Continuous polymer feed system for a waste water treatment plant
AssigneeNoranda Mines Limited
InventorWalter Sencza
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Abstract
A continuous polyelectrolyte feed system is disclosed. The system comprises means for providing a metered stream of dilution water, means for adding metered quantity of polyelectrolyte to the dilution water stream, means for flash mixing the polyelectrolyte in the dilution water stream, a plug flow reactor for aging the polyelectrolyte solution so as to allow the polyelectrolyte sufficient time to become active, and means for flash diluting the polyelectrolyte before injection into the waste water.
Claims3
A continuous polyelectrolyte feed system for a waste water treatment plant comprising means for providing a metered stream of dilution water, means for continuously adding a metered quantity of liquid polyelectrolyte to the dilution water stream, means for continuously flash mixing the polyelectrolyte in the dilution water stream to provide a homogeneous solution of the polyelectrolyte in the dilution water stream, means for continuously flowing the stream of polyelectrolyte solution through a plug flow reactor for aging the polyelectrolyte solution so as to allow the polyelectrolyte sufficient time to become active, said plug flow reactor being a coil of plastic pipe which is long enough to provide adequate aging of the polyelectrolyte as it flows through the pipe means for continuously flash diluting the aged polyelectrolyte before injection into the waste water and means for adding the diluted aged polyelectrolyte into an in-line mixer of said waste water treatment plant.
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