Water treatment plant with immersed membranes
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1. A liquid treatment plant having, (a) two or more membrane tanks, each membrane tank having an inlet and an outlet;
- (b) a train of cassettes of membrane modules located in each membrane tank;
(c) a membrane tank inlet channel in communication with the inlet of each tank; and
, (d) a membrane tank outlet channel in communication with the outlet of each membrane tank.
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Abstract
A liquid treatment plant has sets of membrane trains and processing trains with flow between them through channels. Means of withdrawing permeate and sludge from the trains are described. Cyclic aeration is provided to the membrane trains. Methods of foam control, backwashing and chemical cleaning are described. Single membrane trains or process trains may be isolated for various functions. An isolated membrane train may be used to thicken sludge.
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1. A liquid treatment plant having,
(a) two or more membrane tanks, each membrane tank having an inlet and an outlet; -
(b) a train of cassettes of membrane modules located in each membrane tank;
(c) a membrane tank inlet channel in communication with the inlet of each tank; and
,(d) a membrane tank outlet channel in communication with the outlet of each membrane tank. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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