TEION KOGAKU (Journal of Cryogenics and Superconductivity Society of Japan)
Online ISSN : 1880-0408
Print ISSN : 0389-2441
ISSN-L : 0389-2441
Magnetic Separator for Water Treatment Using Superconducting Bulk Magnets
Norihide SAHOTakashi MIZUMORINoriyo NISHIJIMAHisashi ISOGAMIMasato MURAKAMIMasaru TOMITA
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2002 Volume 37 Issue 11 Pages 622-628

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We have developed a new, continuous water-purification system that uses high-Tc bulk superconductors to rapidly remove contaminants from water supplies, The maximum magnetic field of the magnetized bulk superconductors is 3.2 T. This membrane-magnetic separator consists of (1) a preapplication treatment unit in which magnetic flocs made up of suspended solids and seeded with ferromagnetic particles are coagulated in a flocculation vessel, (2) a membrane separator that purifies water using a rotating net to gather the flocs and (3) a magnetic separator that recovers the magnetic flocs from the net. This system simultaneously removed 98% of the contaminants from sewage at our factory and recovered sludge at a concentration of 40, 000mg/L. Moreover, it removed 90% of the oil from oily water and recovered sludge at a concentration of 23, 000mg/L. Treatment time was only four to five minutes, and we found that the new system is capable of treatment and sludge recovery at higher speeds than conventional flocculant deposition methods.
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