Abstract:
Provided is a fluid filtration assembly including a housing configured with one or more filter units extending in fluid flow between a raw fluid inlet port and a filtered fluid outlet port, a filter rinsing assembly being in fluid communication with a rinsing fluid inlet port, and propulsion fluid inlet port being in flow communication with a propulsion mechanism for propelling one or both of the filter rinsing assembly and the filter unit with respect to one another. Further provided is a thread tensioning mechanism for controlling tension of coiled threads of a thread-type filtering cartridge.
Abstract:
A ballast water treatment apparatus includes a cylindrical pleated filter that is rotatably held about an axis of a cylinder, a driving mechanism that rotates the pleated filter, an untreated water nozzle that ejects untreated water toward an outer circumferential surface of the pleated filter, a case that is provided so as to surround the pleated filter and that includes an outer cylindrical portion including a nozzle opening of the untreated water nozzle therein, a filtered water flow path that guides filtered water that has permeated through the pleated filter from the inside of the cylinder of the pleated filter to the outside of the case, and a discharge flow path that discharges discharged water that has not been filtered by the pleated filter to the outside of the case. The ballast water treatment apparatus further includes a reverse cleaning mechanism that supplies cleaning water to the inside of the cylinder of the pleated filter through the filtered water flow path.
Abstract:
A hydroclone (10) including a tank (12) with a fluid inlet (14), a filtered fluid outlet (16), an effluent outlet (18), a process fluid outlet (20) and a chamber (24) including an inner peripheral wall (22) centered about a central axis (X). The hydroclone further includes: i) a filter assembly (26) located within the chamber (24) which has an outer membrane surface (44) symmetrically located about the central axis (X) and encloses a filtrate chamber (46) that is in fluid communication with the filtered fluid outlet (16), and ii) a cleaning assembly (50) concentrically located and rotatably engaged about the membrane surface (44). A fluid pathway (28) extends from the fluid inlet (14) and defines a vortex region (25) between the inner peripheral wall (22) of the chamber (24) and the membrane surface (44) and is adapted for receiving incoming fluid. An inlet flow shield (58) is concentrically located about the filter assembly (26) and is adapted to block at least a portion of fluid flowing into the chamber (24) from the fluid inlet (14) from impacting the membrane surface (44).
Abstract:
A disc filter including a stack of apertured filter discs arranged about an axis, the stack having an outer surface and an inner surface and being mounted such that during backflush, individual discs are rotatable relative to adjacent discs about the axis and a disc cleaning assembly operative to rotate at least some of the discs about the axis relative to others of the discs, the disc cleaning assembly including at least one first fluid conduit for producing at least one outer liquid jet directed generally tangentially into engagement with the outer surface of the stack for rotationally driving the at least some of the discs about the axis relative to others of the discs and at least one second fluid conduit for producing at least one inner backflushing liquid jet directed into engagement with the inner surface of the stack.
Abstract:
A ballast water treatment apparatus includes a filter that is cylindrically formed so as to surround an axis, a case that includes an outer cylindrical portion that is disposed so as to surround the filter, a rotation mechanism that rotates the filter around the axis, an untreated water nozzle that ejects untreated water to a filter-surrounding region that is defined by an outer peripheral surface of the filter and the outer cylindrical portion, a cleaning water nozzle that ejects cleaning water toward the outer peripheral surface of the filter, a filtered water channel through which filtered water that has passed through the filter flows from a region inside the filter to outside of the case, and a discharge channel through which discharged water that has not passed through the filter is discharged from the filter-surrounding region to outside of the case.
Abstract:
A liquid-cleaning filtering system has at least one permanent filter assembly that is capable of being promptly backwashed thus minimizing the down time of machinery. Each filter assembly utilizes a wire mesh filter cartridge which is backwashed by a powered internal rotating sprayer nozzle assembly that is operable to deliver a plurality of high pressure streams of liquid to a surface of the wire mesh. Each filter assembly is capable of being repeatedly used and then backwashed in order to return it to a pristine state. The rotating spray nozzle assembly may be powered by hydraulics, pneumatics or an electric motor. A plurality of filter assemblies may be arranged together in a fluid processing center in order to process large volumes of industrial waste.
Abstract:
A method for effecting the cleaning of a clogged fluid filtering member in a filtering system situated between an inlet and an outlet port comprising utilizing at least a portion of the fluid to be filtered in said system to impart motion to a movable hollow cleaning body provided therein in fluid communication with a valved cleaning outlet and to carry matter unable to pass through said filtering member into a fluid intake portion of said cleaning body and out said cleaning outlet. Also provided is a fluid filter system comprising a housing having an inlet port, an outlet port and a valved cleaning outlet, said housing defining a fluid passage between said ports via a filtering member; a hollow filter cleaning body movably mounted within said housing and having at least one fluid intake portion adapted to move in close proximity to the surface of the filtering member and to provide a fluid flow path between said intake portion and said valved cleaning outlet; and a fluid responsive means positioned in said flow path adapted to cause the movement of said cleaning body; the arrangement being such that when said filter is at least partly clogged said valved outlet is opened causing fluid to flow via said intake portion through said hollow body into said cleaning outlet and thereby to actuate said fluid response means to cause the movement of said cleaning body.
Abstract:
AN ELONGATED SHAFT ADAPTED TO BE APPROXIMATELY COAXIALLY MOUNTED WITHIN A GENERALLY TUBUALR, PERMEABLE FLUID FILTER ELEMENT, SAID SHAFT HAVING RIGHT AND LEFT-HAND HELICAL CHANNELS FORMED THEREIN AND JOINED AT THE ENDS WITH GUIDE MEANS ENGAGED THEREIN FOR AXIAL RECIPROCAL MOVEMENTS ALONG SAID SHAFT UPON BEING ROTATED AROUND SAID SHAFT, A FLUID MOTOR FOR ROTATING SAID GUIDE MEANS, A NOZZLE AFFIXED TO SAID GUIDE MEANS FOR DIRECTING A JET OF FLUID IN A REVERSE DIRECTION THROUGH SAID FLUID FILTER AND FLEXIBLE CONDUIT MEANS CONNECTING SAID NOZZLE TO A SOURCE OF FLUID WHEREBY A JET OF FLUID IS MOVED IN A HELICAL PATH AROUND THE INNER SURFACE OF THE FILTER ELEMENT.