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FreshPatents.com: Liquid purification or separation - USPTO Class 210 Patent Applications Update
Apparatus for removing impurities from water or wastewater and a method of installing a fluid distribution system therein
14 May 12, 04:05:14
An apparatus for removing impurities from water and/or wastewater and a method of installing a fluid distribution system in the apparatus. In the most preferred form of the invention, the fluid distribution system is an air scour system for directing air through the filter bed to assist in cleaning of...
Manifold & strainer assembly
14 May 12, 04:05:14
A waste collection manifold assembly 10 has a housing 13 and a strainer 80. The housing 13 has at least one input port 12A, 12B, 12C, 12D for receiving waste collection products 1 through a vacuum line 4. The housing 13 includes an interior chamber 11 for receiving the waste...
Floating oil collecting system having surface-level following type suction apparatus
14 May 12, 04:05:14
A floating oil collecting system which can collect floating oil containing a very small amount of water is provided. The system includes a liquid-level following type suction apparatus having an intake pipe in which one end is an inlet side end opening upwardly and the other end is connected with...
Stormwater filtration systems
14 May 12, 04:05:14
A stormwater filtration system suitable for treatment of stormwater runoff in a developed environment uses a primary treatment bay that includes a filtration bed with live plant matter. A second treatment bay treats water that exceeds the maximum throughput of the primary bay. A reservoir stores treated runoff to water...
Chlorinators
14 May 12, 04:05:14
Treatment devices for fluid such as water are described. Principally (although not necessarily exclusively) designed for use as chlorinators, the devices may divert water flowing in conduits into the devices for treatment and subsequent return to the flow stream. A return tube of the device may be designed to create...
Device for filtration with a set of least one filter cassette
14 May 12, 04:05:14
The invention concerns a filtration device comprising a manifold (3) providing fluid connection and mechanical connection comprising a clamping plate (4) movably mounted relative to the manifold (3) and adapted to compress at least one cassette (2) against the manifold (3), means for driving and guiding the clamping plate comprising...
Filtration purpose flat-membrane element, flat-membrane-type separation membrane module, and filtration apparatus
14 May 12, 04:05:14
A flat-membrane element is rendered likely to vibrate by air bubbling from an aeration tube. The element has a sheet-shaped filtering membrane that has oppositely positioned portions placed with a space between them being provided as a flowing path for a treated liquid, a supporter that is placed between the...
Permeate tube and related methods
14 May 12, 04:05:14
A novel positive traction permeate tube and fittings therefore are described for use in spirally wound membrane filtration elements for filtration and separation applications. Membrane filtration elements incorporate the novel permeate tube. Methods of making the novel positive traction permeate tube are also disclosed as are the preferred sanitary stainless...
Vertical desalination element
14 May 12, 04:05:14
A vertical desalination element comprising a vertical pressure vessel (PV), membrane elements, and a loading mechanism for loading the membrane elements into the vertical PV. The vertical arrangement of the membrane elements and the vertical PV enhances air bubble percolation, increases construction efficiency and allow handling heavy membrane elements. The...
Filtering apparatus
14 May 12, 04:05:14
A filtering apparatus includes a container barrel and a detachable filtering unit detachably mounted inside the container barrel. The detachable filtering unit has a top lid, a bottom lid and a plurality of filter cores sandwiched between the top lid and the bottom lid. Because the filtering apparatus has the...
Spiral wound reverse osmosis membrane element
14 May 12, 04:05:14
The present invention relates to a spiral wound reverse osmosis membrane element which is formed by winding at least one set of water purification membrane module around a central treated water pipe, and each set of the water purification membrane module is formed by laminating a mesh-like treated water flow...
Self cleaning, continuously operating filter apparatus for fluids
14 May 12, 04:05:14
The filter apparatus for an incoming liquid which includes a retentate and a permeate includes a housing with a frame and a hollow drum assembly mounted for rotation within the housing. An inlet assembly delivers the incoming liquid under pressure to the drum assembly. A filter assembly is mounted to...
Anti-viral device
14 May 12, 04:05:14
An anti-viral device including a body having at least one side wall defining an interior space therein. The body has opposite first and second open ends, the open ends also defined by the at least one side wall and in fluid communication with the interior space. The device further includes...
Preparation of high performance ultra filtration hollow fiber membrane
14 May 12, 04:05:14
Water as a non-solvent takes the dope very near towards unstable zone, which helps in speeding up the membrane formation process in a diffusion induced phase inversion technique. The dope is then spun through a concentric orifice spinneret and solidified by passing it through a coagulation bath to form hollow...
Surface deposition of small molecules to increase water purification membrane fouling resistance
14 May 12, 04:05:14
The present invention includes methods and compositions for liquid separation and water purification. The present invention includes a purification membrane having a polymer matrix purification membrane that has been treated with hydroquinone, catechol, and/or dopamine coated membrane with a high water flux....
Apparatus for automatically adsorbing and recycling floating oil on water
14 May 12, 04:05:14
The invention relates to oily water treatment equipment, specifically relates to an apparatus for automatically adsorbing and recycling floating oil on water, which includes: base, stand, drive unit, transmission unit, compression unit, the conveyor belt and the oil-absorbing resin set on the surface of the conveyor belt; wherein, the drive...
Ammonia-peroxide wastewater treatment system
14 May 12, 04:05:14
A method of treating wastewater containing peroxide and ammonia includes performing a first stage peroxide pretreatment of the wastewater with a catalyst, and performing a second stage ammonia separation of the peroxide treated wastewater by a distillation process, thereby producing a concentrated ammonium hydroxide end product that is separated from...
Apparatus and process for producing electricity using pressure retarded osmosis during desalination of sea water
14 May 12, 04:05:14
Sea water is not suitable for human consumption. Naturally present dissolved chemicals in sea water make it inconsumable. The precipitants and dissolved chemicals need to be separated from water to make it consumable. A combination of aeration system, filtration system, crystallizer, hydrophobic membrane carrying filter and pressure retarded osmosis system...
Differentiated human liver cell cultures and their use in bioartificial liver systems
14 May 12, 04:05:14
The present invention concerns human hepatocyte cell line cultures and their use in bioartificial liver (BAL) systems. These systems are used to treat subjects suffering from liver failure to temporarily compensate for loss of hepatocellular function and generally comprise a bioreactor loaded with functional liver cells. Until now, it has...
Boron selective ionic liquids and polymeric ionic liquids, methods of making and methods of use thereof
14 May 12, 04:05:14
Boron selective ionic liquids and polymeric ionic liquids, methods of making and methods of using the same are disclosed....