公开(公告)号：EP0161912A3

公开(公告)日：1986-12-30

申请号：EP85303286

申请日：1985-05-09

Applicant: THE THAMES WATER AUTHORITY

Inventor： WEEKS, KENNETH GEORGE

IPC: B01D24/24 ,  B01D23/16 ,  B01D23/24

CPC classification number: B01D24/24 ,  B01D24/4631 ,  B01D24/4694 ,  B01D24/4846 ,  B01D2201/10

Abstract: A method of operating a large scale slow sand filter in a clean water treatment plant is described in which the surface of the sand bed (3) is covered by a series of overlapping thin, flexible, water permeable sheets (8) to form a protective filter layer (7) so that the Schmutzdecke forms on the protective layer (7) instead of on the surface of the sand. When the Schmutzdecke is to be removed, this is done either by removing it from the protective layer (7) in situ, for example by suction dredging, or by removing the individual sheets (8) of the protective layer together with the Schmutzdecke, from the filter. A clean protective filter layer is then formed on the surface of the filter bed for continued operation of the filter. If desired, several protective filter layers (7) may be provided one on top of the other so that it becomes unnecessary to instal a clean filter layer (7) each time one is removed in order to remove the Schmutzdecke formed during the previous operation run of the filter.