Patent ID: 11938437
Assignee: TRANSPORTATION IP HOLDINGS, LLC
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 8:
9. A method comprising:
separating a first fluid of a first fluid mixture from debris of the first fluid mixture within a filter;
directing the first fluid toward a fluid control device;
changing a characteristic of the first fluid to form a second fluid within the fluid control device;
separating a first portion of the second fluid from a second portion of the second fluid;
directing the first portion of the second fluid out of the fluid control device via a first outlet of the fluid control device and directing the second portion of the second fluid out of the fluid control device via a second outlet of the fluid control device; and
receiving the debris and the second portion of the second fluid from the fluid control device within a conduit, the conduit comprising a section including an increasing cross-sectional size along an axis, the conduit configured to receive the debris and the second fluid at a location that is upstream along a direction of flow from the section including the increasing cross-sectional size, the conduit configured to combine the debris with the second fluid to form a second fluid mixture, the conduit shaped to control one or more of a pressure or a velocity within the conduit to direct the second fluid mixture through the conduit toward an outlet.