Patent ID: 7294262
Filing Date: 2007-11-13
Classification: B01D

Abstract:
1. A modular fluid treatment system, comprising: a first fluid treatment module having a first head; and first, second, and third fluid ports on the first head, each of the fluid ports on the first head providing connection locations to which the first head can be connected to at least one other fluid treatment module; a second fluid treatment module having a second head; and a first fluid port on the second head; and a first connector and a second connector, each being removable and interchangeable, each configured to couple the first fluid treatment module to the second fluid treatment module, the first connector defining a parallel flow configuration, the second connector defining a series flow configuration; the first head having a first orientation with respect to the second head in which the first fluid port of the first head is in a first connection location and in which the second fluid port is in a second connection location; and a second orientation with respect to the second head in which the third fluid port of the first head is in the first connection location and in which the second fluid port is in a third connection location, the first orientation and the second orientation each allowing both parallel flow and series flow with the second head.