Patent ID: 8475653
Filing Date: 2013-07-02
Classification: C02F,Y02W

Abstract:
1. A water treatment apparatus, comprising: a plurality of meshed tubes each having a cylinder shape made of synthetic yarn, wherein ends of the meshed tubes are unwoven and provided with cilia; a plurality of tube stack cages containing the meshed tubes; an aeration diffuser positioned between the tube stack cages and configured to provide air so that to-be-treated influent water moves upward between the tube stack cages so as to be supplied to the tube stack cages; a suspended solid removal aeration diffuser positioned below the meshed tubes and configured to provide air so that suspended solids are removed from the meshed tubes; a suspended solid discharge weir positioned above the tube stack cages and configured to discharge detached suspended solids; and springs coupled to the top of the tube stack cages and configured to cause vertical movements of the tube stack cages.