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Aeration unit, aeration apparatus equipped therewith and method of aeration

US8292271B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 28, 2008
Grant dateOct 23, 2012
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Expiry dateJun 3, 2029

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

Abstract

An aeration unit, an aeration apparatus and a method of aeration are provided that can quickly realize water quality with gas dissolution balance appropriate for living creatures in water, and that can be utilized for treating polluted water at sewage treatment facilities and used in a gas-liquid contact step at chemical plants or others. A multiple stage aeration apparatus constituted with an air diffuser for producing bubbles in water, a liquid foam generating channel part for changing bubbles in water into liquid foam bodies (soap-bubble-like liquid foam aggregate), a gas retention chamber having a space capable of retaining gas in water and a bubble accumulating part for collecting bubbles newly released from below the gas retention chamber and feeding the bubbles to the liquid foam generating channel part connected to the upper part thereof is disclosed.

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