Patent ID: 8092073

Claim:
A method for suspending separation media slurry in a tank, before transferring the separation media slurry to a column or a container, comprising the steps of: pumping liquid from an uppermost liquid phase being formed in the tank when the media slurry is sedimenting, said liquid possibly containing a small amount of media but is hereafter being called liquid; transferring said liquid to a nozzle ( 9 ) protruding into said tank from the bottom ( 8 ) of the tank; applying a pressure to said nozzle ( 9 ) such that said liquid is sprayed out from the nozzle ( 9 ) into the sedimented media in the tank and thereby the sedimented media starts to re-suspend; starting an impeller ( 7 ) provided in the tank in order to stir said media slurry that already has started to re-suspend.