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US3415374A
US3415374A US398496A US39849664A US3415374A US 3415374 A US3415374 A US 3415374A US 398496 A US398496 A US 398496A US 39849664 A US39849664 A US 39849664A US 3415374 A US3415374 A US 3415374A
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US3720307A (en) * 1970-04-29 1973-03-13 Kennedy Nan Saum Corp Pneumatic classifier with grating
US3861532A (en) * 1972-11-06 1975-01-21 Fractionator Ab Vortex separator
US3940331A (en) * 1974-11-01 1976-02-24 Rastatter Edward L Vortical cyclone cluster apparatus
US3959123A (en) * 1972-10-04 1976-05-25 Nils Anders Lennart Wikdahl Hydrocyclone separator unit with downflow distribution of fluid to be fractionated and process
US4092130A (en) * 1976-02-04 1978-05-30 Wikdahl Nils Anders Lennart Process for the separation of gas mixtures into component fractions according to their molecular or atomic weight
EP0160629A2 (en) * 1984-04-26 1985-11-06 WIKDAHL, Nils Anders Lennart A method and system for controlling the apex flow of a multihydrocyclone for fiber suspensions
US4572787A (en) * 1983-02-24 1986-02-25 William Robinson Arrangement for cyclone assemblies for cleaning liquid suspensions
US5536287A (en) * 1995-03-07 1996-07-16 Dehne; Manfred F. Particulate collector assembly
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US20110259819A1 (en) * 2007-07-30 2011-10-27 Stephen Beedie Cyclone apparatus
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GB693649A (en) * 1950-03-09 1953-07-01 Stamicarbon Process and apparatus for the hydrocyclonic treatment of liquid materials
US2756878A (en) * 1952-06-10 1956-07-31 Erie Mining Co Three product wet cyclone
US2956679A (en) * 1954-11-17 1960-10-18 Projecting Ab Centrifugal apparatus for separating solids
US3214022A (en) * 1955-06-09 1965-10-26 Bird Machine Co Apparatus for cleaning hydrocyclones
US2953248A (en) * 1956-03-28 1960-09-20 Bird Machine Co Apparatus for clearing restricted orifice
US3039608A (en) * 1958-05-08 1962-06-19 Wikdahl Nils Anders Lennert Method and apparatus for separating fibrous suspensions in hydrocyclones
AT226740B (en) * 1960-09-22 1963-04-10 Nils Anders Lennart Wikdahl Cyclone separator
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FR2062764A5 (en) * 1969-09-29 1971-06-25 Wikdahl Nils
US3720307A (en) * 1970-04-29 1973-03-13 Kennedy Nan Saum Corp Pneumatic classifier with grating
US3959123A (en) * 1972-10-04 1976-05-25 Nils Anders Lennart Wikdahl Hydrocyclone separator unit with downflow distribution of fluid to be fractionated and process
US3861532A (en) * 1972-11-06 1975-01-21 Fractionator Ab Vortex separator
US3940331A (en) * 1974-11-01 1976-02-24 Rastatter Edward L Vortical cyclone cluster apparatus
DE2547228A1 (en) * 1974-11-01 1976-05-13 Edward L Rastatter DEVICE WITH A BUNCH OF VERTEBRAL CYCLONS
US4092130A (en) * 1976-02-04 1978-05-30 Wikdahl Nils Anders Lennart Process for the separation of gas mixtures into component fractions according to their molecular or atomic weight
US4572787A (en) * 1983-02-24 1986-02-25 William Robinson Arrangement for cyclone assemblies for cleaning liquid suspensions
EP0160629A2 (en) * 1984-04-26 1985-11-06 WIKDAHL, Nils Anders Lennart A method and system for controlling the apex flow of a multihydrocyclone for fiber suspensions
EP0160629A3 (en) * 1984-04-26 1988-04-06 Nils Anders Lennart Wikdahl A method and system for controlling the apex flow of a multihydrocyclone for fiber suspensions
US5536287A (en) * 1995-03-07 1996-07-16 Dehne; Manfred F. Particulate collector assembly
US5630267A (en) * 1995-03-07 1997-05-20 Dehne; Manfred F. Method of manufacturing a particulate collector assembly
DE10148405A1 (en) * 2001-10-01 2003-04-10 Otto Altmann Double-walled cyclone for fluids purefication flows fluid spirally down to outlet past walls slotted to transfer contained impurities to outer walled volume and separate collectors.
US20080099410A1 (en) * 2006-10-27 2008-05-01 Fluid-Quip, Inc. Liquid treatment apparatus and methods
US20100237023A1 (en) * 2006-10-27 2010-09-23 Fluid-Quip, Inc. Liquid treatment apparatus and methods
US20080277264A1 (en) * 2007-05-10 2008-11-13 Fluid-Quip, Inc. Alcohol production using hydraulic cavitation
US20110259819A1 (en) * 2007-07-30 2011-10-27 Stephen Beedie Cyclone apparatus
US8439206B2 (en) * 2007-07-30 2013-05-14 Merpro Tortek Limited Cyclone apparatus
US20090321367A1 (en) * 2008-06-27 2009-12-31 Allison Sprague Liquid treatment apparatus and method for using same
US8753505B2 (en) 2008-06-27 2014-06-17 Fluid-Quip, Inc. Liquid treatment apparatus and method for using same
US8932472B2 (en) 2011-10-25 2015-01-13 National Oilwell Varco, L.P. Separator system and related methods

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