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US 4,443,341 AGranted
Process and apparatus for removal of solids from liquids
AssigneeLinde Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsMichael A. Miller, Richard P. Johansen
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AssigneeLinde Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsMichael A. Miller, Richard P. Johansen
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A filtration process and apparatus for the removal of solids from liquids is provided having a filter bed vertically disposed in a chamber which has a solids-containing liquid passed horizontally therethrough. The filter bed is regenerated after becoming loaded with solids. During filtering the liquid is divided into at least two partial streams, and each partial stream is conducted through a respective filter bed arranged in a chamber, which is comprised of reticulated particles of polyurethane. After the particles have been completely loaded with the solids, the liquid feed to and the liquid discharge from the respective chamber are interrupted. The solids adhereing to the particles are then transferred by agitation and/or gas treatment into a liquid volume remaining in the chamber, and the liquid volume is discharged together with the solids. The process is especially adaptable to be utilized in wastewater treatment, or for the removal of solids from scrubbing media.
In a process for the removal of solids from liquids comprising passing a solids-containing liquid horizontally through a filter bed vertically disposed in a chamber, and wherein the filter bed is regenerated after absorption of the solids, the improvement comprising the sequential steps of dividing the liquid stream into at least two partial streams, conducting each partial stream through a respective filter bed arranged in a chamber, with each filter bed comprising discontinuous flexible polyurethane particles, interrupting the liquid feed to and the liquid discharge from the respective chamber after the polyurethane particles have been substantially completely loaded with the solids, regenerating the polyurethane particles by at least one of agitating and gas treating said polyurethane particles to cause the solids adhering thereto to be transferred into the remaining liquid volume of the chamber, and discharging the remaining liquid volume together with the solids, whereby said polyurethane particles are regenerated.
An apparatus for conducting a filtering process for removal of solids from a solids-containing liquid, comprising at least two vertically arranged filter beds made up of discontinuous polyurethane particles, and two chambers associated with said filter beds, with each one of the two chambers arranged parallel to each of said filter beds on opposite sides thereof for passing a solids-containing liquid into one of the chambers to be passed horizontally through the respective filter bed and into the other chamber after having solids removed therefrom in said filter bed, inlet means associated with one of said chambers for supplying solids-containing liquid to be filtered into said one chamber, and outlet means associated with the other chamber for removing solids-free liquid therefrom, each of said inlet and outlet means having closing means for controlling flow into and out of the chambers, dividing means for dividing the solids-contaning liquid into at least two partial streams, and means for conducting each partial stream through a respective filter bed, regenerating means associated with said filter beds and comprising at least one of mechanical agitating means and gas-treatment means for regenerating the particles of polyurethane in the filter beds by removing solids therefrom and for passing said solids into a liquid volume associated with the polyurethane particles when filtering is not being conducted, and discharge means for removing the liquid volume containing solids, after regeneration of the polyurethane filter bed particles, from said filter bed particles.
An apparatus for conducting a filtering process for removal of solids from a solids-containing liquid, comprising at least one vertically arranged filter bed made up of discontinuous polyurethane particles, and two chambers associated with said filter bed with each one of the two chambers arranged parallel to said filter bed on opposite sides thereof for passing a solids-containing liquid into one of the chambers to be passed horizontally through the filter bed and into the other chamber after having solids removed therefrom in said filter bed, inlet means associated with one of said chambers for supplying solids-containing liquid to be filtered into said one chamber, and outlet means associated with the other chamber for removing solids-free-liquid therefrom, each of said inlet and outlet means having closing means for controlling flow into and out of the chambers, regenerating means associated with said filter bed and comprising at least one of mechanical agitating means and gas-treatment means for regenerating the particles of polyurethane in the filter bed by removing solids therefrom and for passing said solids into a liquid volume associated with the polyurethane particles when filtering is not being conducted, with said mechanical agitating means arranged outside the chambers, discharge means for removing the liquid volume containing solids after regeneration of the polyurethane filter bed particles from said filter bed particles, and said regenerating means further comprising a regeneration vessel located in communication with said filter beds.
An apparatus for conducting a filtering process for removal of solids from a solids-containing liquid, comprising at least one vertically arranged filter bed made up of discontinuous polyurethane particles with said filter bed defined by two spaced parallel porous walls, and two chambers associated with said filter bed with each one of the two chambers arranged parallel to said filter bed on opposite sides thereof for passing a solids-containing liquid into one of the chambers to be passed horizontally through the filter bed and into the other chamber after having solids removed therefrom in said filter bed, inlet means associated with one of said chambers for supplying solids-containing liquid to be filtered into said one chamber, and outlet means associated with the other chamber for removing solids-free-liquid therefrom, each of said inlet and outlet means having closing means for controlling flow into and out of the chambers, regenerating means associated with said filter bed and comprising at least one of mechanical agitating means and gas-treatment means for regenerating the particles of polyurethane in the filter bed by removing solids therefrom and passing said solids into a liquid volume associated with the polyurethane particles when filtering is not being conducted, with said mechanical agitating means arranged outside the chambers, and said regenerating means further comprising a regeneration vessel located in communication with said filter bed chambers, and discharge means for removing the liquid volume containing solids after regeneration of the polyurethane filter bed particles from said filter bed particles.
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