Patent · US Expired

Method of separating employing a continuous re-entrant lumen with wall conditioning elements

US5676848A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 7, 1995
Grant dateOct 14, 1997
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 7, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB01D2201/282
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Materials including suspended particles are brought together and then separated into two streams one of which only contains the particles, the output streams having different composition from inlet streams. Separation is effected in filtration modules which include a moving runner with wall conditioning elements which dislodge accumulated particles from porous walls of filters.

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