Apparatus for purification of waste water by means of active carbon

US4202770A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Bergwerksverband GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Gunther Gappa · Gelsenkirchen, DE
• Harald Juntgen · Essen, DE
• Jurgen Klein · Essen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 5, 1975
• Grant date: May 13, 1980
• Expiry date: Aug 5, 1995

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B01D15/1892
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Apparatus for purification of waste water includes an upright adsorber filled with active carbon passing in downward direction through the adsorber while waste water flows in upward direction therethrough. A distributing arrangement at the region of the lower end of the adsorber, into which waste water is fed, is provided to assure a substantial even distribution of the waste water during its upward flow through the carbon column. Furthermore, a regulating arrangement is provided to regulate the flow of the carbon through the adsorber in dependence on the concentration of the organic contaminants adsorbed by the carbon.