Clarifier for water treatment
AssigneeXylem Water Solutions Zelienople LLC
InventorRobert Lee Wiley, III
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a clarifier for water treatment including a plurality of planar inclined sheets including a flexible polymeric material. Each sheet includes a hydrophobic surface. The present invention is also directed to a clarifier that includes at least one module, each module including: a plurality of vertically-oriented supports and a planar inclined sheet including a flexible polymeric material tensioned between the plurality of vertically-oriented supports. The present invention is also directed to a water collection system of a water treatment system including: a collection trough configured to receive liquid and a buoyant member configured to support the collection trough.
Claims18
A clarifier for water treatment comprising:
- a plurality of planar inclined sheets comprising a flexible polymeric material,
- wherein each sheet comprises a hydrophobic surface, and
- wherein the hydrophobic surface has an average surface roughness (Sa) of from 3 to 100 μm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.