Patent ID: 7462287

Claim:
Apparatus for treating effluents comprising: a reactor having an inlet for the effluent to be treated and an outlet for the treated effluent, and comprising at least one block of electrodes, the block having at least one anode and at least one cathode, the electrodes being disposed substantially parallel and spaced from one another, so as to define therebetween a space allowing the effluent to be treated to pass therethrough, thus producing, when the effluent to be treated is submitted to an electrical current, a sludge comprising at least one pollutant that is present in the effluent to be treated, and a treated effluent, the reactor also comprising means allowing the effluent to circulate between the electrodes in an upward direction; and means allowing separation of the sludge produced from the treated effluent, said means being disposed immediately above said electrodes or in the vicinity thereof and comprises a movable belt to which the sludge produced adheres in order to be transported and separated from the treated effluent and a suction means connected to a recovery tank adapted to receive the sludge, wherein the movable belt is a filtering belt.