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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2014
Filed:
May. 01, 2012
John H. Mallard, Saratoga, CA (US);
Eugene A. Mckay, Woodside, CA (US);
Steven E. O'reilly, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Scott T. Burr, Midland, MI (US);
John H. Mallard, Saratoga, CA (US);
Eugene A. Mckay, Woodside, CA (US);
Steven E. O'Reilly, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Scott T. Burr, Midland, MI (US);
Dow Global Technologies LLC, Midland, MI (US);
Abstract
A hydrocyclone () having a tank () including a fluid inlet (), a filtered fluid outlet (), an effluent outlet (), a process fluid outlet () and an inner peripheral wall () enclosing three vertically aligned chambers () including a vortex chamber () in fluid communication with the fluid inlet through a fluid pathway () adapted for receiving an incoming fluid flow and generating a vortex fluid flow about a filter assembly () which is located within the vortex chamber which encloses a filtrate chamber () which is in fluid communication with the filtered fluid outlet (). An effluent separation chamber () is located bellow the vortex chamber and is in fluid communication with the vortex chamber and the effluent outlet. A process fluid chamber is located bellow the effluent separation chamber and is in fluid communication with the effluent separation chamber and the process fluid outlet.