Liquid purification or separation – Processes – Including controlling process in response to a sensed condition
Patent
1998-04-23
2000-09-26
Upton, Christopher
Liquid purification or separation
Processes
Including controlling process in response to a sensed condition
210744, 210803, 210104, 210112, 210533, 210535, B01D 2124
Patent
active
061238570
ABSTRACT:
A method of removing sludge from a continuously supplied sedimentation tank which discharges through a pipe having a substantially vertical section and an outlet at or just above the fluid level of the tank by supplying pulses of gas to the base of the vertical section of the tank to lift the sludge therein and discharge it from the pipe outlet in which the pulses are continued until the sludge thickness diminishes to a value which is determined by measuring one or more conditions of the sludge, the conditions including the measurement of the drop in level of the sludge at the pipe outlet after discharge due to an air pulse compared with that before discharge and/or the measurement of pressure of the shock wave produced against time and the time taken for this is stabilised to a predetermined value and/or the measurement of the amplitude of the pressure induced in the sludge after commencement of an air pulse and the time taken for this to reduce to a predetermined amplitude. When the condition is detected the air pulses are terminated for a predetermined interval time during which sludge reaccumulates in the base of the tank.
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Monsal Ltd
Upton Christopher
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