WO2001000305A1 - Water treatment apparatus - Google Patents
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- WO2001000305A1 WO2001000305A1 PCT/GB2000/002293 GB0002293W WO0100305A1 WO 2001000305 A1 WO2001000305 A1 WO 2001000305A1 GB 0002293 W GB0002293 W GB 0002293W WO 0100305 A1 WO0100305 A1 WO 0100305A1
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
- B01D—SEPARATION
- B01D63/00—Apparatus in general for separation processes using semi-permeable membranes
- B01D63/06—Tubular membrane modules
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
- B01D—SEPARATION
- B01D61/00—Processes of separation using semi-permeable membranes, e.g. dialysis, osmosis or ultrafiltration; Apparatus, accessories or auxiliary operations specially adapted therefor
- B01D61/14—Ultrafiltration; Microfiltration
- B01D61/18—Apparatus therefor
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
- B01D—SEPARATION
- B01D61/00—Processes of separation using semi-permeable membranes, e.g. dialysis, osmosis or ultrafiltration; Apparatus, accessories or auxiliary operations specially adapted therefor
- B01D61/14—Ultrafiltration; Microfiltration
- B01D61/20—Accessories; Auxiliary operations
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C02—TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
- C02F—TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
- C02F1/00—Treatment of water, waste water, or sewage
- C02F1/001—Processes for the treatment of water whereby the filtration technique is of importance
- C02F1/002—Processes for the treatment of water whereby the filtration technique is of importance using small portable filters for producing potable water, e.g. personal travel or emergency equipment, survival kits, combat gear
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C02—TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
- C02F—TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
- C02F1/00—Treatment of water, waste water, or sewage
- C02F1/44—Treatment of water, waste water, or sewage by dialysis, osmosis or reverse osmosis
Definitions
- the present invention relates to apparatus for treating contaminated water to remove contaminants such as pathogens and which has low pressure requirements so that a manually operated pump can be used to operate it.
- Membrane based filtration devices are well known and commonly used for solid liquid separations where the pore size of the membrane can be controlled to exclude microscopic organisms including virus and bacteria.
- the existing known and widely used membrane filtration equipment is equipment in which water passes down a hollow fibre which comprises the membrane and filtered water passes through the walls of the membrane from where it is led away.
- This type of filtration is known generally as crossflow filtration and the flow of contaminated water down the fibres tangentially to the fibre surface tends to disrupt any accumulating solids and to reduce the build up of such solids.
- a large number of fibres are used in a filter module and the narrower the fibre the larger the surface area of membrane in a given size module.
- the narrower fibres have been used and efforts have been made to make and use narrower and narrower fibres.
- the volume required can be much less than for industrial, semi-industrial or agricultural operations and we have devised an apparatus which uses a hand pump and which is light weight, self cleaning and can be used to obtain drinking quality water from contaminated water.
- apparatus for filtering water which apparatus comprises (i) a plurality of tubular membranes arranged in parallel and sealed in a housing; (ii) an inlet for water to be filtered (iii) an outlet for the filtered water; the inlet water and the filtered water being kept separate and there being (iv) a hand operated pump means able to pass water across the surface of the tubular membranes so that filtered water passes through the walls of the membranes and there being means to remove the filtered water.
- the ends of the tubular membranes are sealed, the contaminated water is passed down the channels between the membranes and the filtered water passes into the inside of the tubular membranes. In another embodiment the ends of the channels between the membranes are sealed and the contaminated water passes down the inside of the tubular membranes and the filtered water passes into the channels between the membranes.
- the tubular membranes are preferably tubes which can be made from known membrane compositions such as polysulphones and polyethersulphones which are widely commercially available for water filtration purposes.
- the filtration size can be in the microfiltration, ultrafiltration etc. ranges depending on the nature of the water to be filtered and the contaminants present.
- the pore size of such membranes can enable pathogens found in water such as bacteria and viruses to be removed.
- the diameter of the tubes is at last 5 millimetres and can be up to 30 millimetres or higher e.g. from 10 to 20 millimetres.
- Such diameter tubes have only recently become available and are made by and can be obtained from made by Milleniumpore Ltd. of Sunderland Enterprise Park, Sunderland SR5 2TA UK.
- the size of the tubular membranes means that they are less prone to blocking by particles flowing down the tubes so that a coarse pre-screen is all that is required and the lower pressures required by the larger diameter tubes enable a hand pump to be used. With hand pumps there is still sufficient flow with the tubular membranes of the invention to disrupt any accumulating solids and to reduce the build up of such solids.
- the housing can be made of a rigid plastics tube such as polyvinyl chloride or polyethylene pipe of the appropriate size and the tubular membranes sealed in the housing.
- a light weight inexpensive filtration unit to be constructed which is easy to transport and lift, has no external power requirements, can be used to provide drinking water from contaminated water sources, can be operated by unskilled operators and has self cleaning capacity with low maintenance requirements.
- Such a unit can be mounted on a support base and set up ready for use with a hose connected to the contaminated water inlet. When in position the hose is dipped into the contaminated water and, by operating the hand pump, drinking water is obtained.
- the tubular membranes can also be in the form of flat sheets of membrane arranged so that there are sealed channels formed of the membranes.
- tubular membranes will depend on the size of the unit and the application in one type of unit the number can range from fifty to several hundred, but this is not critical.
- Fig. 1 is a schematic view of a process diagram of the an embodiment of the invention
- Fig. 2 is a view of one embodiment
- Fig. 3 is a view of a second embodiment
- Fig. 4 is a schematic view of the assembled components
- a filter casing (1) has a number of tubular filters sealed within it.
- Permeate water is removed from filter casing (1) at (6) and the contaminated water is removed via (5c) and recycled.
- the feed to filter (4) is placed in the source of contaminated water and the pump (3) operated. Water is sucked up through (4) via pipe (5a) to pump (3) and pumped via (5b) to the inlet to (1).
- the filtered purified water is removed at (6) and the contaminated water passed along pipe (5c) for recycling.
- a filter casing (9) has filter tubes (11) of diameter between 5 and 10mm sealed by resin encapsulation (14), the seal separates the contaminated feed water from the filtered water.
- the spaces between the tubes (11) are shown as (10).
- contaminated water is fed in at (15) by operation of a hand pump and as the water passes down (11) filtered water passes through the membrane to (10) where it is led away through (17).
- the contaminated water which has not been filtered is removed at (16) and recycled.
- Filter module housing (1) has filter modules (2) resin encapsulated at (22) at each end of housing (1).
- the housing (1) is blank capped at (28) and has permeate outlet (25) in cap (29).
- the contaminated water enters at (23) and the filtered water is removed at (25).
- the contaminated water is removed at (24) and recycled.
- the available area for crossflow is the cross-sectional area of the housing (1) less the cumulative cross-sectional area of the filter membranes.
- the filter module (36) contains the tubular filters as described above in fig. 2, the inlet pipe (32) goes to the contaminated water source and connects to hand pump (31). The outlet from the pump connects to the water inlet (34) of the filter module and the unfiltered water outlet pipe (33) of module (36) leads back to the source.
- the treated water outlet is at (37).
- the apparatus is mounted on platform support (35).
- the pump (31) sucks up water through a coarse filter (not shown) and the outlet of the pump (31) pumps the water through membrane filtration module through inlet (34).
- the filtered water is taken off at (37).
- the unfiltered water leaves the module via (33) and is returned to the source.
- An operator can stand on platform (35) to hold the apparatus in place whilst he is pumping.
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- Environmental & Geological Engineering (AREA)
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- Separation Using Semi-Permeable Membranes (AREA)
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AU55462/00A AU5546200A (en) | 1999-06-24 | 2000-06-23 | Water treatment apparatus |
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GBGB9914755.5A GB9914755D0 (en) | 1999-06-24 | 1999-06-24 | Water treatment apparatus |
GB9914755.5 | 1999-06-24 |
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NL1024294C2 (en) * | 2003-09-15 | 2005-03-16 | Antonius Ludovicus Van Hecke | Shower system, as well as a shower head and a method for cleaning a shower system. |
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