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Sludge digesters with separate liquid chambers to buoy ballast members

US5423895A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 23, 1993
Grant dateJun 13, 1995
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Expiry dateAug 23, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S210/09
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A gas-holding sludge digester is disclosed having a sideskirt which telescopes in a liquid chamber which is separate from a main digester tank and wherein the ballast is structured to increase gas pressure of the gas contained within the cover as the sideskirt telescopes upward.

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