Patent ID: 6613217
Filing Date: 2003-09-02
Classification: C02F

Abstract:
An electrocoagulation chamber for treating a horizontally flowing stream of process liquid by electrolysis, comprising:a chamber formed of a bottom wall and a pair of side walls spaced apart in a predetermined chamber width, together defining a generally horizontal, longitudinally elongated treatment channel, in which at least a portion of said channel has an open top permitting diffusion of by-products of treatment; an inlet means for supplying the process liquid into a first longitudinal end of the channel; an outlet means for removing the process liquid from an opposite longitudinal end of the channel; a plurality of elongated electrode blades of a predetermined height, disposed in the channel between said inlet means and outlet means, longitudinally aligned with the elongated dimension of the channel, for treating the stream of process liquid flowing in the channel; a disbursement chamber in fluid communication with the portion of the channel having an open top for receiving and removing by-products of treatment; a multiple means for creating a sweeping air stream within said disbursement chamber for entraining by-products of treatment, said multiple means including a first means supplying air at a relatively higher pressure into the disbursement chamber at a predetermined air entry location, and a second means drawing air at relatively lower pressure out of the disbursement chamber at a predetermined air exit location that is spaced from said air entry location, establishing a sweeping air stream between the air entry and air exit locations.