Method and apparatus for continuous filtration of liquids with simultaneous regeneration of filter medium
Abstract
Abstract PORTIONS OF THE BODY OF FILTER MATERIAL ARE ONSTREAM AND WHICH PORTIONS ARE OFFSTREAM. LIQUIDS ARE CONTINUOUSLY FILTERED THROUGH A PORTION OF A FILTER MEDIUM SUCH AS SAND WITH SIMULTANEOUS REGENERATION OF OTHER PORTIONS OF THE FILTER MEDIUM. THE RAW LIQUID PASSES FROM A VERTICAL DISTRIBUTOR HORIZONTALLY THROUGH A VERTICAL FILTER BED IN A SINGLE FILTER CHAMBER WHILE ANOTHER PORTION OF THE FILTER BED IN THE SAME FILTER CHAMBER IS OFFSTREAM. THE OFFSTREAM FILTER MATERIAL IS REMOVED FROM THE BOTTOM AND THE MATERIAL THAT HAS BEEN FILTERED OUT IS REMOVED THEREFROM, WHEREUPON THE FILTER MATERIAL IS RETURNED TO THE TOP OF THE SINGLE CHAMBER, WHERE IT AGAIN FILLS THE SPACE FROM WHICH IS WAS REMOVED. SEPARATE FILTRATE COLLECTORS ARE PROVIDED WHICH ARE SELECTIVELY PLACED IN COMMUNICATION WITH AN OUTLET THEREBY TO DETERMINE WHICH
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- 👤 L Kisbocskoi
- 👤 S Kubo
- 👤 G Reczey
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