Abstract: The invention relates to an installation for treating water by flotation, said installation comprising flotation equipment consisting of a flotation cell (10) into which flocculated raw water mixed with micro-bubbles produced by a pressurization-depressurization system (11) is guided, said cell being provided with a perforated collection device (13) designed in such a way that the surface of the flotation cell is crossed by an identical and uniform flow of water to be treated. The inventive installation is characterised in that it comprises capture modules (14) which are arranged in the flotation cell in such a way that the lower part thereof is located at a distance (h) from the perforated collection device (13), said distance being determined such that any disturbance of the uniform distribution established by the perforated collection device is avoided.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a system for removing waste material from a fluid flowing in a channel. This system may incorporate the use of a trap for collecting the waste material while allowing the fluid to pass; a rake for removing the waste material away from the trap; a drive assembly for moving the rake to remove the waste material; a prime mover for operate the drive assembly; and a variable speed controller configured for operating the prime mover over a variable range of speeds.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a system for removing waste material from a fluid flowing in a channel. This system may incorporate the use of a trap for collecting the waste material while allowing the fluid to pass; a rake for removing the waste material away from the trap; a drive assembly for moving the rake to remove the waste material; a prime mover for operating the drive assembly; and a variable speed controller configured for operating the prime mover over a variable range of speeds.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method for biological purification of effluents in mixed cultures using micro-organisms whereof part at least is fixed on solid supports. The invention is characterized in that said supports are activated so as to generate a turbulence in the reaction medium, the intensity of which is such that it reduces the production of biological sludge, the materials constituting said micro-organism supports being abraded and cleaned, while being retained in said reaction medium.

Abstract: A method for membrane filtration of effluent water containing suspended matter reduces membrane clogging and improves filtration capacity of the membrane. The method includes adding a dose of a preselected coagulation reactant to the effluent before the effluent passes over the membrane. The added dose is a fraction of the coagulating reactant dose (X) that would render the zeta potential of the effluent equal to zero. The range of the added dose is X/30-X/80. The suspended matter in the effluent is subjected to the added dose of coagulation reactant for destabilizing the suspended matter.

Abstract: The invention is directed to an automatic backwash filter system that includes at least one influent port for introducing a fluid to the filter; a plurality of partitions forming a plurality of compartments for holding a filtering media for filtering the fluid; at least one porous plate for supporting the plurality of partitions; wherein each of the partitions is mounted atop a continuous portion of the porous plate; and at least one effluent port for draining the fluid away from the compartments. The filter may also include a filter media comprising one or more selected from the group consisting of sand, anthracite coal, and activated carbon.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method for purifying aqueous effluents, in particular polluted water, by catalytic oxidation using a three-phase reactor comprising two communicating chambers. The invention is characterised in that it consists in: maintaining the catalyst suspended and continuously circulating it between the two chambers of said reactor, by entrainment under the effect of carrier gas injected into one of said chamber, and in oxidizing the pollutants in contact with the in the other chamber, by injecting a reactive oxidizing gas in said other chamber.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a system for removing waste material from a fluid flowing in a channel. This system may incorporate the use of a trap for collecting the waste material while allowing the fluid to pass; a rake for removing the waste material away from the trap; a drive assembly for moving the rake to remove the waste material; a prime mover for operate the drive assembly; and a variable speed controller configured for operating the prime mover over a variable range of speeds.

Abstract: Method of purifying wastewater charged with organic matter which comprises a step of biologically treating the water, during which the organic matter contained in the water is degraded by micro-organisms thereby producing sludge, and a water-sludge separation step, the sludge coming from the separation step being recycled in the biological treatment step, this method being characterized in that it further comprises a step of degrading the sludge, coming either from the biological treatment step or from the separation step, during which the sludge is brought into contact with an ozonated gas under conditions making it possible to obtain a floc consisting of granules whose mean size is greater than 200 microns, the volatile matter content is between 50 and 65%, the thickening factor of this granular sludge, after 30 minutes of settling, always being greater than 4, the conditions for obtaining the said granular sludge consisting in: treating between 0.

Abstract: A method of treating liquid including mixing coagulant with the liquid, introducing mixed coagulant and liquid into a primary reaction zone, containing an agitator, of a reactor which is substantially concentrically positioned with respect to a secondary reaction zone of the reactor, introducing flocculant into the primary reaction zone at a location between the agitator and where the mixed coagulant and liquid are introduced into the primary reaction zone, mixing the mixed coagulant and liquid with the flocculant and causing the resulting mixture to flow into the secondary reaction zone, introducing an encapsulating agent into the secondary reaction zone, recirculating the liquid and encapsulated flocs through the primary and secondary reaction zone, and passing the liquid and encapsulated flocs outwardly of the reactor, and an apparatus for treating liquids including a reactor, a draft tube substantially concentrically positioned within the reactor and being positioned such that the liquids may flow inwardl

Abstract: The invention is directed to a filter underdrain for supporting a filter media between at least two dividers forming at least one cell, which includes at least one porous plate for supporting the filter media for filtering a fluid, the porous plate spanning across at least one of the dividers; and a plurality of support members beneath the porous plate, the support members containing at least one port for draining the fluid after the fluid passes through the porous plate. The porous plates may be bound together by a lap joint and an end section may be included between at least two of the support members, the end section containing at least one pocket for holding the porous plate.

Abstract: The invention is directed to an automatic backwash filter system that includes at least one influent port for introducing a fluid to the filter; a plurality of partitions forming a plurality of compartments for holding a filtering media for filtering the fluid; at least one porous plate for supporting the plurality of partitions; wherein each of the partitions is mounted atop a continuous portion of the porous plate; and at least one effluent port for draining the fluid away from the compartments. The filter may also include a filter media comprising one or more selected from the group consisting of sand, anthracite coal, and activated carbon.

Abstract: A cleaning system for a UV disinfection module having a pair of headers with a multiplicity of lamps extending therebetween including a cleaning plate having a multiplicity of openings therein, the openings having lamp wipers and arranged to substantially coincide with positions of the lamps to permit movement of the plate between the headers, a rotatable screw extending between the headers and through the plate, a motor operatively connected to rotate the screw, a screw adapter fixed to the cleaning plate at a rotatable screw opening in the plate and including a substantially cylindrical tube having opposed openings, one of the openings being aligned with the rotatable screw opening and a thread nut connected to each of the opposed openings, each opposed opening having a threaded central bore sized to threadingly engage threads on the rotatable screw, whereby rotation of the screw moves the cleaning plate between the headers.