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Record 1 1982-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Equipment and Tools (Water Supply)
  • Water Treatment (Water Supply)
  • Wastewater Treatment
CONT

D2F reverse-current filter. ... The action can be likened to that of two individual filters each operating at half the speed of the coarse filter; this speed remains constant, as the two filter layers, being of the same grain size, become clogged at the same rate.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et outillage (Alimentation en eau)
  • Traitement des eaux
  • Traitement des eaux usées
CONT

Bifiltre D2F à courants inverses. [...] Tout se passe comme si l'on avait deux filtres élémentaires fonctionnant à vitesse moitié de celle du filtre dégrossisseur, cette vitesse restant d'ailleurs constante car les deux couches filtrantes, de même granulométrie, se colmatent identiquement.

Spanish

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