The invention relates to a water treatment line and a process for removing suspended solids, such as ferrous scale, and in particular also oils and greases, from cooling waters of metallurgical or steel processing. A sedimentation tank is included in which there is a lamellar pack filter with inclined sedimentation surfaces comprising a plurality of adjacent, essentially parallel and inclined tubular profiles, in particular with an angle of inclination with respect to the bottom of said tank of 50-65?. The application of the laminar packs in the tank which separate suspended solids, in particular ferrous scale, by sedimentation avoids the use of sand filters or the like.

Disclosed herewith a separation device for performing phase separation on a three-phase liquid. The device includes: a housing; at least one pair of longitudinal baffle plates; a flow channel formed between every pair of longitudinal baffle plates; and collection chambers formed between adjacent pairs of longitudinal baffle plates. Each collection chamber is provided with a transverse baffle plate to separate the collection chamber into a first phase and a second phase collection cells. Each flow channel is provided with multiple lateral baffle plates to separate the flow channel into multiple sub-channels. In the areas of each longitudinal baffle plate where the first phase and second phase collection cells are located respectively, said longitudinal baffle plate is provided with a first and a second phase guiding holes in communication with the first phase and the second collection cells respectively.

An inclined sedimentation acceleration apparatus 100 includes an inclined part 10 having a plurality of inclined flow paths 30 through which raw water flows, and side plates 20 disposed on both sides of the inclined part 10. An upper ridge part 15 of the inclined part 10 is disposed at a height different from that of an upper ridge part 21 of the side plate 20. Suspended solids are less likely to accumulate on an upper surface of the inclined sedimentation acceleration apparatus 100.

Apparatus for treating water has a container having a clarification zone, a water entry arrangement for flowing water into the clarification zone, and water exit units mounted to the container for at least partial immersion in the water in the clarification zone. Each water exit unit has a transfer channel for transferring a flow of clarified water from a layer of the water to a predetermined depth in the clarification zone and to direct the received clarified water to a water exit arrangement. A height adjustment mechanism is used for differentially adjusting the heights of the water exit units and their transfer channels relative to the container so as to compensate for any angular tilt of the container owing to the container being deployed on sloping ground.

The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for gravity separation, which comprises a plurality of gravity separation modules. Each of the gravity separation modules comprises an inlet, a first outlet, a first conduit connecting the inlet and the first outlet, a second outlet located vertically different from the first outlet, a second conduit in communication with the second outlet, and a plurality of third conduits connecting the first conduits and the second conduits. The present disclosure also relates to a corresponding method for gravity separation.

A high-rate sedimentation tank includes a hopper configured to be supplied with raw water including floc, at least one circular orifice pipe disposed at a lower portion of the hopper and configured to have the floc deposited therein as a sludge while passing the floc included in the raw water therethrough, and a sludge outlet configured to discharge the sludge deposited by passing through the circular orifice pipe to an outside of the hopper.

The present invention provides Biological Double efficiency Product (BDP) sewage denitrogenation treatment systems and methods.

A high-rate sedimentation tank includes a hopper configured to be supplied with raw water including floc, at least one circular orifice pipe disposed at a lower portion of the hopper and configured to have the floc deposited therein as a sludge while passing the floc included in the raw water therethrough, and a sludge outlet configured to discharge the sludge deposited by passing through the circular orifice pipe to an outside of the hopper.

An atmospheric vertical oilfield tank designed to pre-condition oilfield fluid streams. Flow enters on tangent a vertical cyclone tube located within the tank and rotates inside the tube. Solids fall downward out of the tube to the bottom of the tank; gases exit upward out of the tube and vent from the tank. Liquids exit the cyclone tube tangential to the ID of the tank, additional solids separation due to impingement, and the liquid flows into the body of the tank where flow slows to allow for settling of solids. Solids are periodically removed from the bottom of the tank. The liquid flows over the top of multiple vertical flow dividing tubes located at the same elevation within the tank, creating separate and equal effluent discharge streams. The tank is taller than destination vessels to provide the height differential necessary to create flow into subsequent tanks without using pumps.

Apparatus and method to remove sediment from tubes of a tube settler assembly used in water clarification. A series of tube laterals extends beneath the area of the tube settler assembly and allows air to escape from air exit holes in the tube laterals. An air supply provides air to the tube laterals. The air released from one tube lateral may be released by a second tube lateral at a time different from the time of air released by the first tube lateral. The air entrained in liquid rises and dislodges sediment in the tubes of the tube settler assembly. A flow deflector may be located below the structure supporting the tube settler assembly to deflect rising air into the tube settler assembly which would otherwise be blocked from air entry.