ABSTRACTS OF BRlTISH PATENTS

British Patent specifications can be ordered from Patents Office, Orpington, Kent BR5 3RD, England

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~ntJalrsr”,r claimed for the process are a reduc-
Filtering t~ruug~
clamber at a pressur ‘e lower than the tion in the number of componeflfs
from liquids first chamber. Gas separated from and in the space needed for the compressed fibres
In BP 2138U54. Aker Engi~eeriffg A& the second chamber is compressed apparatus. {2 figs, 2?000 words.) In BP 2198365, James Nowden & Co
describes a method for de~as~~ing a and admixed and stabilised, prefer-
Ltd describes a filtering apparatus
ably in an ejector, with the liquid
liquid phase, such as a carbonaceous
material oil phase,and a device for phase introduced in the first stage. Removing soot from and method, in which liquid is fiitered
through a bed of carbon fibres which
implementing the method. Gas extruded in the initial stage is
tC engine exhausts are compressed between a perforate
The liquid phase is introduced into
an initial stage expansion chamber;
normally fed to a drying device
before being compressed. It is then InBP2198057, MananNutzfahrzeuge base and a perforate piston.
Gmb~ describes a filter for removing Solids afe removed from the frbres
gas is then removed from the top of conveyed through a heat exchanger
soot from the exhaust fumes of an IC by a fluid fed upwards through the
this chamber and liquid from the to heat the liquid phase fed to the
engine. The gas is fiitered by flowing base and sometimes also trans-
bottom. Liquid from the initial stage first expansion chamber. Advantages
throned an antiwar bed of ceramic versely through apertures The piston
granules held between concentric is reciprocated to expand and com-
perforated tubes. Compressed air is pact the fibres which may be elec-
fed to the space above the bed and trically charged to improve filtration.
when the bed is clogged the valve This voltage may be reversed during
feeding the air is closed and the bed cleaning.
shaken by an uitrasoni~vibrator, Active carbon particles or ion ex-
Accumulated soot can also be change particles may also be in-
burnt away by an electric current cluded in the bed. The washing fluid
flowing through a tubular electrode may also include regenerating
buried in the bed. Fine mesh screens chemicals and/or sterilising chemi-
are fitted between the electrodes to cals or steam. it #g., 2,000 wufds.]
retain the granuiee. (3 figs., ~,~~~
words.)
Separating polymer
~feaning flue gases particles
in BP 2198366~ 6e~orffssk~ Tecb-
In BP 279%%5%,St&f ~efff~ia~o~ AG
~otopjcbesky f~st~t~t fmen; descri bes
describes a filter apparatus for solid
a method and apparatus for separ-
matter entrained in a first flowing
ating suspensrons into a liquid phase
medium to be cleaned and deposited
and solid particles, especialty solid
on a wall as filter cake.
particles of polymer material.
Flue gas is fiitered by upward flow
In operation, the suspension flows
through a generally flat pleated metal
along the inside of a perforate tube:
filter mesh with apertures of 20 to 50
gas is fed inside the tube and caused
microns in width. Filter cake is
by vanesto swirl in the suspension so
removed therefrom by compressed
that centrifugal force pushes the
air directed downwards through the
liquid through the tube wall to an
mesh from an elongated nozzle outlet.
which is reciprocated across the
A second heated and whirlmg gas
mesh.
stream is introduced further down
A filter cake suction nozzle may
the tube so that almost dry solids
operate sim~la~y on the upstream
reach a further outlet. There are
side of the mesh, The width of a slot
further vanes outside the tube to
in the suction nozzle may be adjusted
Filtering sea water miles off the coast of Norway. between 0.1 and 2mm and the filter
enduce whirling.
If crystals are being recovered from
A 30 ton filtration module, It wil’l be part of a new plat- mesh may be heated. (1 ffg., 3,000
a solution steam, purified gas may be
designed to filter five million form which will be operational ~~r~~,~
used to preclude the evaporation of
gallons of sea water a day, has in about a year. The module liquids,~7#igs., %,O~ words.)
Process filter
been delivered to a Norwegian will filter sea water prior to it5
oil production platform, by injection via an underwater
Vanpipe. The contract was borehole to the subterranean In BP 2198364, Schenk Filferbau Separating
Gmb~ describes a process filter,
liquid and gas
worth f%m. oil which is then forced to the
The injection water filtration surface. especially for use in the chemical and
package for the Narsk Hydro Vanpipe Process Systems, Navipa- ph~rma~euticai industries. InB~219926U, Burgess ~a#~jffg Ltd
oil company will work in the tion Road, Bufs~em. sfoke~off”r~enl~ if consists of a container with a describes a vane-type separator for
Oseberg 2 field, about 100 ST63RU. heating jacket and a rotating drive separating liquid from a liquid carry
shaft moving in an axial direclion. A ing gas, especially water.
paddle support and paddles are af- It consists of hollow vanes moun-
gentiai flow process is said to fixed to the drive shaft which is ted upright and spaced apart to
allow faster ftow rates. im- introduced over an inward drawn define zig-zag paths which cause the
proved throughput and maxi- container neck into the interior of the gas to deposit liquid droplets on the
mum recovery, containers Feed and return lines are vanes.
Utiiising tangential flow fil- A Pellicon cassette is selec- incorporated in the hollow of the The walls of the vanes have down-
tration. the Pellicon cassette ted with the appropriate msm- shaft. wardly facing apertures through
ultrafiitr~ti~n system from Ml- brane and molecular cut-off to Both the pad&es and their support which the liquid passesinto the inter-
lipore provides rapid concen- suit each application. Chang- have interior heating channels which ior of the vanes; tiquid then flows
tration of antibodies, en- ing the procedure requires connect with the feed line and the downwardly and into an annular
zymes, lymphokines and other just a simple 5 min filter return line in the hollow shaft for the drainage channel in an enclosing
protein solutions. change. flow of heating fluid. Avoidance of duct which is of circular section. The.
A combination of optimised overheating is one of the advantages space between ihe outer vanes and
operating pressures and the claimed for the apparatus. (7 iigs., walis of ducts are blanked off. (4 figs.,
self-cleaning action of the tan- 2,ooO words.) 2 008 words.}

212 May/June 1990 Filtration & Separation