A pumping system includes a first chamber and a second chamber to receive filtered medium. The pumping system includes a first motor assembly and a second motor assembly operably coupled to the first chamber and the second chamber, respectively. The first motor assembly and the second motor assembly each includes a pair of vacuum motors arranged back-to-back so that one of the vacuum motors operates to generate a negative pressure force on the chamber and the other vacuum motor operates to generate a positive pressure force on the chamber. The first motor assembly and the second motor assembly work together to alternate between siphoning material having one or both a fluid and a solid into one of the chambers and ejecting siphoned debris from another chamber.

A vacuum generator may comprise: a generator body provided with an air inlet, a contraction pipe section, an expansion pipe section, a negative pressure generation cavity, and an air outlet that may be sequentially communicated, where in a ventilation direction from the air inlet to the air outlet, a pipe diameter of the contraction pipe section may be gradually decreased, a pipe diameter of the expansion pipe section may be gradually increased, and the negative pressure generation cavity may be constructed to generate an inner cavity jet flow negative pressure when gas ejected from the expansion pipe section flows through the negative pressure generation cavity; wherein the generator body may be further provided with a negative pressure suction flow channel, and the negative pressure suction flow channel may comprise a suction port section and a reduced-diameter flow channel section.

Embodiments include a vacuum airlift system for treating an aqueous effluent including an upflow liquid column, where the upflow liquid column is configured to retain a fluid, a fluid inlet, the fluid inlet being fluidly coupled with the upflow liquid column, where the fluid inlet is positioned at about the bottom of the upflow liquid column, a downflow liquid column, a fluid outlet, the fluid outlet being fluidly coupled with the downflow liquid column, wherein the fluid outlet is positioned at about the bottom of the downflow liquid column, and a plurality of moving bed biofilm reactors, the plurality of moving bed biofilm reactors being positioned in the upflow liquid column or the downflow liquid column.

Embodiments include a vacuum airlift system for treating an aqueous effluent including an upflow liquid column, where the upflow liquid column is configured to retain a fluid, a fluid inlet, the fluid inlet being fluidly coupled with the upflow liquid column, where the fluid inlet is positioned at about the bottom of the upflow liquid column, a downflow liquid column, a fluid outlet, the fluid outlet being fluidly coupled with the downflow liquid column, wherein the fluid outlet is positioned at about the bottom of the downflow liquid column, and a plurality of moving bed biofilm reactors, the plurality of moving bed biofilm reactors being positioned in the upflow liquid column or the downflow liquid column.

Embodiments include a vacuum airlift system for treating an aqueous effluent including an upflow liquid column, where the upflow liquid column is configured to retain a fluid, a fluid inlet, the fluid inlet being fluidly coupled with the upflow liquid column, where the fluid inlet is positioned at about the bottom of the upflow liquid column, a downflow liquid column, a fluid outlet, the fluid outlet being fluidly coupled with the downflow liquid column, wherein the fluid outlet is positioned at about the bottom of the downflow liquid column, and a plurality of moving bed biofilm reactors, the plurality of moving bed biofilm reactors being positioned in the upflow liquid column or the downflow liquid column.

A system for removing a volume of liquid including a pressure-sealed-pump-vessel, at least one liquid-aperture, a liquid-level-control-valve, a liquid-discharge, a sump-pump, a pressure-sealed-suction-vessel, and one or more vessel-connections. The one or more vessel-connections configured to fluidly couple the pressure-sealed-pump-vessel and the pressure-sealed-suction-vessel, in the preferred embodiment. The sump-pump is located within the pressure-sealed-pump-vessel and includes a pump-inlet and a pump-outlet. The pump-inlet fluidly coupled to the liquid-aperture, and the pump-outlet is fluidly coupled to the liquid-discharge. The sump-pump configured to pump the volume of liquid from the pressure-sealed-pump-vessel and from the system via the liquid-discharge to remove the volume of water from a roof surface or other similar horizontal or substantially horizontal surface.

A fluid transfer device includes a high-pressure pipe and a control unit. The high-pressure pipe is based on a Venturi tube, and includes an inlet at an end and an outlet at another end. The high-pressure pipe is connected to a container via a negative-pressure pipe and a positive-pressure pipe. The inlet is connected to a pressurized air source. The control unit is used to control opening and closing of the outlet.

A fluid transfer device includes a high-pressure pipe and a control unit. The high-pressure pipe is based on a Venturi tube, and includes an inlet at an end and an outlet at another end. The high-pressure pipe is connected to a container via a negative-pressure pipe and a positive-pressure pipe. The inlet is connected to a pressurized air source. The control unit is used to control opening and closing of the outlet.

An apparatus and a method are shown for removing or moving a viscous fluid such as grease from a first unit such as a bearing e.g. a ball bearing to a second unit via a hose or pipe. According to the method, the apparatus is shown pumping a viscous fluid from an outlet (11) of a first unit (1) to an inlet (10) of a second unit (2) through a hose or pipe (7), a vacuum pump (3) is connected to the hose or pipe (7) and the viscous fluid is moved through the hose or pipe (7) by suction; wherein the hose or pipe (7) comprises an inlet (8) for gas such as air, and the flow of gas through the inlet (8) is controlled by a valve (9).

An apparatus and a method are shown for removing or moving a viscous fluid such as grease from a first unit such as a bearing e.g. a ball bearing to a second unit via a hose or pipe. According to the method, the apparatus is shown pumping a viscous fluid from an outlet (11) of a first unit (1) to an inlet (10) of a second unit (2) through a hose or pipe (7), a vacuum pump (3) is connected to the hose or pipe (7) and the viscous fluid is moved through the hose or pipe (7) by suction; wherein the hose or pipe (7) comprises an inlet (8) for gas such as air, and the flow of gas through the inlet (8) is controlled by a valve (9).