Patent ID: 7381328

Claim:
An installation for treatment of effluents, comprising: means for subjecting a flow of the effluents to a solid/liquid separation operation; and means for subjecting the flow of the effluents to a pulsed electric field that has an effect of modifying physicochemical and biologic characteristics, the modifying being used during a solid/liquid separation, the means for subjecting the flow of the effluents to the solid/liquid separation operation and the means for subjecting the flow of the effluents to the pulsed electric field being located at different locations along the effluent flow, wherein the means for subjecting the flow of the effluent to the pulsed electric field operates according to a discharge mode, the discharge mode being obtained by pulse discharge of a capacitor powered by a dc power supply, discharged through a load inductor and an inductor connected in parallel with said means for subjecting the flow of the effluents to a pulsed electric field for limiting a charge current applied to the effluents during pulse discharging of the capacitor.