Abstract:
A method and system for fluid treatment that provides fluid release cycles within the regeneration sequence of a fluid treatment device. The fluid release or backwash air cycle permits the slow, controlled and metered release of air or gases from a treatment tank.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus are described for removing iron cations and/or zinc cations from an autodeposition coating bath by passing a limited number of bed volumes through a column containing a gel type SAC IEX resin when iron cations are to be removed and passing a substantially larger number of bed volumes through the column when zinc cations are to be removed. To prevent clogging when zinc cations are being removed the direction of the flow through the column is periodically reversed.
Abstract:
An installation and apparatus for treating a liquid, in particular for demineralizing water passing through a bed of active granular material which is compacted in a high position and which is periodically regenerated by a reverse flow. The installation comprises a treatment volume (10), an expansion volume (20) for the bed and disposed coaxially above the treatment volume (10); communication and isolation means (20, 32) between said two volumes, and means for periodically causing the liquid to be treated to flow through the bed and for causing regenerator liquids to flow through the bed.
Abstract:
A method for the treatment of liquids containing particles in suspension, by percolation of the liquid from top to bottom through a bed of granular material, notably of a ion exchanger resin, includes treatment cycles of the liquid and regeneration cycles of the resin, preceded by decompaction and washing operations, carried out in the same enclosure the inner space of which is divided into two superimposed compartments in mutual communication. The lower compartment is totally filled with granular material and the upper compartment is partly filled with granular material. The decompaction and washing operations of the granular material contained in the enclosure upper compartment are carried out periodically prior to each regeneration cycle by expanding the granular material by means of a current of liquid flowing from bottom to top.
Abstract:
An ion exchanger of the countercurrent type includes a pressure vessel for supporting a resin bed. The vessel includes a first port through which water to be treated is supplied to the vessel during a production cycle, a second port through which regenerant is supplied to the vessel during a regenerant cycle, and a third port located intermediate of the first and second ports and connected to a lower in-bed distributor located within the vessel. A recycling loop is provided between the third port and the first port for recycling regenerant during at least a portion of the regeneration cycle. An upper in-bed distributor is located within the vessel slightly above the lower in-bed distributor and has an associated fourth port through which waste regenerant is removed from the vessel during the regeneration cycle. Due to the recycling loop, the portion of the bed located between the top of the vessel and the upper in-bed distributor operates in a cocurrent mode while the portion of the bed located between the lower in-bed distributor and the bottom of the vessel operates in a countercurrent mode. Thus during a normal regeneration cycle the vessel exhibits both cocurrent and countercurrent operation.
Abstract:
A method of regenerating an ion exchanger which is used to treat a solution introduced to the ion exchanger in a downward charging direction. The ion exchanger comprises a non-constrained bed of ion exchange material in the form of ion exchange granules and has a concentration profile through the ion exchange material after the solution has been introduced to the ion exchanger in the charging direction. The method in one embodiment comprises passing a regenerating solution upwardly through the non-constrained bed of ion exchange material in an intermittent pulsed flow comprising a pulse or up flow of regenerating solution, a subsequent non-flow pause time, followed by a down flow pulse in a direction opposite to the up flow. The duration and velocity of the pulse or up flow of regenerating solution is sufficient to hydrodynamically lift the ion exchange granules a controlled distance through all of the ion exchange granules without causing significant mixing of ion exchange granules between different layers of the ion exchange material. The duration of the subsequent non-flow pause time being of short duration to allow for some perceptible settling of the ion exchange granules, with the down flow pulse being sufficient to reduce the sedimentation time of the ion exchange granules to a fraction of the normal settling time for the granules in the absence of the down flow pulse.
Abstract:
A method and system for fluid treatment that provides fluid release cycles within the regeneration sequence of a fluid treatment device. The fluid release or backwash air cycle permits the slow, controlled and metered release of air or gases from a treatment tank.
Abstract:
The invention concerns an ion exchange process and system, particularly for the regeneration step following a softening or desalination of aqueous solutions. The regenerant solution is fed in an upward stream through the ion exchanger in a direction opposite to the charging direction, as a sequence of intermittent pulse intervals consisting of pulse flow followed by a period of no flow. During the pulse flow, there is limited hydrodynamic lifting of the ion exchange resin beds in layers, followed by subsequent sedimentation during the pause period, without mixing of the layers.
Abstract:
An apparatus for treating a liquid with ion exchange resins includes a main container having a bed of ion exchange resins through which passes the liquid to be treated, and a system for controlling automatically a cycle of regeneration of the ion exchange resins. A device is provided for, during regeneration of the ion exchange resins in the main container, continuing treatment of the liquid. Such device comprises an auxiliary container positioned within the main container and having a bed of ion exchange resins through which passes the liquid to be treated during regeneration of the ion exchange resins in the main container.
Abstract:
By passing an alkali regenerating agent A through a basic anion exchange resin (3), and through a strongly acidic cation exchange resin (4), the basic anion exchange resin can be regenerated while amphoteric organic materials such as the amino acids captured at the strongly acidic cation exchange resin can be desorbed. Then, an acid regenerating agent B is passed through the strongly acidic cation exchange resin to regenerate the strongly acidic cation exchange resin.