| US 7,514,049 B2 | ||
| Method and apparatus for thermal phase separation | ||
| Mukesh Kapila, The Woodlands, Tex. (US); Glenn Antle, Houston, Tex. (US); Zoran Markanovic, Halifax (Canada); Paul Gover, Houston, Tex. (US); Robert Hood, Falmouth (Canada); and Arthur Martin, Holyrood (Canada) | ||
| Assigned to M-I L.L.C., Houston, Tex. (US) | ||
| Filed on Apr. 11, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/412,720. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2004/0204308 A1, Oct. 14, 2004 | ||
| Int. Cl. A61L 2/04 (2006.01); F23B 10/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 422—307 [110/295] | 14 Claims |
| 1. An apparatus for separating contaminants from a substrate, comprising:
an enclosure arranged to withstand temperatures created by a combustion system;
an essentially air-tight processing chamber supported within the enclosure by support columns connected between the processing
chamber and a bottom of the enclosure, wherein the combustion system is disposed underneath the processing chamber and arranged
to heat the substrate disposed in the processing chamber;
at least one heat shield disposed between the processing chamber and the combustion system; and
a vapor handling system arranged to remove vapor from the processing chamber.
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