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Regeneration of water treatment media
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Inventors: Chau, Yiu Chau;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner: Lithgow; Thomas M.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Cook, Alex, McFarron, Manzo, Cummings & Mehler, Ltd.
Regeneration of water treatment media is disclosed which includes a water treatment unit having one or more media therein, and which upon initiation of flow of the water, imparts turbulence and abrasion to the treatment medium to automatically cleanse the medium of light solid contaminants, as well as contaminant coatings on the media. This greatly improves the operation of the media and extends its life. In addition, the water treatment unit disclosed may simply be rotated through any one of a number of positions between service, backwash, flush, off, and/or bypass operational modes for further regeneration of the treatment media. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION What I claim is: 1.
A method of rapidly regenerating a finely divided loose fluid treatment medium upon initiation of the treatment of the fluid, comprising: permitting the finely divided loose fluid treatment medium to settle into a bed following a preceding treatment of the fluid by ceasing or reducing the fluid flow to an amount insufficient to suspend the medium; initiating the flow of fluid to be treated beneath the bed of the finely divided loose fluid treatment medium, the flow as initiated being of sufficient magnitude to lift the finely divided loose fluid treatment medium from the bed while restraining the rate at which the fluid treatment medium is lifted to thoroughly separate and flush away contaminants that may have accumulated on the medium; and continuing to maintain the flow of fluid to be treated in a manner sufficient to continue to maintain the loose fluid treatment medium suspended in the flowing fluid during treatment of the fluid.
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The method of claim 1, including selectively restraining the rate at which the medium is lifted at least at one location over the path of the flow during the initiation of flow of fluid.
3.
The method of claim 2, wherein the rate at which the medium is lifted is selectively restrained at least at two spaced locations.
4.
The method of claim 1, wherein the rate at which the medium is lifted is restrained by passing the lifted fluid treatment medium through a cross-sectional area which is about 5-50% of the maximum cross-sectional area of the bed.
5.
The method of claim 1, wherein the rate at which the medium is lifted is restrained by passing the lifted fluid treatment medium through a cross-sectional area which is about 10% of the maximum cross-sectional area of the bed.
6.
The method of claim 1, including introducing additional fluid to be treated at least at one location over the path of flow during the initiation of flow of fluid.
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The method of claim 6, wherein the rate at which the medium is lifted is restrained by passing the lifted fluid treatment medium through a cross-sectional area which is about 5-50% of the maximum cross-sectional area of the bed
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