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Method and apparatus for treating water

US4332685A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 26, 1978
Grant dateJun 1, 1982
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Expiry dateJan 26, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB01D2311/08
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Water softened by ion exchange is pumped through a reverse osmosis material. The water treated by reverse osmosis may be stored under pressure and the reverse osmosis waste stream is recycled through the ion exchanger. The stored volume of water treated by reverse osmosis is approximately equal to or less than the volume of water that can be stored in the ion exchanger.

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