IMMERSED MEMBRANE ELEMENT AND MODULE
    2.
    发明公开
    IMMERSED MEMBRANE ELEMENT AND MODULE 有权
    浸没式膜元件和模块

    公开(公告)号:EP1146954A1

    公开(公告)日:2001-10-24

    申请号:EP00975727.9

    申请日:2000-11-15

    摘要: A filtering element has ultrafiltration or microfiltration hollow fiber membranes extending horizontally between a pair of opposed horizontally spaced, vertically extending headers. Side plates extending between the pair of vertically extending headers define a vertical flow channel through the element. Modules are created by placing the elements in place without obstructing the vertical flow channels. Each element may be released from the frame, however, and removed by sliding it in a direction substantially normal to its headers without disassembling the remainder of the module. The elements have associated releasable water tight fittings between the elements and a permeate collector, the releasable water tight fittings being releasable by removing an element from the frame. An aerator below the module has a plurality of air holes located to provide a line of air holes below each element or below a side plate between each pair of elements. In a preferred process, permeate flux is less than 50 L/m /h and preferably less than 35 L/m /h, aeration to scrub the membranes is provided during periods of time when permeation is periodically stopped and accumulated solids are removed by periodically emptying and refilling a tank containing the elements. A bubble point test is applied to each row of the module in turn, the presence of bubbles in a particular flow channel indicating which, if any, elements of a row are suitable.

    SYSTEM FOR OPERATION OF MULTIPLE MEMBRANE FILTRATION ASSEMBLIES
    4.
    发明公开
    SYSTEM FOR OPERATION OF MULTIPLE MEMBRANE FILTRATION ASSEMBLIES 有权
    操作程序多重过滤膜现有设施

    公开(公告)号:EP1210298A1

    公开(公告)日:2002-06-05

    申请号:EP00951154.4

    申请日:2000-08-03

    IPC分类号: C02F1/44 B01D65/02

    摘要: Limitation of the number of cassettes in an assembly currently used for the production of permeate is obviated by grouping plural cassettes into racks one or more of which may be isolated while permeate production from the remaining racks is uninterrupted. Ancillary functions such as back-pulsing, chemical cleaning and testing for defects in membranes ('integrity testing') in one or more racks may proceed while production of permeate continues. The number of racks in a bank is determined by the period of the overall filtration cycle, typically 15 min, in which filtration period the ancillary period is a minor portion, typically 30 sec. The racks make it possible to use automatic on/off valves which open and close quicker than larger ones. The resulting saving in time, energy, and equipment costs, which when back-pulsing with permeate is surprisingly economical, is even greater when a chemical cleaning solution is to be used. In addition, the saving in cost of equipment and avoiding the wear and tear of pumps which are intermittently stopped and started, produces unexpected economic benefits. For even greater savings in operating costs, a bank of cassettes, or a bank of racks may be operated with a 'gravity flow' system.

    SYSTEM FOR OPERATION OF MULTIPLE MEMBRANE FILTRATION ASSEMBLIES
    5.
    发明授权
    SYSTEM FOR OPERATION OF MULTIPLE MEMBRANE FILTRATION ASSEMBLIES 有权
    SYSTEM FOR操作多个过滤膜现有设施

    公开(公告)号:EP1210298B1

    公开(公告)日:2003-04-02

    申请号:EP00951154.4

    申请日:2000-08-03

    IPC分类号: C02F1/44 B01D65/02

    摘要: Limitation of the number of cassettes in an assembly currently used for the production of permeate is obviated by grouping plural cassettes into racks one or more of which may be isolated while permeate production from the remaining racks is uninterrupted. Ancillary functions such as back-pulsing, chemical cleaning and testing for defects in membranes ('integrity testing') in one or more racks may proceed while production of permeate continues. The number of racks in a bank is determined by the period of the overall filtration cycle, typically 15 min, in which filtration period the ancillary period is a minor portion, typically 30 sec. The racks make it possible to use automatic on/off valves which open and close quicker than larger ones. The resulting saving in time, energy, and equipment costs, which when back-pulsing with permeate is surprisingly economical, is even greater when a chemical cleaning solution is to be used. In addition, the saving in cost of equipment and avoiding the wear and tear of pumps which are intermittently stopped and started, produces unexpected economic benefits. For even greater savings in operating costs, a bank of cassettes, or a bank of racks may be operated with a 'gravity flow' system.