Patent ID: 8192617

Claim:
An integrated electrocoagulation, ultra-filtration and clarifier system comprising: an electrocoagulation device for treating a flow of liquid by electrocoagulation; a clarifying chamber adjacent said electrocoagulation device; an inlet spillway for receiving a flow of liquid into said clarifying chamber; a tank having an upper portion and a lower portion, said lower portion having a bottom and a pair of converging opposing lateral sidewalls; a plurality of ultra-filtration filters disposed within an interior of said tank and spaced from one another therein; a plurality of pipes for receiving filtered liquid from said filters, said filters being suspended in said tank above the bottom of said tank by said plurality of pipes; a plurality of bubblers for providing a pressurized flow of air within said apparatus and flowing through said filters along with said liquid; a discharge manifold connected to said plurality of pipes for receiving the filtered liquid; a solids outlet for discharge of solids from said lower portion of said tank; and a downstream treatment station receiving the filtered liquid and for further treating the filtered liquid.