Patent ID: 8066882

Claim:
A method for packing a media bed in a column ( 3 ) from a slurry being a dispersion of said media particles and a liquid, said method comprising the steps of: a) estimating a slurry concentration; b) filling the column ( 3 ) with a certain volume of the slurry from a slurry tank ( 13 ) connected to the column; c) packing a test media bed from the slurry; d) detecting where the test media bed is consolidated; e) using the information about the consolidated test media bed height for providing to the column an amount of slurry that after further packing will give a user target bed height, where step e) further comprises: unpacking the test media bed and diluting the unpacked test bed to a known slurry concentration and filling the column with a volume of the slurry calculated from a user target bed height and this new known slurry concentration; and f) packing a media bed from the slurry.