Liquid purification or separation – Processes – Treatment by living organism
Patent
1996-01-11
1997-10-28
Upton, Christopher
Liquid purification or separation
Processes
Treatment by living organism
210617, 210618, 210903, C02F 330
Patent
active
056814712
ABSTRACT:
Biological denitrification of water using one or more bioreactor units containing bioreactor media, a prefilter assembly containing prefilter media, and a slow sand filter containing sand filter media. Each bioreactor unit requires certain water flow related values and the bioreactor media must have certain material or dimensional characteristics. An air scouring process is constrained to predetermined parameter values to remove excess biomass material from the bioreactor media. The prefilter assembly also includes a flow distribution device for providing uniform water flow throughout the cross-section of the prefilter media. In one embodiment, the prefilter assembly and the slow sand filter assembly are semi-portable in that they have a reduced size with limited dimensions. This enables the prefilter assembly and the slow sand filter assembly to be made at a remote location and transported to the site at which water is to be denitrified. The semi-portable aspect of the slow sand filter assembly results from a number of structural aspects including being made of modular filter containers, thin, reinforced walls being made of weldable materials, lifting elements connected to the walls, a container floor supported by a platform and filtered water carrying pipes that communicate with a common pipe located outside of the filter container.
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The Regents of the University of Colorado
Upton Christopher
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