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Rotating biological contactor for the biological purification of waste water

US4532035A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 27, 1982
Grant dateJul 30, 1985
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Expiry dateDec 27, 2002

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02W10/10
  • WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

With contactor bodies formed of spirally wound up corrugated panels providing ducts in the region of the corrugation profiles which are alternately filled with waste water and air, there is a problem to completely fill the ducts and to provide a continuous flow through the ducts in a body of simple and rigid construction. In order to solve this problem, the corrugation profiles of at least one corrugated panel (3', 3") are inclined at a predetermined angle relative to the axis (XX) of the contactor body. Thereby, the disadvantages of the known, mechanically unstable constructions comprising a tube bundle are avoided and an intensive flow of waste water and air within the ducts is achieved. Advantageously, the corrugation profiles of winding layers arranged radially above each other or axially beneath each other comprise different inclination angles (a', a"), especially angles which are opened contrary to each other.

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