An organic waste collection apparatus includes a box, a conveying device, a separation device, a squeezing device, a heat shrink device and a recycling device arranged at an upper part of the box for separating a waste bag; a crushing device and a residue treatment device arranged at a lower part of the box for crushing and collecting organic waste; a central control device and a negative pressure purification device arranged in the middle of the box. In the resent disclosure, the waste bags are separated and collected separately, the waste is crushed and stored and transported in the form of residue, or the residue is further performed dry-wet separation, oil-water separation to collect oil, which can realize the safe and efficient treatment of organic waste.

A separator assembly for separating fat, oil, and grease from effluent includes a container for receiving and holding effluent water containing oil, grease and solid waste to be removed from the effluent water and a communications module having a processor, memory and transmitter at the facility site to communicate over cellular or WiFi signals with a remote station. The separator may include a skimmer to skim F.O.G. from the effluent water held in the container or be of a grease trap mode collecting F.O.G. for subsequent removal.

Systems and methods for controlling desalting and dehydration of crude oil, one method including monitoring total dissolved solids (TDS) content at an outlet stream from a crude oil separation unit, the outlet stream comprising water; monitoring basic sediment and water (BS&W) content at an outlet stream from the crude oil separation unit, the outlet stream comprising processed crude oil; determining pounds per thousand barrels (PTB) salt content and volumetric water content of a dried, desalted crude oil product stream using the TDS content and BS&W content; and controlling a process input to the method from a comparison between the PTB salt content and volumetric water content of the dried, desalted crude oil product stream versus a maximum set value for PTB salt content and volumetric water content of the dried, desalted crude oil product stream.

An oil-water separation apparatus has a housing that contains at least one longitudinal plate member arranged in a longitudinal direction of the housing (10) and inclined relative to a horizontal direction. The longitudinal plate member forms at least one fluid channel in an inner chamber of the housing. A first guiding hole is provided on the longitudinal plate member or between the longitudinal plate member and an inner wall of the housing, and is in communication with the fluid channel. A second guiding hole is provided on the longitudinal plate member or between the longitudinal plate member and the inner wall of the housing, and is in communication with the fluid channel and is placed lower than the first guiding hole is positioned. A collection pipe is arranged at a longitudinal downstream end of the housing, and is in communication with the inner chamber of the housing.

An apparatus and method of separation of LOX and other commercially valuable components, such as LAr from liquefied air, which consists primarily of LN2. Strong magnetic field gradient and gravity are used to separate LOX from liquefied air, based upon the different magnetic properties of LOX and LN2. The apparatus and method employ a magnetic field gradient to levitate the LN2 and LAr diamagnetic components of liquid air while accelerating the paramagnetic LOX component toward the bottom to achieve oxygen separation. In other embodiments, a leak valve system can be used.

A method of separating the components of a multi-phase fluid includes directing a flow of the multi-phase fluid into the lower inlet end of an inclined elongate separator vessel and then gradually forward and upward toward a weir plate proximate an upper outlet end, thereby allowing the multi-phase fluid to separate into a gas/vapor component and a liquids component, with the gas/vapor component flowing upward and forward along an inclined top inner surface and the liquids component further separating under gravity into a lower mixed oily water portion and an upper stratified portion defined by a clear water component, a partially oily water component, and a skim oil component. The method includes causing the skim oil component to flow over an upper edge of the weir plate that defines the liquid level in the separator vessel and into a skim oil section, and then withdrawing each the gas/vapor, skim oil, and clear water components from the separator vessel through separate outlets.

A center tube and a central fluid supply tube combination includes a center tube body defining a longitudinal length, and a central reservoir. The center tube also includes an apertured annular wall extending axially the majority of the longitudinal length, and a first annular solid wall extending axially from the apertured annular wall. A central fluid supply tube is disposed in the central reservoir, and includes a second annular solid wall that is radially surrounded by the apertured annular wall of the center tube. The second annular solid wall defines a supply passage with a fully circular flow flux.

Described herein is a grease and/or solids collection system that can be installed directly below a sink basin. The system generally comprises an insert cartridge for collecting both solids and grease contained in wastewater draining from the sink. The cartridge can be easily removed through the sink drain, emptied, and reinstalled, for example, using a handle positioned at the top of the cartridge and accessible through the sink drain.

The invention relates to a method and a device device for converting at least one reactant(5) into a reaction product and separating the at least one reactant from the reaction product, wherein the device comprises a vessel(10) with a vessel inner volume (11) and a confinement (20) submerged in the vessel inner volume (11), the confinement (20) providing a confinement inner (21) volume which is in fluid connection with the vessel inner volume (11), wherein the vessel inner volume (11) contains a first fluid (1) with a first density p1 and a second fluid with a second density p2, with p1 > p2, so that the first fluid (1) forms a lower phase and the second fluid (2) forms an upper phase in the vessel inner volume (11), wherein the confinement contains a third fluid (3) with a third density p3 with p3 > p2 so that the second fluid forms an upper layer and the third fluid forms a lower layer in the confinement inner volume (21), wherein the third fluid may be the same as or different from and is physically separated from the first fluid (1), wherein at least one of the first, second fluid and third fluid is at most partly with the other two, but preferably immiscible, wherein the at least one reactant (5) and the reaction product (6) have a different affinity for at least two of the first, second (2) and third fluid, wherein at least one of the first (1) and third fluid (3) contain a fourth phase (4) which is a solid or semi solid and is selected from the group of materials capable of promoting the conversion of the at least one reactant into the reaction product.

The disclosure provides methods and apparatus for producing 3-hydroxypropionic acid or a salt thereof, for removing 3-hydroxypropionic acid from aqueous solution (e.g., aqueous broth), and for using it to make various chemicals.