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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2006
Applicants:
Kevin Slough, High River, CA;
Troy Lupul, Calgary, CA;
Inventors:
Kevin Slough, High River, CA;
Troy Lupul, Calgary, CA;
Assignee:
Q'Max Solutions Inc., Calgary, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 21/01 (2006.01); B01D 21/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Processes and apparatuses for treating drilling fluid by passing the fluid through a separator including a clarifying zone and a thickening zone, the clarifying zone having inclined plates and the thickening zone having at least one wall with an angle of less than about 60°. The separator may optionally include an agglomeration zone and a removal zone.