Title:
WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2012/143851
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
The invention concerns a reactor 30, 50 for use in a clarifier 10 of a water treatment system. The reactor 30 includes a body 32 for receiving a stream of wastewater from a feed line 16 of the clarifier. The body 32 has a first opening 38.1 which is, in use, an upper opening through which clarified water is released and second opening 38.2 which is, in use, a lower opening through which slurry is dispensed. The wastewater stream introduced into the body 32 is accelerated by using acceleration means 34, in particular a venturi located below the outlet 18 of the feed line 16. A diverting formation 36 is further positioned in line with the accelerated stream of wastewater so that the wastewater stream strikes the diverting formation after having been accelerated. The invention also concerns a clarifier 10 including a reactor 30, 50 as well as a method of clarifying wastewater in a reactor 30, 50 of the clarifier 10.
Inventors:
FOURIE STEFAN ADRIAN (ZA)
Application Number:
PCT/IB2012/051910
Publication Date:
December 27, 2012
Filing Date:
April 17, 2012
Export Citation:
Assignee:
FOURIE STEFAN ADRIAN (ZA)
International Classes:
B01D43/00; C02F1/38; B02C23/18; B04C5/06; B04C5/103; B05B1/26; B05B1/34; B22F9/04; C02F1/52; E21B21/06; E21C45/04
Foreign References:
| GB2369838A | 2002-06-12 | |||
| US20090078650A1 | 2009-03-26 | |||
| AU1485366A | 1968-10-24 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
SPOOR & FISHER et al. (0001 Pretoria, ZA)
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