Patent ID: 6228257
Filing Date: 2001-05-08
Classification: B01J

Abstract:
A system for the regeneration of contact media, comprising:a treatment vessel having a plurality of vertically arranged chambers, each chamber having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet said fluid inlet being located at a position above said fluid outlet, said chambers for containing volumes of said contact media to be regenerated, said chambers defined by members adapted to retain a volume of said contact media within the chamber while allowing the downward flow of fluid through said contact media;a fluid inlet for treatment fluid to direct said treatment fluid proximate the top of the uppermost chamber of said plurality of chambers; anda transfer tank operatively coupled through at least one manifold to said chambers, said treatment tank and said manifold cooperatively arranged to allow the movement of said volumes of said resin from at least one of said chambers to said transfer tank, and the subsequent movement of resin from said transfer tank to a different of said chambers.