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US 10,767,426 B2Granted
Transverse flow microfiltration of solids from fluids with inserts
AssigneeM-I L.L.C.
InventorsVenkata Kasi Amaravadi, Edward Kronenberger
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Abstract
A system for processing fluids is disclosed including a pump in fluid communication with a used fluid pit, a membrane separator in fluid communication with the used fluid pit, wherein an insert is disposed within the membrane separator, and a clean fluid pit in fluid communication with the membrane separator.
Claims9
A system for processing fluids, the system comprising:
- a pump in fluid communication with a used fluid pit;
- a membrane separator in fluid communication with the used fluid pit, the membrane separator comprising
- a first end defining a first opening;
- a second end defining a second opening, the second end axially opposing the first end;
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- an inner surface extending from the first opening to the second opening;
- a solid cylindrical insert disposed within the membrane separator, the solid cylindrical insert comprising
- a first end;
- a second end axially opposing the first end;
- a total length defined between the first end of the solid cylindrical insert and the opposite second end of the solid cylindrical insert;
- an outer surface extending the total length of the solid cylindrical insert, the outer surface of the solid cylindrical insert and the inner surface of the membrane separator defining a flow passage extending from the first opening to the second opening,
- wherein a first insert holder couples the first end of the solid cylindrical insert to the first end of the membrane separator and a second insert holder couples the second end of the solid cylindrical insert to the opposite second end of the membrane separator,
- wherein the solid cylindrical insert is configured to prohibit fluid flow through the solid cylindrical insert and to direct fluid flow through the flow passage, thereby decreasing fluid flow through the membrane separator;
- and
- a clean fluid pit in fluid communication with the membrane separator.
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A system for processing fluids, the system comprising:
- a pump in fluid communication with a used fluid pit;
- a transverse flow microfiltration membrane separator in fluid communication with the used fluid pit, comprising at least one membrane configured for microfiltration of a fluid at a surface of the at least one membrane, and having a solid cylindrical insert placed through a middle of the transverse flow microfiltration membrane separator, wherein the solid cylindrical insert is configured to prohibit fluid flow through the solid cylindrical insert, thereby decreasing fluid flow through the transverse flow microfiltration membrane separator;
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- a clean fluid pit in fluid communication with the transverse flow microfiltration membrane separator.
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A system for processing fluids, the system comprising:
- a pump in fluid communication with a used fluid pit;
- a membrane separator in fluid communication with the used fluid pit, wherein a solid cylindrical insert is disposed within the membrane separator and placed through a middle of the membrane separator such that distances between an outer surface of the solid cylindrical insert and an inner surface of the membrane separator are equidistant at all points, wherein the solid cylindrical insert is configured to prohibit fluid flow through the solid cylindrical insert, thereby decreasing fluid flow through the membrane separator;
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- a clean fluid pit in fluid communication with the membrane separator.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.