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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2015
Emefcy Ltd., Caesarea, IL;
Ronen-Itzhak Shechter, Kiryat-Tivon, IL;
Eytan Baruch Levy, Rosh Ha-ain, IL;
Lior Eshed, Haifa, IL;
Yaron Bar-Tal, Ganey Tikvah, IL;
Tomer Spector, Petach Tikva, IL;
Noam Mordechai Siegel, Tel-Aviv, IL;
EMEFCY LTD., Caesarea, IL;
Abstract
The present disclosure provides a water treatment module, a bioreactor comprising one or more of such modules and a receptive water treatment system. Also provided herein is a method making use of the above module, bioreactor and system. The water treatment module comprises (i) at least one elongated gas enclosure comprising a gas inlet and two vertical walls, at least one vertical wall comprising a water-impermeable and gas-permeable membrane having a water-facing side and a gas-facing side, the two vertical walls separating between water external to said enclosure and gas within said enclosure, the gas enclosure being in a rolled or folded configuration to thereby define a convoluted horizontal path and one or more water-treatment spaces formed between opposite water facing sides of the enclosure; and (ii) a diffuser arrangement comprising gas diffusers configured for introducing a stream of gas into the one or more water treatment spaces.