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Apparatus and method for cleaning water

US10029925B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Akvola Technologies GmbH · DE

Inventors

Jens-Uwe Repke · Berlin, DE
Guenter Wozny · Hohen Neuendorf, DE
Matan Beery · Berlin, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 18, 2013
Grant date	Jul 24, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 7, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02A20/131
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates an apparatus for cleaning water, in particular precleaning seawater, including at least one tank for receiving water containing at least one flocculating agent for separating organic and possibly biological constituents contained in the water. The at least one tank includes at least one contact zone K for contacting the water containing the flocculating agent with at least one gas, in particular air, and at least one separation zone S for separating the flocculated organic constituents buoyed up by the gas. At least one gassing unit is arranged in the at least one contact zone K and at least one filtration unit is arranged in the at least one separation zone S. The at least one gas is injected via the at least one gassing unit without using a liquid carrier.

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