Patent ID: 9080112
Filing Date: 2015-07-14
Classification: B01D,B03C,C10G

Abstract:
1. A process for online removal of contaminants including polar polymeric contaminants from a process stream that comprises the steps of: (a) providing a filtration apparatus that comprises: (b) introducing a process stream into the vessel through the inlet so that polar polymeric sludge contaminants become adhered to exterior surfaces of the plurality of housings to thereby yield a treated process stream that exits through the outlet wherein the process stream flows through a path that is defined by the plurality of partition plates before exiting through the outlet; (c) switching the process stream through a bypass line that is operating in parallel with the filtration apparatus when pressure across the vessel reaches a threshold pressure difference; (d) removing the polar polymeric sludge contaminants from the compartment by (i) raising the plurality of magnets from the plurality of housings thereby releasing the contaminants into the compartment and flushing the contaminants from the compartment or (ii) lifting the plurality of housings from the compartment; and (e) switching the process stream from the bypass line to the filtration apparatus.