Positive pressure, conditioned drying gas, gravity operated, mobile, dewatering system for hydraulic, lubricating and petroleum based fluids
AssigneeSchroeder Industries, Inc.
InventorsSteven R. Evanovich, Martin Bauer, Andreas Schunk, John Kazimierz Duchowski
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A high throughput, positive pressure, gravity operated dewatering system for hydraulic fluids, lubricating fluids, and petroleum based fluids comprises a gravity operated dewatering chamber receiving the industrial fluid and a source of positive pressure drying air coupled to the dewatering chamber.
Claims20
A industrial fluid dewatering system (10) for a subject industrial fluid comprising a gravity operated dewatering chamber (36) receiving the industrial fluid and a source of positive pressure drying gas (72) coupled to the dewatering chamber (36), further including reticulated media (40) resting on a perforated plate (42) within the chamber (36), wherein the reticulated media (40) forms a tortuous path for the gravity driven industrial fluid to flow down while it is being acted upon by positive pressure drying air within the chamber (36), and further including baffle plates (44) below the perforated plate (42) and above a settling tank (46) portion of the chamber (36).
A industrial fluid dewatering system (10) for a subject industrial fluid comprising a gravity operated dewatering chamber (36) receiving the industrial fluid and a source of positive pressure drying gas (72) coupled to the dewatering chamber (36), further including an industrial fluid pump (24) coupled to a common line (22) and configured to operate to pull industrial fluid into, and out of the system (10), and further including a post pump directional valve (30) at a terminal end of the common line (22), and a chamber input line (32) extending from the directional valve (30) to a distribution manifold (34) within the gravity operated dewatering chamber (36), wherein the distribution manifold (34) is configured to relatively evenly distribute the industrial fluid across, or about, the top of the chamber (36).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.