Abrégé

2O), and, in a second position, the area is not subjected to liquid under pressure or is subjected to liquid at a lower pressure, and solids accumulated on the first face of the filtering element can be removed by directing at least one jet at the second face of the filtering element through the filtering element towards the first face.

Classes IPC  ?

• B01D 33/21 - Filtres avec éléments filtrants mobiles au cours de l'opération de filtration à surfaces filtrantes rotatives planes à disques filtrants creux montés de façon transversale sur un arbre creux rotatif
• B01D 33/46 - Régénération de la substance filtrante dans le filtre par des racloirs, des brosses ou des dispositifs analogues agissant sur le côté de l'élément filtrant où se trouve le gâteau
• B01D 33/50 - Rinçage par chasse, p. ex. rafale ascendante d'air à contre-courant avec des bras, des collecteurs de lavage ou des ajutages à contre-courant
• B01D 33/80 - Accessoires

Abrégé

A method of filtering a liquid (2), such as wastewater, is disclosed. The liquid has total suspended solids of between 1 and 50 g/L and the method uses a liquid-permeable filtering element (9) having first and second faces (10, 11) so as to produce filtered liquid (4) having total suspended solids of no more than 10 mg/L. The method comprises cycling the liquid-permeable filtering element through the liquid whereby, in a first position, an area of the first face of the filtering element is subjected to liquid under pressure and a pressure across the filtering element is greater than 0 and less than or equal to 5.9 kPa (60 cmH2O), and, in a second position, the area is not subjected to liquid under pressure or is subjected to liquid at a lower pressure, and solids accumulated on the first face of the filtering element can be removed by directing at least one jet at the second face of the filtering element through the filtering element towards the first face. The filtering element has a pore size and the filtering element is cycled at a speed such that permeation flux is between 200 L/ (m2h) to 5,000 L/(m2h) and a thickness of a layer of accumulated solids when removed is between 0 and 6 cm.

Classes IPC  ?

• B01D 33/21 - Filtres avec éléments filtrants mobiles au cours de l'opération de filtration à surfaces filtrantes rotatives planes à disques filtrants creux montés de façon transversale sur un arbre creux rotatif
• B01D 33/50 - Rinçage par chasse, p. ex. rafale ascendante d'air à contre-courant avec des bras, des collecteurs de lavage ou des ajutages à contre-courant
• B01D 33/46 - Régénération de la substance filtrante dans le filtre par des racloirs, des brosses ou des dispositifs analogues agissant sur le côté de l'élément filtrant où se trouve le gâteau
• B01D 33/80 - Accessoires