A system includes a device disposed within a storage tank. The device includes a cyclonic separator and an electrostatic coalescer. The cyclonic separator is configured to receive and separate phases of a multi-phase fluid stream. The cyclonic separator is configured to induce cyclonic flow of the multi-phase fluid stream to separate the multi-phase fluid stream into a gas stream and a liquid stream. The liquid stream includes a first liquid phase and a second liquid phase. The cyclonic separator is configured to discharge at least a portion of the gas stream and at least a portion of the liquid stream. The electrostatic coalescer is downstream of and fluidically connected to the second outlet of the cyclonic separator. The electrostatic coalescer is configured to demulsify the liquid stream by causing coalescence of liquid droplets of one of the first or second liquid phases.

Disclosed is a liquid-liquid-solid three-phase separator for waste oil, including an oil-bath heating tank, a plurality of cyclone units and solid removal units. The cyclone units are provided and fixed in the oil-bath heating tank. Each of the solid removal units is connected to an underflow pipe of each of the cyclone units and is configured to separate solid particles. A solid removal outer pipe is arranged at a tail end of the underflow pipe via the first connector; the second connector is arranged at a tail end of the solid removal outer pipe; the solid removal inner pipe is arranged at an underflow outlet of the underflow pipe via the second connector to form a solid removal gap. The invention provides the demulsification and dehydration treatment of waste oil emulsion and the separation of solid particles.

A flexible electrode assembly for an air treatment device comprising: a flexible dielectric layer forming an insulating sheet; a plurality of conductive tracks on a first side of the insulating sheet; a conductive layer on a second side of the insulating sheet; wherein supply of voltage to the conducting tracks and the conductive layer generates plasma which is discharged from the conducting tracks. In a further aspect, the present invention also provides an air treatment apparatus for removal of health threatening airborne pollutants, which may include pathogens, from an air flow, the air treatment apparatus comprising an apparatus having a generally cyclonic-shaped geometry comprising a cylindrical section and a conical section. The present invention also relates to an air treatment device comprising the flexible electrode assembly.

A method for preparing organic or inorganic nanoparticles by instantaneous evaporation or flash evaporation, e.g. for the manufacture of nanoparticles of fertilizers, pharmaceutical or phytopharmaceutical active ingredients, or insensitive energy materials.

A method of preparing organic or inorganic nanoparticles is useful in the manufacture of of fertilizers, pharmaceutical or phytopharmaceutical active ingredients, or insensitive energy materials. The method includes preparing a solution of a compound in a solvent, heating the solution under a pressure ranging from 3 to 300 bars at a temperature higher than the boiling point of the solvent, atomizing the solution in an spray drying chamber using at least one dispersion device and at an angle ranging from 30 to 150 under pressure ranging from 0.0001 to 2 bars, separating the solvent in gaseous form, and recovering the nanoparticles.

The universal separator is a device that provides simultaneous separation of solids and oils (and potentially gases) from water. It has applications in many industries including: Sewage Treatment; Water Treatment; Oil & Gas (tailings ponds, SAGD, etc.); Mining; and Food Processing. Furthermore, the concept offers virtually endless operating and geometric variations depending on the application. The universal separator employs various means of separation including coagulation, cyclonic separation, recycling, electrostatic demulsification and oil floatation.

An electrocyclonic particle collector (EPC) for removing particulate matter from a gas includes an EPC gas inlet, an EPC gas outlet, and an EPC gas flow path between the EPC gas inlet and the EPC gas outlet. A first section is downstream of the EPC gas inlet and includes a first cyclonic particle collector in the gas flow path for cyclonically removing particles from the gas. A second section is in series with the first section and includes a rotational flow chamber in the gas flow path, and at least a first electrode in the gas flow path for facilitating electrostatic removal of particles from the gas stream in the rotational flow chamber.

The system extracts water from lunar regolith and includes a regolith intake having a digging bucket that collects lunar regolith soil and a gravel separator that separates and discharges gravel and passes a mixture of ice-regolith powder having ice grains that are about 10-100 microns along the conveyor. A pneumatic separator receives the ice-regolith powder and pneumatically splits the ice-regolith powder into streams of different sized lithic fragments and ice particles per the ratio of inertial force and aerodynamic drag force of the lithic fragments and ice particles. Each split stream may include a magnetic separator that separates further the magnetic and paramagnetic lithic fragments from ice particles to discharge up to 80 percent of lithic fragments to slag.

The present invention relates to a wet type dust collector using electrospray and a vortex, the dust collector having a cyclonic structure and removing dust contained in exhaust gas by spraying fine droplets that are generated when high voltage is applied to the dust collector. More particularly, the present invention relates to a wet type dust collector using electrospray and a vortex, the dust collector including: a cylinder having an exhaust gas intake pipe for guiding exhaust gas containing granular pollutants at a predetermined position on the outer side, and forming an empty space; a hollow cone tapered downward, connected to the bottom of the cylinder at the top, and having a liquid discharge port at the bottom; a lid through which a hollow cylindrical gas discharge pipe is disposed to discharge gas with granular substances removed to the outside and, that is disposed on top of the cylinder; a positive (+) lead wire connected to the cylinder; and a negative () lead wire connected to the gas discharge pipe, in which a liquid container having one or more liquid spray ports is disposed on the gas discharge pipe.

According to the present invention there is provided a separation device for separating a fluid, said fluid comprising multiple components, into at least two components comprising: a support structure; at least one conduit mounted on or within said support structure for rotation about an axis; at least one inlet for introducing a flow of said fluid into said at least one conduit; and at least one outlet for outputting at least one of said components therefrom; wherein the said at least one conduit is configured such that, in use, when said flow of said fluid is applied thereto, said conduit is thereby caused to rotate on or within said support structure about said axis, thereby separating said fluid into at least two components.