Abstract:
Countercurrent process for the treatment of liquids with adsorbents in a adsorption-filter the space of which is divided by trays which are permeable to liquids into at least 2 chambers, in which process before and/or during the charging of the adsorbent in the upward flow, the regeneration of the charged adsorbent in the downward flow and the backwasting in the upward flow particular levels to which the industrial chambers are filled are established by transferring adsorbent from one chamber to the adjacent chamber.
Abstract:
A plurality of vortex cells are established in a tank of sea water. Each vortex cell is an individual unit with little mixing with adjacent cells. Cationic and anionic resins are introduced into an initial vortex cell. The resins are diffused through serially adjacent vortex cells and withdrawn from a final vortex cell. Sea water is added to the final vortex cell and purified water is withdrawn from the initial vortex cell, thus counter-flowing the resins and sea water. Water is transferred between cells by pumping. The exhausted resins are rejuvenated using a similar system. The materials removed during the rejuvenation are valuable by-products.
Abstract:
Treatment of water solutions by means of ion exchange; the exchange mass through which the liquid under treatment flows is conducted from a bottom funnel of the treatment container to a regenerating-and-wash-column and then back to the liquid treatment container. After leaving the liquid treatment container and before entering the regenerating-and-wash-column the ion exchange masses are back-rinsed in a back-rinse container; the ion exchange mass is transported from the regenerating-and-wash-column by means of an immersion tube at the top of the regenerating-and-wash-column, the depth of immersion of the immersion tube being adjustable according to the volume in the bottom funnel of the treatment container; consequently the ion exchange mass in the head of the regenerating-and-wash-column which has been transported from the treatment container corresponds to the volume transported from the bottom funnel thereof.
Abstract:
For on-site, continuous, bulk water purification, a dual-monitored, two-pass system employs two successive banks of mixed-bed, strong-based resin cylinders. Raw water first flows down through a bank of primary cylinders in parallel. The outlets of the primary cylinders are connected in parallel via an overhead carry-over pipe to a smaller bank of polisher cylinders whose outlets are connected in parallel via a final filter to a discharge outlet. Probes monitoring the concentration of impurities are located in the carry-over pipe and following the final filter. The efficient arrangement of cylinders in a van allows easy replacement of exhausted cylinders without interrupting water treatment.
Abstract:
A method of and device for cleaning the slot-like openings of distribution and collection pipes of a continuously operating ion exchanger column. During the treatment phase, the ion exchange particles within the ion exchanger bed do not exchange places, and the bed has an axial movement without temporal interruption. The medium stream which flows through the distribution and collection pipes undergoes a flow reversal for a limited time in periodic succession with initial reduction of the rate of flow.
Abstract:
A process for the separation of solids from liquids in a closed pressure system, wherein liquid is passed through a treatment column containing purifying material. A portion of the purifying material is removed in a timed intermittent quasi-continuous manner and cleaned in a rinsing column. The cleaned purifying material is then fed back to the treatment column by backflushing and the use of a liquid transport medium.
Abstract:
Loaded solid resin particles obtained as an output slurry from a continuous fluid/solid contactor are stripped by counter-current elution in which discrete measured batches of the loaded resin are isolated, each batch is drained of its carrier liquid, and successive drained batches are then slurried intermittently into the bottom of an elution column using strong eluate from the elution column to slurry the resin into the bottom of the column.
Abstract:
Sewage water containing many pollutants including ammonia and phosphates is treated so that the ammonia and phosphates are preferentially removed through ion exchange while the other contaminants are allowed to remain in the water. Ferric hydroxide is deposited within the matrix of strong acid type cation exchange resin and the resin is rejuvenated with sodium hydroxide.
Abstract:
In a plant for uranium enrichment using a cascade of ion exchange beds, each bed operates more efficiently because an annular chamber is rotated about a stationary annular ion exchange bed at a speed corresponding to the speed of migration of a region so that, with respect to such rotating chamber, each of the regions of a system remains substantially stationary. An aqueous solution of ferric chloride is pumped to the ferric region and flows forwardly to the forwardly moving rear boundary of the uranium region.
Abstract:
A control system for a liquid-solid contacting apparatus and method therefor is designed to greatly minimize the dilution and contamination of the product streams as well as to perform the desired separation, concentration or conversion reactions at peak efficiency.The liquid-solid contactor comprises a loop; a plurality of loop valves dividing the loop into loading, pulse and regenerating sections; feed means for supplying a feed containing sorbable material to the loading section; sorption solid substantially filling the loop; regenerating means for supplying regenerating fluid to the regenerating section; first removal means for removing the material desorbed by the regenerating fluid from the loop; second removal means for removing the processed liquid from the loop; pulse inlet means for supplying a pulse liquid to the pulse section and an outlet means for removing a portion of the pulse liquid from the loop.The control system comprises first control means for controlling the removal of the portion of the pulse liquid which is used to periodically push a sorption solid in a direction counter to the direction of the flow of feed in the loop contactor and for controlling the removal and introduction of other liquid streams in volumetric relation to the amount of pulse liquid which has been supplied; second control means for allowing the sorption solid to be admitted into a pulse section of the loop and for stopping the supply of sorption solid when a given amount of sorption solid has been admitted into the pulse section; third control means for controlling the amount of sorption solid movement in the loop; and programming means for activating the feed means, regenerating means, first and second removal means, and the first, second and third control means in a prearranged order.