Patent · US Expired

Method of separating fluids using a continuous re-entrant lumen having wall conditioning shuttles and porous wall sections

US5888407A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 25, 1997
Grant dateMar 30, 1999
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 25, 2017

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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