Abstract:
A continuous ion-exchange apparatus having a multi-stage open ion-exchange column and a multi-stage closed regenerator column in which the mixed resins from the lower part of the ion exchange column are withdrawn by means of a pipe and are conveyed to an air cavity at the top of the regenerator column while there is a pipe connecting the bottom of the regenerator column to a point above the level of the surface of the liquid in the ion-exchange column and the resins are induced to flow by alternately supplying a sub-atmospheric pressure or a super-atmospheric pressure at the cavity at the top of the regenerator column by the alternative operation of valves controlling the sub- and super-atmospheric pressures.