The invention in at least one embodiment includes a system for treating water having an intake module, a vortex module, a disk-pack module, and a motor module where the intake module is above the vortex module, which is above the disk-pack module and the motor module. In a further embodiment, a housing is provided over at least the intake module and the vortex module and sits above the disk-pack module. In at least one further embodiment, the disk-pack module includes a disk-pack turbine having a plurality of disks having at least one waveform present on at least one of the disks.

A working trolley with built-in dust suction system includes a dust suction system and a trolley. Through directly assembling the dust suction system with the trolley, useless structures in the dust suction system is eliminated, so that the dust suction system can be assembled with the trolley with a more simplified structure. Through directly assembling the dust suction system with the trolley, the trolley breaks the old and stereotyped way of using, and the trolley is no longer just a carrying tool of a vacuum cleaner, thereby greatly increasing the effectiveness of usage of the trolley. On the other hand, the present invention enables a dust storage bucket of the dust suction system to have a feature of being independently dismountable, so that an operator does not need to dismount other components when replacing the dust storage bucket, thereby facilitating operation for the operator.

A bioreactor system for culturing cells, comprising: —at least one bioreactor (3); and —at least one hydrocyclone (5a; 5b; 5c; 5d, 5d′; 5e) comprising: —a cell culture inlet (7) which is connected to a cell culture outlet (9) of the bioreactor (3) via a pump (11), whereby a cell culture from the bioreactor can be transferred to the hydrocyclone (5a: 5b; 5c; 5d, 5d′; 5e) when a cell culture is provided in the bioreactor, —a hydrocyclone separation part (13) into which cell culture can be introduced from the cell culture inlet (7), —a top outlet (15) through which a part of the cell culture with decreased cell concentration can be transferred after separation in the hydrocyclone separation pan (13); and —a bottom outlet (17) through which a pan of the cell culture with increased cell concentration can be transferred after separation in the hydrocyclone separation part (13), wherein said bottom outlet (17) of the hydrocyclone (5a; 5b; 5c; 5d, 5d′; 5e) is provided in a position such that when the bioreactor system is used for culturing cells the bottom outlet (17) is in connection with a headspace (21) of the bioreactor (3) and wherein said bottom outlet (17) is provided such that the bottom outlet (17) has a free space around it such that a cell culture transferred out form the bottom outlet (17) is allowed to freely discharge around the bottom outlet.

A surface cleaning apparatus such as an extractor has a fluid flow path extending from a dirty fluid inlet head to a clean air outlet. The fluid flow path upstream of the separation stage comprises a removable portion.

A sand trap for oil and gas extraction includes a cyclonic flow section having a longitudinal axis, an inlet for receiving a high-pressure fluid stream with particulates, an upper portion, a choke area, and a funnel portion narrowing from the upper portion to the choke area. The inlet has an axis generally perpendicular but askew to the longitudinal axis. A vortex finder extends downwardly from a cap and defines a passageway coaxial with the longitudinal axis for fluid to exit. A spherical accumulator extends downwardly from the cyclonic flow section and has a center axis coaxial with the longitudinal axis. Upper and lower ends of the spherical accumulator each have an opening centered along the longitudinal axis, and the spherical accumulator is unobstructed from the upper opening to the lower opening for the particulates to pass unimpeded and accumulate in the accumulator.

A cleaning apparatus, including: a suction system; a separation system; a filtration system; and a garbage collection system at least comprising a first garbage collection cavity configured to collect garbage passing through a primary separation system and a second garbage collection cavity configured to collect garbage passing through a secondary separation system, wherein the first garbage collection cavity and the second garbage collection cavity have a common airtight cover, a bottom of the second garbage collection cavity and a bottom of the first garbage collection cavity are located on the airtight cover in a direction extending outward from a center of the airtight cover, and the first garbage collection cavity and the second garbage collection cavity are isolated in a sealed manner in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the airtight cover.

Process and plant for particulate matter along a conveyor system of products, said plant having a collection system which sucks a carrier gas flow and demarcates, in use, a suction chamber, namely a closed volume, with said product which advances in an advancing direction on an advancing plane; the separation plant having a separation system which is connected to said collection system and gets, in use, said carrier gas flow and particulate matter; wherein said separation system separates particulate matter from the carrier gas flow.

A surface cleaning apparatus has a cyclone chamber having a longitudinal cyclone axis of rotation wherein the dirt outlet is defined by a gap between the sidewall of the cyclone and a plate positioned at the dirt outlet end of the cyclone.

A method of concentrating sediment in a water tank involves attaching a vortex inducing device to an opening through the roof of the tank between the central vertical axis and the side walling of the tank. The device has a device inlet which narrows to a device outlet. The device outlet is orientated such that, water flowing out via the device outlet induces a vortex within the pooled water, thereby causing sediment to collect centrally on the floor of the tank.

A multi-cyclone separator of a multi-stage fluid filter for cleaning gaseous fluid is provided with a plurality of cyclone cells for separating particles and/or liquid from the gaseous fluid. The cyclone cells each have an inlet for the gaseous fluid to be purified, an outlet for the gaseous fluid freed of particles and liquid, and at least one discharge window discharging the separated particles and liquid. At least one discharge chamber is provided, and the discharge windows of the cyclone cells open into the at least one discharge chamber. At least one discharge opening leads out of the at least one discharge chamber. The at least one discharge chamber tapers in a funnel shape toward the at least one discharge opening. A multi-stage fluid filter is provided with the multi-cyclone separator that is arranged upstream of a main filter of the multi-stage fluid filter.