Liquid treating apparatus

• US 3,246,761 A
• Filed: 10/30/1962
• Issued: 04/19/1966
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/1962
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Anthony A. Kippen, Gordon Bryan John, Ludwik Smolski
• Original Assignee: Anthony A. Kippen, Gordon Bryan John, Ludwik Smolski
• Inventors: GORDON BRYAN JOHN, LUDWIK SMOLSKI, Kippen, Anthony A.
• Application Number:
  US04/234,146
• Time in Patent Office: 1,267 Days
• US Class Current: 210/180
• CPC Class Codes: C02F 3/223 using "air-lift"
• CPC Class Codes: C02F 3/28 Anaerobic digestion processes
• CPC Class Codes: C02F 3/2873 with internal draft tube circulation
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 50/30 Fuel from waste, e.g. synthetic alcohol or diesel
• CPC Class Codes: Y02W 10/10 Biological treatment of water, waste water, or sewage

Claims

1. A LIQUID-TREATING APPARATUS COMPRISING A LIQUIDHOLDING VESSEL, A VERTICALLY EXTENDING TUBE LOCATED IN SAID VESSEL AND HAVING AN UPPER DISCHARGE OPENING AND A LOWER INLET OPENING SUBMERGED IN SAID LIQUID, MEANS SUBMERGED IN SAID LIQUID FOR DELIVERING TO SAID TUBE SEQUENTIAL BUBBLES EACH HAVING A TRANSVERSE CROSS-SECTION OCCUPYING AT LEAST A MAJOR PORTION OF THE TRANSVERSE CROSS-SECTION OF SAID TUBE, AND MEANS INCLUDING A HEATING MEMBER IN HEAT TRANSFER RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID TUBE FOR VARYING THE TEMPERATURE OF SAID TUBE, SAID BUBBLES FUNCTIONING AS PISTONS TO RAISE SAID LIQUID IN SAID TUBE AND IMPART TURBULENCE THERETO WHEREBY TO EFFECT A GOOD HEAT TRANSFER BETWEEN SAID TUBE AND SAID RISING LIQUID AND EFFECT A CLEANSING ACTION OF THE INSIDE FACE OF SAID TUBE.