Patent ID: 8852441

Claim:
An apparatus for purifying liquids, comprising at least two filter modules ( 10 ); and a reactor ( 40 ) with at least one UV-light source ( 44 ), wherein each filter module ( 10 ) comprises an inlet ( 12 ) for the liquid to be purified, a first outlet ( 14 ), a filter ( 18 ), and a second outlet ( 16 ) for the filtered liquid, wherein for liquid incoming through the inlet ( 12 ) the first outlet ( 14 ) is positioned before the filter ( 18 ), and the second outlet ( 16 ) behind the filter ( 18 ), wherein the reactor ( 40 ) is connected with the first outlets ( 14 ) through a first line ( 34 ) and with the second outlets ( 16 ) through a second line ( 50 ), and wherein the reactor ( 40 ) is adapted to expose a first volume flow that reaches the reactor ( 40 ) through the first line ( 34 ), and a second volume flow that reaches the reactor ( 40 ) through the second line ( 50 ), to UV-light from the UV-light source ( 44 ).