ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,440, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to RJ Enterprises Inc. (Delta, Canada).
"Fluid treatment system, separator and method using a magnetic field" was invented by Ronald J. Seguin (Delta, Canada) and Roderick Michael Facey (Edmonton, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a fluid treatment separator and a method of treating fluid such as tailings from tailings ponds resulting from oil sands production. A fluid treatment separator may be used for treatment of a mixture containing at least oil and water. The separator includes a mixing chamber, an inlet and at least one outlet. The mixing chamber defines a flow path ...