Patent ID: 6491826
Filing Date: 2002-12-10
Classification: A01K,B01D,B03D,C02F

Abstract:
An apparatus for facilitating separation of material dissolved in a fluid, the apparatus comprising:a column having a central axis and an interior chamber extending between a first end and a second end of the column; an inlet in tangential communication with the interior chamber, so as to impart a cyclonic flow for fluid introduced through the inlet; an injection port situated below the inlet and through which bubbles may be introduced towards the central axis of the column; a trough situated circumferentially about the first end of the column for collecting foam overflowing from a surface level of the fluid, which foam being generated by adherence of the material dissolved in fluid to ascending bubbles; and a first outlet adjacent the second end of the column and in tangential communication with the interior chamber, so as to permit the cyclonic flow to exit from within the interior chamber.