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CRT Method of converting and separating substances contained, dissolved or dissolvable in a carrier liquid
Assignee: Universal Gesellschaft fur Umwelttechnik MbH Molln and Rohm GmbH
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Filing: 1981-03-24
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Granted: 1984-03-13
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Expires: 2001-03-24
Abstract
Abstract A method and a device for converting and separating substances dissolved in a carrier fluid, more particularly proteides or proteins, by adding and mixing with an agent, e.g. enzymes, which brings about the chemical reaction or the build-up or breakdown of the molecules of the substances and causes them to precipitate. In addition these substances are mixed and come to an accelerated reaction with the agent in at least one circuit flow through a jet immersion reactor while a gas is supplied intensively thereto before froth flotation of the precipitated substances is carried out after adding means assisting flotation.
Inventors
- 👤 Eberhard Kreuzburg
- 👤 Dietrich J. Von Der Pahle
- 👤 Rolf Monsheimer
- 👤 Ernst Pfleiderer
- 👤 Tilman Taeger
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 22:09
CPC Classifications
C; C12; C12N; C12N1/00; C12N1/02; B; B03; B03D; B03D1/00; B03D1/02; B03D1/14; B03D1/1431; B03D3/00; B03D3/06; C02; C02F; C02F1/00; C02F1/24; C02F9/00; B03D2203/00; B03D2203/003; C02F2103/00; C02F2103/22; C02F2103/24; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S210/00; Y10S210/902; Y10S210/903; Y10S210/905
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
222 words
A method of recovering a high molecular weight material from water containing a dissolved proteinaceous substance, said method comprising the steps of: (a) circulating the water containing said substance through a first jet immersion reactor in which the water containing the substance is forced through a small cross-section passage into a vessel containing the water and the substance, and of larger cross section, the circulation being effected with a two-phase pump having a suction side connected to said vessel and a discharge side connected to said passage, thereby breaking down molecules of said substance; (b) passing water from said vessel containing said substance in a dissolved and broken-down state into a second two-phase pump and circulating it through a second jet immersion reactor having a respective passage communicating with the discharge side of said second pump and opening into a vessel of larger cross section containing liquid and communicating with the suction side of said second pump, thereby causing the frothing of the broken-down substance in said liquid; (c) adding enzymes to at least one of said reactors for promoting the breakdown of said substance therein; (d) adding a flocculating agent to at least said second reactor for promoting the separation of broken-down substances from said liquid; and (e) separating the broken-down substance from the liquid of said second reaction by flotation.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
222 words
A method of recovering a high molecular weight material from water containing a dissolved proteinaceous substance, said method comprising the steps of: (a) circulating the water containing said substance through a first jet immersion reactor in which the water containing the substance is forced through a small cross-section passage into a vessel containing the water and the substance, and of larger cross section, the circulation being effected with a two-phase pump having a suction side connected to said vessel and a discharge side connected to said passage, thereby breaking down molecules of said substance; (b) passing water from said vessel containing said substance in a dissolved and broken-down state into a second two-phase pump and circulating it through a second jet immersion reactor having a respective passage communicating with the discharge side of said second pump and opening into a vessel of larger cross section containing liquid and communicating with the suction side of said second pump, thereby causing the frothing of the broken-down substance in said liquid; (c) adding enzymes to at least one of said reactors for promoting the breakdown of said substance therein; (d) adding a flocculating agent to at least said second reactor for promoting the separation of broken-down substances from said liquid; and (e) separating the broken-down substance from the liquid of said second reaction by flotation.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
33 words
The method defined in claim 1, further comprising mixing oxygen with the circulated water and substance in at least one of said reactors by an entrainment of the oxygen to the respective passage.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
43 words
The method defined in claim 2 wherein the water containing said substance is an effluent from a tannery containing sulfides, further comprising the step of catalytically oxidizing the sulfides in the first reactor with permanganate, said substance being added in said second reactor.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method defined in claim 3 wherein collagen and keratin residues are added in finely divided form to the liquid of said second reactor.
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