Sedimentation apparatus with flocculating feed well
US4054514A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 28, 1975 |
| Grant date | Oct 18, 1977 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 28, 1995 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB01D21/2488
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Sedimentation apparatus which employs an agitator-equipped mixing tank for a feed suspension and a flocculating agent or flocculant, which mixing tank is located within the central feed well of a continuously operating sedimentation tank, and wherein the flocculant-treated feed suspension overflows the top end of the mixing tank, then to continue along a downward path in the surrounding feed well of the tank.
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