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Mitsubishi Rayon Company, Limited

Satoshi Miyashita

Hiroyuki Okazaki

Kenji Honjyo

Masanori Itakura

Kenji Watari

Ikuo Kinoshita

Osami Kato

Takamitsu Takashima

Noriko Inoue

Masumi Kobayashi

Katsuyuki Yanone

Osami Katou

There is here disclosed a water treatment apparatus in which a membrane separation device is disposed above a gas diffuser device arranged in a treating tank, wherein diameters of gas discharge holes formed in the gas diffuser device are within a range of 1 to 10 mm, and a relational expression of 20<X/Y<300 is satisfied wherein X is a sectional area (cm ) of the membrane separation device in a horizontal direction, and Y is the number of the gas discharge holes of the gas diffuser device. According to this water treatment apparatus, the clogging of the pores in the surface of a separation membrane with a suspended substance can be inhibited, so that a stable filtration is possible for a long period of time.

Apparatus and method for treating water

The invention concerns a gas diffuser constructed and arranged to disperse gas into a aeration vessel of a water treatment assembly from a blower. The gas diffuser includes main pipes, branch pipes extending between the main pipes and containing gas discharge ports, wherein the branch pipes have a smaller cross-sectional area than the cross-sectional area of the main pipes. The gas discharge ports are further sized, constructed and arranged to reduce the possibility or likelihood of sludge from blocking the ports or entering the branch pipes. This object is achieved either by placement of the ports on the bottom sides of the branch pipes or, alternatively, by construction of the ports to include conduit members, themselves having an arrangement of openings or coverings to prevent or reduce the likelihood of sludge from blocking the ports or entering the branch pipes.

Gas diffuser for aeration vessel of membrane assembly

A method for cleaning separating membranes uses a uniquely formulated detergent. The detergent includes a percarbonate-containing, material, existing in the condition in which hydrogen peroxide is adducted in carbonate and is desirably an alkali metal salt. The percarbonate decomposes the organisms deposited on the membrane surfaces while being environmentally desirable. The detergent preferably also includes at least one bivalent iron salt, which improves the cleaning capability of the percarbonate via the so-called Fenton's reaction in which hydrogen peroxide adducted in the percarbonate reacts with the iron ions to form OH&mdash; radicals which have a very high oxidative reactivity. The detergent may also contain other oxidizers, a surfactant, a chelating agent, an acid and a pH regulator. The detergent is dissolved in water prior to use.

Method of cleaning membrane assembly with detergent

A membrane separator assembly for separating solids from water includes opposing enclosure wall structures, a membrane module unit, and a gas diffuser disposed below the membrane module unit. The membrane module unit includes a plurality of membrane modules respectively having at least one separating membrane extending between at least two membrane fixing members. At least one of the membrane fixing members has a main passage which is in fluid communication with a membrane passageway. The membrane passageway is accessible to water via permeation through the separating membranes and is inaccessible to solids which are impermeable relative to the separating membranes. The membrane separator assembly is preferably used with a detergent containing percarbonate, preferably sodium percarbonate. The assembly also includes a gas diffuser with two opposing main pipes and branch pipes extending therebetween to avoid undesired pressure differentials when cleaning the assembly.

Membrane separator assembly and method of cleaning the assembly utilizing gas diffuser underneath the assembly

An object is to provide a highly integrated hollow fiber membrane module and hollow fiber membrane module unit as filtration processing devices which are appropriate for miniaturization, and to also provide a purification tank with a hollow fiber membrane module unit installed therein. To achieve this there is provided a hollow fiber membrane module in which at least one end of a hollow fiber membrane with hollow fibers deployed in a plane is fixed with a fixing resin to a collector pipe in a fluid tight manner, constructed such that an open ended tip of the hollow fiber membrane is inserted into an aperture provided in the collector pipe, and in this condition, fixing resin is filled into the aperture and hardened, thereby securing the open ended hollow fiber membrane to the collector pipe. Also provided is a hollow fiber membrane module unit wherein a plurality of the hollow fiber membrane modules are positioned proximately, and a purification tank with the hollow fiber membrane module units installed therein.

Hollow fiber membrane module, hollow fiber membrane module unit which utilizes the module, and purification tank with the module unit installed therein

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Nagoya, Japan

Satoshi Miyashita