Water intake screen installation and method of straining water
US4186091A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 27, 1978 |
| Grant date | Jan 29, 1980 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 27, 1998 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB01D35/147
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A water intake screen installation has a traveling water screen unit, that is positioned between a water intake and a stream of water flowing in a channel, to strain a quantity of water diverging from the channel stream towards the water intake. The screen unit includes an endless belt strainer in the form of a loop and a drive for revolving the strainer. The strainer has a screening surface, that extends in a predetermined direction of stream flow in the channel and in an upwardly direction. Means are provided for directing a backwash current, through the screening surface, towards the stream of water flowing in the channel, at an elevation below the stream surface. Material, such as refuse and aquatic life, retained on the screening surface can be dislodged by the backwash current. This current forces such material backwardly from the screening surface, into the stream of water flowing in the channel, to be carried away therewith. Also disclosed is a method of straining water from a stream with the above described screening installation that enables water to be drawn from the stream without the removal of aquatic life and refuse.
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