Abstract:
Oil, grease, and other hydrocarbons which are emulsified and/or entrained in water can be removed by first removing any solids from the water and then passing the contaminated water through media configured to coalesce the hydrocarbon contaminants. The coalesced hydrocarbon contaminants are allowed to float above the water, at which point the hydrocarbon contaminants can easily be removed from the water.
Abstract:
Apparatus for inhibiting fines carryover in the form of a settlement tank comprising: a filter which divides the tank into upper and lower portions; a fluid inlet in the lower portion for admitting into the tank a fluid with entrained solids; and a fluid outlet in the upper portion through which filtered fluid can leave the tank. The filter comprises filter media supported on a permeable wall, the wall including a filter media outlet which is normally closed, and opening means for opening the filter media outlet to allow the filter media to discharge into the lower portion of the tank. The invention also relates to a method of refilling the filter with filter media.
Abstract:
Apparatus for inhibiting fines carryover in the form of a settlement tank comprising: a filter which divides the tank into upper and lower portions; a fluid inlet in the lower portion for admitting into the tank a fluid with entrained solids; and a fluid outlet in the upper portion through which filtered fluid can leave the tank. The filter comprises filter media supported on a permeable wall, the wall including a filter media outlet which is normally closed, and opening means for opening the filter media outlet to allow the filter media to discharge into the lower portion of the tank. The invention also relates to a method of refilling the filter with filter media.
Abstract:
A device for the treatment of an influent with a porous media. The influent passes radially through the porous media and into an internal volume of the device. The treated influent then passes through an open check valve in the internal volume, and then to downstream equipment. During a backwash operation, a backwash fluid is passed into the internal volume of the device in a direction to close the check valve. The blocked path in the internal volume of the device causes the backwash fluid to pass radially outwardly into the porous media and fluidize the same.
Abstract:
A device for the treatment of an influent with a porous media. The influent passes radially through the porous media and into an internal volume of the device. The treated influent then passes through an open check valve in the internal volume, and then to downstream equipment. During a backwash operation, a backwash fluid is passed into the internal volume of the device in a direction to close the check valve. The blocked path in the internal volume of the device causes the backwash fluid to pass radially outwardly into the porous media and fluidize the same.
Abstract:
An apparatus for separating a mixture of heavier and lighter liquids capable of separating into two separate phases is disclosed. The mixture is passed through confined particle material which, preferably, has an affinity for one of the liquids. The particles are confined in a cylindrically shaped space and the liquids move through the particles in a radial and horizontal direction. The particle material filters the liquids and aids in coalescing the liquid for which the particles have affinity. The liquids separate by gravity and are discharged separately. The particles are backwashed periodically to remove collected solids. During the backwash operation the particles are unconfined and are flushed by upward flow of backwash liquid into a space which is larger in cross-section than the cross-section in which the particles are confined during filtering-coalescing operations. Following backwashing the particles, which have a greater density than the backwash liquid, settle by gravity to their filtering-coalescing position and are again confined.