Liquid purification or separation – With means to add treating material – Directly applied to separator
Patent
1998-06-11
2000-08-22
Lithgow, Thomas M.
Liquid purification or separation
With means to add treating material
Directly applied to separator
210202, 210205, 210522, 2611221, 261123, 261124, 261 792, C02F 124
Patent
active
061067113
ABSTRACT:
A fluid conditioning system and method is disclosed for coupling to a first solution source comprising a suspension solution and particles suspended in the suspension solution. The fluid conditioning system includes a containment vessel defining a treatment environment and including a wall defining a fluid passage and a having an inlet apparatus. The inlet apparatus is coupled to the solution source for receiving a solution stream and directing the solution stream through the passage helically along the cylindrical wall. The containment vessel includes a sparging apparatus disposed downstream of the inlet apparatus for introducing a gas into the solution stream, and an outlet for discharging the sparged solution stream. The system further includes a flotation tank disposed proximate the containment vessel outlet for receiving the discharged solution stream. The flotation tank is adapted to carry a predetermined volume of a second solution to effect flotation of the particles to the surface of the second solution. The flotation tank further includes a tank outlet for exiting processed effluent from the tank.
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Copy of PCT International Search Report-7 pages.
DeWitt Joseph B.
Gnegy Brad
Hendrickson Eddie Dean
Jovine Raffael
Matherly Thomas G.
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