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Water purification by a fluidized bed
Assignee: Mornex Ltd
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Filing: 1985-05-20
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Granted: 1988-05-10
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Expires: 2005-05-20
Abstract
Abstract The invention involves a process for the flocculation of matter suspended in water. According to the invention, the water is passed through a granular medium in a fluidized bed, without prior saturation of the granular medium in a fixed bed, and flocculated aggregates are collected downstream and subjected to settling or some other liquid/solid separation procedure, in order to obtain an effluent which is partially freed of its pollution.
Inventors
- 👤 Samuel Elmaleh
- 👤 Alain Grasmick
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 21:37
CPC Classifications
C; C02; C02F; C02F1/00; C02F1/52; C02F1/5281; B; B01; B01D; B01D21/00; B01D21/01; B01J; B01J8/00; B01J8/18; B01J8/20; C02F1/5263; Y; Y02; Y02W; Y02W10/00; Y02W10/10
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
159 words
A process for separating microscopic particles including inorganic suspended matter in water comprising the steps of: (a) providing said water with sufficient bacteria which secretes a flocculating agent including polysaccharides serving to flocculate said bacteria and said microscopic particles and passing the water through unsaturated granular material in a fluidized bed to flocculate said bacteria and said microscopic particles and form flocculated aggregates, (b) collecting flocculated aggregates downstream from the fluidized bed, and (c) subjecting the water to a suitable liquid/solid separation technique, to produce separately a liquid effluent which is partially purified from its pollution and solid aggregates of the flocculated particles, wherein the ratio of the velocity of said effluent to the minimum velocity of the fluidized material is between 1.1 and 15, the particle size of the granular material in the fluidized bed is between about 50 μm and 1 cm, and the density of the granular material is between 0.8 and 3 g/cm 3 .
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
159 words
A process for separating microscopic particles including inorganic suspended matter in water comprising the steps of: (a) providing said water with sufficient bacteria which secretes a flocculating agent including polysaccharides serving to flocculate said bacteria and said microscopic particles and passing the water through unsaturated granular material in a fluidized bed to flocculate said bacteria and said microscopic particles and form flocculated aggregates, (b) collecting flocculated aggregates downstream from the fluidized bed, and (c) subjecting the water to a suitable liquid/solid separation technique, to produce separately a liquid effluent which is partially purified from its pollution and solid aggregates of the flocculated particles, wherein the ratio of the velocity of said effluent to the minimum velocity of the fluidized material is between 1.1 and 15, the particle size of the granular material in the fluidized bed is between about 50 μm and 1 cm, and the density of the granular material is between 0.8 and 3 g/cm 3 .
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
21 words
Process, according to claim 1, wherein said granular material used in the fluidized bed undergoes expansion from 30 to 200 percent.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
24 words
Process according to one of claims 1 or 2, wherein the superficial velocity of the water under treatment is between 0.01 and 200 m/h.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
28 words
Process according to one of claims 1 or 2, wherein the height of the above-mentioned granular material of the fluidized bed is between 10 cm and 5 m.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
32 words
Process according to claim 1, wherein said granular material of the fluidized bed has a specific gravity of over 1 and that the water under treatment flows upwards through the fluidized bed.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
33 words
Process according to claim 1, wherein said granular material of the fluidized bed has a specific gravity of less than 1 and that the water under treatment flows downwards through the fluidized bed.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
22 words
A process as in claim 1 wherein said step of providing said bacteria to the water is upstream of the fluidized bed.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
18 words
A process as in claim 7, wherein said bacteria is contained within secondary sludge from waste water treatment.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
21 words
A process as in claim 8, wherein the secondary sludge from waste water treatment is recycled solid aggregates from step b.
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