The Woodlands, TX (US);

Inventor:

George R. King, The Woodlands, TX (US);

Assignee:

LAYNE CHRISTENSEN COMPANY, The Woodlands, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 21/01 (2006.01); B01D 21/26 (2006.01); B04C 5/081 (2006.01); B04C 5/103 (2006.01); B04C 5/16 (2006.01); B04C 9/00 (2006.01); C02F 1/38 (2006.01); C02F 1/52 (2006.01); E21B 21/06 (2006.01); C02F 103/10 (2006.01); C02F 103/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B04C 9/00 (2013.01); B01D 21/01 (2013.01); B01D 21/267 (2013.01); B04C 5/081 (2013.01); B04C 5/103 (2013.01); B04C 5/16 (2013.01); C02F 1/385 (2013.01); B04C 2009/008 (2013.01); C02F 1/52 (2013.01); C02F 2103/10 (2013.01); C02F 2103/365 (2013.01); E21B 21/065 (2013.01);
Abstract

A device for separating and extracting suspended solids and particles from a fluid is shown. The device can include a hydro-cyclonic process unit, a variable geometry vortex process unit, a reverse coalescence and flocculation process unit and a fixed geometry vortices separator process unit. The fluid to be treated can enter the device through a fluid inlet and travel and recirculate through the several process units. The process units can collectively induce vorticose separation of the fluid and separate suspended solids and particles within the fluid. The suspended solids and particles can then be extracted from the device via one or more extraction fluid outlets. After the desired amount of suspended solids and particles has been removed, the processed fluid can be discharged from the device.


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