Column packing method
US8262913B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 23, 2011 |
| Grant date | Sep 11, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 23, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N2030/565
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method for packing a media bed in a column (3) from a slurry being a dispersion of said media particles and a liquid, said method comprising the steps of: a) estimating a slurry concentration; b) filling the column (3) with a certain volume of the slurry from a slurry tank (13) connected to the column; c) packing a test media bed from the slurry; d) detecting where the test media bed is consolidated; e) use the information about the consolidated test media bed height for providing to the column an amount of slurry that after further packing will give a user target bed height; f) packing a media bed from the slurry.
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