Biomass concentrator reactor
AssigneeU.S. Environmental Protection Agency
InventorsAlbert Venosa, Makram T. Suidan
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Abstract
A gravity-flow Biomass Concentrator Reactor (BCR) is provided which uses a porous barrier having pore sizes averaging from about 1 to about 50 microns through which treated water permeates under the pressure of gravity. Solids suspended in water treated with the BCR are effectively retained and concentrated.
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A gravity-flow biomass concentrator reactor comprising an intake for water to be treated, said intake leading into a housing enclosing at least one porous barrier through which water permeates under the pressure of gravity, and an outflow from the housing through which treated water flows.
A method for treating water comprising introducing said water into a gravity-flow biomass concentrator reactor comprising an intake for water to be treated, said intake leading into a housing enclosing at least one porous barrier;
- allowing the water to permeate through said at least one porous barrier under the pressure of gravity;
- and collecting treated water from an outflow from the housing through which treated water flows.
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