Screenless granular media filters and methods of use

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8152998
APP PUB NO 20110290734A1
SERIAL NO

12790416

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A liquid filtering apparatus is placed in a vessel having a bed of filtration material, the bed comprising at least two different sizes of filter media wherein the filtration material is stratified using upper and lower spaced apart inverted cones so that the unfiltered liquid first contacts coarse grained filtration material and then finer grained filtration material. The apparatus includes an intake for introducing unfiltered liquid that includes a washbox, an airlifting tube extending from the washbox and including an intake end and means for introducing a primary gas to the airlifting tube, the airlifting tube passing through a central pipe, which extends from just below the washbox to a position just above the intake end. The apparatus is devoid of screen cartridges. Methods of filtering and cleaning the filtration material are also disclosed.

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ALFA LAVAL INC A NEW JERSEY CORPORATION5400 INTERNATIONAL TRADE DRIVE RICHMOND VA 23231

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Devine, Jeffrey S The Woodlands, US 10 247
Xia, Yongming Kingwood, US 10 132

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