Abstract:
Apparatus and for the treatment of storm water runoff to remove contaminants that accumulate in the storm water when it flows over paved surfaces in urban areas. The apparatus includes a basket that has an outer surrounding water-permeable wall, and an inner water-permeable wall, spaced from and surrounded by the outer wall. A bed of an absorbent, able to absorb contaminants in the storm water, is disposed in the space between the outer and inner walls, while allowing fluid communication between the walls. An inner drainage space is defined by the inner wall and is in fluid communication with the absorbent. During operation, storm water flows through the outer permeable wall, into the bed where it is treated; and treated water flows from the bed through the inner wall into the inner drainage space. Treated water then flows from the drainage space, in some embodiments under a siphon-effect, into a treated water drainage conduit for disposal. The absorbent may be selected from compost, vermiculite, activated carbon, peat, ion exchangers, clays, and the like, and may be in the form of pellets or particulates. The baskets are of modular construction so that the beds are in containers that may be removed and replaced, with minimal labor. Moreover, the baskets may be backflushed to remove particulates and debris that clog the beds and retard the treatment rate.
Abstract:
Apparatus and for the treatment of storm water runoff to remove contaminants that accumulate in the storm water when it flows over paved surfaces in urban areas. The apparatus includes a basket that has an outer surrounding water-permeable wall, and an inner water-permeable wall, spaced from and surrounded by the outer wall. A bed of an absorbent, able to absorb contaminants in the storm water, is disposed in the space between the outer and inner walls, while allowing fluid communication between the walls. An inner drainage space is defined by the inner wall and is in fluid communication with the absorbent. During operation, storm water flows through the outer permeable wall, into the bed where it is treated; and treated water flows from the bed through the inner wall into the inner drainage space. Treated water then flows from the drainage space, in some embodiments under a siphon-effect, into a treated water drainage conduit for disposal. The absorbent may be selected from compost, vermiculite, activated carbon, peat, ion exchangers, clays, and the like, and may be in the form of pellets or particulates. The baskets are of modular construction so that the beds are in containers that may be removed and replaced, with minimal labor. Moreover, the baskets may be backflushed to remove particulates and debris that clog the beds and retard the treatment rate.
Abstract:
In a filtration equipment with a filtrate recovery process, in order to achieve reduction in recovery time of suspension in a tank and allow sludge such as filtration aid to be exfoliated readily from filtration elements and discharged, pressurized water is introduced into the tank which includes tubular filtration elements and a plate element provided at upper and lower locations thereof to recover the suspension as filtrate, and pressurized gas such as air or carbon dioxide is introduced into the tank from the suspension side so that water remaining on the suspension side is discharged from the tank by the pressurized gas, whereafter sludge is exfoliated from the filtration elements and then discharged to the outside of the tank.
Abstract:
Apparatus in fluid communication with a water leg portion of a hydrocarbon-contaminated water, e.g., a water leg portion of an offshore drilling or production platform sump tank for conveying water, separated from oil, into contact with organophilic media canisters such that the hydrocarbons and other organic materials commingled with the sump tank water will be adsorbed onto the organophilic media and detected by the embedded probe in selected canisters. The canisters are provided in a plurality of stacks and are in fluid communication with a header disposed at the bottom of the vessel housing the various stacks of canisters. Solids that do not pass through the canisters are accumulated at the bottom of the vessel and easily drained through a drain port. The water will pass through the media and will be conveyed back to the ocean water without contamination. At some point in time, the organophilic media will become "spent" and at a certain "spent level", the saturated condition of the organomedia will be electronically detected by the embedded probe and alarm/control panel. The alarm indicates that the "spent" organophilic media should be replaced with fresh media or the spent media regenerated.
Abstract in simplified Chinese:一种静态滤筛,其具有复数个滤筛主体及在该等滤筛主体下游之复数个曝气设备。每一曝气设备与一组该等滤筛主体中之一或多者相关联。每一曝气设备可系一脉冲式曝气器。该等脉冲式曝气器并不同时释放全部空气。每一滤筛主体在借由回洗事件分离之整个终端过滤周期期间工作。该等回洗事件包括将一空气团或一空气脉冲引入至该滤筛主体之底部中。穿过该静态滤筛之流动一直持续,此乃因该等滤筛主体并非全部同时经回洗。可使用该静态滤筛以自流动至一浸入式膜体单元之水移除渣滓。另一选择系,可使用该静态滤筛来提供初级废水处理。