US 10,118,847 B2 · Structures for the reduction of water impurities and methods for the deployment thereof

Abstract

Devices are provided herein for the purification of free flowing or semi-free flowing bodies of water by removing impurities, such as nitrates. In one or more implementations, the impurity-removing device includes a cylindrically shaped housing that is open on both ends and defining an inner cavity. A cap is disposed at one opening at one end of the housing, the cap having multiple openings placed through the cap and being sized and shaped to fit the opening at the end of the housing. The impurity-removing device also includes a collection strip on an outer surface of the housing that is colored, sized and shaped to collect heat or energy from the environment, and an impurity-removing medium contained within the inner cavity.

Claims6

Dependent claims

A method of removing nitrates from water comprising the steps of:

providing an impurity-removing device comprising:
a housing having cylindrical shape with a first opening at a first end and a second opening at a second end, wherein the housing defines an inner cavity;
a cap disposed at the second opening at the second end of the housing, wherein multiple openings extend through the cap, the cap being sized and shaped to fit the second opening at the second end housing;
a collection strip on an outer surface of the housing that is colored, sized and shaped to collect heat or energy from the environment;
and
an impurity-removing medium capable of removing nitrates from water contained within the inner cavity;
removing nitrates from water by exposing said impurity-removing device to water.

4 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

15/484,803Filed 11 Apr 2017

Published

US 2018/0290909 A111 Oct 2018

Granted

6 Nov 2018

Term ends

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Classification15 codes

C02F 3/2806
Anaerobic digestion processes: anaerobic processes using solid supports for microorganisms
C02F 3/2826
Anaerobic digestion processes: using anaerobic filters
C02F 3/305
Nitrification and denitrification treatment: characterised by the denitrification
C02F 2003/003
Using granular carriers or supports for the microorganisms: using activated carbon or the like

Structures for the reduction of water impurities and methods for the deployment thereof

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Structures for the reduction of water impurities and methods for the deployment thereof

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Abstract

Claims6