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Water treatment devices

US9505642B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 20, 2014
Grant dateNov 29, 2016
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Expiry dateNov 20, 2034

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/49616
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Embodiments of the invention include water treatment systems and components for water treatment systems that possess a collapsed and an expanded configuration, that can be easily transported in the collapsed configuration and expeditiously set up in the field into their expanded configuration. The embodiments include trickle filter/clarifier combinations, upflow anaerobic digester reactors, recirculating anaerobic digesters and their components. In preferred embodiments the volume of the expanded configurations is at least four times the volume of the collapsed configurations.

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