A flow back system for separating solids from a slurry recovered from a hydrocarbon well. The system includes a V-shaped tank with a first series of baffles configured to cause the settling of solids that are moved by a shaftless auger to a conduit fluidly connected to hydrocyclones mounted over a linear shaker. The overflow from the hydrocyclones is discharged through a second conduit back into the tank for processing by a second series of baffles resulting in a clean effluent. The clean effluent is recirculated in the well.

Exemplary apparatus or method implementations for a universal feeder system configured with a transfer screw feeder within a multi-section clamshell pipe permitting access to the feed screw and pipe interior for inspection, maintenance and/or cleaning during production, without disassembly or screw removal. The clamshell screw feeder pipe provides access to the screw by opening or removing the multi-section top portion of the clamshell pipe. The top pipe section is bolted and or hinges to the bottom portion of the clamshell pipe. The number of segmented multiple clamshell top sections depends on the length of the screw. One or more clamshell top sections may be configured with an inspection port. The universal feeder system configured with a transfer screw feeder within a multi-section clamshell pipe transfers feedstock feed from one or more feed vessels to one or more reactor vessel.

A novel geotextile tube type sludge dehydration device combined with vacuum preloading including a geotextile tube for filling sludge, a pump drainage mechanism, vacuum tubes and a vacuum pump, where the geotextile tube is divided into top cloth and bottom cloth, a slurry filling inlet is provided on the top cloth, and the top cloth and the bottom cloth are sewn by means of a portable rechargeable bag sewing machine; and the pump drainage mechanism is arranged in the geotextile tube, is connected to the vacuum pump by means of the vacuum tubes, and includes a drainage plate and a hand connector, the drainage plate being inserted into the hand connector, the hand connector is connected to the vacuum tubes, and is fixed by hoops, and the vacuum tubes pass through flange piece ports on the geotextile tube, to be connected to the vacuum pump.

A novel geotextile tube type sludge dehydration device combined with vacuum preloading including a geotextile tube for filling sludge, a pump drainage mechanism, vacuum tubes and a vacuum pump, where the geotextile tube is divided into top cloth and bottom cloth, a slurry filling inlet is provided on the top cloth, and the top cloth and the bottom cloth are sewn by means of a portable rechargeable bag sewing machine; and the pump drainage mechanism is arranged in the geotextile tube, is connected to the vacuum pump by means of the vacuum tubes, and includes a drainage plate and a hand connector, the drainage plate being inserted into the hand connector, the hand connector is connected to the vacuum tubes, and is fixed by hoops, and the vacuum tubes pass through flange piece ports on the geotextile tube, to be connected to the vacuum pump.

Disclosed herein is a sludge drying system comprising: a system input for receiving a wet sludge stream, wherein the wet sludge stream comprises water and solid material; a first dryer arranged to receive, at an input of the first dryer, the wet sludge stream and to heat the wet sludge stream such that at least part of the water in the wet sludge stream is evaporated to thereby generate evaporate and a partially dry sludge stream, wherein the first dryer is an indirectly heated rotating disc dryer that comprises a first output for outputting evaporate and a second output for outputting the partially dry sludge stream; a second dryer that is an indirectly heated rotating disc dryer and is arranged to receive, at a first input of the second dryer, a stream that is dependent on the partially dry sludge stream output from the first dryer and to receive, at a second input of the second dryer, the evaporate from the first dryer, wherein the second dryer is arranged to use to the received evaporate to indirectly heat the received stream at the first input to thereby generate and output a substantially dry sludge stream; and a system output for outputting at least part of the substantially dry sludge stream from the system.

A drilling mud treatment unit (100) comprises a primary duct (10) for feeding coagulated drilling mud, an in-line flocculation system (20) for flocculating the coagulated drilling mud flowing in the primary duct (10), and at least one hydrocyclone (30) fed by the primary duct (10) and arranged downstream from the flocculation system (20). The hydrocyclone (30) has an overflow orifice (32) for receiving a liquid product resulting from treatment of the drilling mud and an underflow orifice (34) for receiving a solid product resulting from treatment of the drilling mud. The overflow orifice (32) presents an overflow diameter (Do) and the underflow orifice presents an underflow diameter (Du), and the underflow diameter (Du) is greater than 1.1 times the overflow diameter (Do).

A drilling mud treatment unit (100) comprises a primary duct (10) for feeding coagulated drilling mud, an in-line flocculation system (20) for flocculating the coagulated drilling mud flowing in the primary duct (10), and at least one hydrocyclone (30) fed by the primary duct (10) and arranged downstream from the flocculation system (20). The hydrocyclone (30) has an overflow orifice (32) for receiving a liquid product resulting from treatment of the drilling mud and an underflow orifice (34) for receiving a solid product resulting from treatment of the drilling mud. The overflow orifice (32) presents an overflow diameter (Do) and the underflow orifice presents an underflow diameter (Du), and the underflow diameter (Du) is greater than 1.1 times the overflow diameter (Do).

The present disclosure relates to enhancing sludge dewaterability by adding cellulase/hemicellulase enzyme mixture and protease to the sludge prior to conventional conditioning and dewatering operations.

Appropriately perform solid-liquid separation. A separation device (1) includes a casing (10), a screw shaft (12), a first screw blade (14), and a second screw blade (16). At least one of the first screw blade (14) and the second screw blade (16) has an opening that penetrates from one surface to another surface, designed based on the outflow of separated liquid (C) and solids from the screw blade.

Appropriately perform solid-liquid separation. A separation device (1) includes a casing (10), a screw shaft (12), a first screw blade (14), and a second screw blade (16). At least one of the first screw blade (14) and the second screw blade (16) has an opening that penetrates from one surface to another surface, designed based on the outflow of separated liquid (C) and solids from the screw blade.