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Filtering medium and use of the said filtering medium for pollution removal from lagoons

US7578938B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 9, 2003
Grant dateAug 25, 2009
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Expiry dateMay 7, 2025

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02E50/30
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Filtering medium based on activated carbon which is characterized in that it comprises three superposed layers, respectively an inner layer and two outer layers, the inner layer consisting of 80 to 95% by dry weight of activated carbon, the balance for 100% consisting of organic and/or inorganic chemical fibres, the first outer layer comprising from 45 to 95% by dry weight of organic and/or inorganic chemical fibres, the balance for 100% consisting of activated carbon and/or of a material having a density of less than 0.9, the second outer layer comprising from 5 to 25% by dry weight of activated carbon, the balance for 100% consisting of organic and/or inorganic chemical fibres, and in that the weight of the inner layer is between 40 and 200 g/m2 and the weight of the outer layers is between 10 and 100 g/m2.

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