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Sludge filtration device comprising a filter piston, and sludge treatment plant and sludge filtration process thereof

US6110388A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 24, 1997
Grant dateAug 29, 2000
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Expiry dateOct 24, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB30B9/067
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The sludge filtration device comprises: a filter (1) placed over an approximately horizontal box (4), this filter (1) constituting, in its filtration position, the bottom of a filter chamber (8) of essentially vertical axis; a piston (10) suitable for closing the filter chamber in the top part; means (3, 11) for causing relative movement between the box (4) provided with the filter (1) and the piston (10) so that a liquid filtrate flows downwards through the filter (1) and so that a cake of solid matter remains on the filter (1) at the end of the operation; and a scraper device (31) provided for removing this cake. The piston is made in the form of a filter piston (10) so that a liquid effluent passes through the filter piston (10) as the volume of the filter chamber (8) is being decreased, and a suction pumping means (P) is provided for removing the effluent above the filter piston (10).

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