摘要 |
A method utilizing the phenomenon of plug flow for removing solids from liquid. Liquid with suspended solids, such as paper mill effluent, is passed through a conduit under conditions of plug flow. This produces a moving plug containing the suspended particles, with the liquid along the wall of the conduit being relatively free of suspended particles. The wall is made liquid permeable, and liquid is forced through the wall as the liquid moves along the conduit. Preferably the wall is made relatively impermeable to a substantial portion of the suspended solids to assure that relatively pure liquid flows through the wall, leaving the solids concentrated in the remaining liquid flowing through the conduit. Liquid with concentrated solids is recirculated.
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