Water purification using conveyor sweep
US8152990B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 18, 2010 |
| Grant date | Apr 10, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 18, 2030 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC02F2303/04
- WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Process and apparatus to remove colloids and nitrogen compounds from contaminated water by coagulating the colloids and separating them from the water. The solids are floated by sparging and then the floating solids are swept from the surface of the water into an exit port using a conveyor from which downwardly depending flaps skim or near the surface, thus sweeping the floating floc into the exit port.
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