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US 10,882,766 B2Granted
Water treatment system having tubular modules
OwnerAdam Taylorinventor
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Abstract
A water remediation and treatment device that includes a process channel having fluid inlet and a fluid outlet; at least one tube unit in fluid communication with the process channel, the tube unit defining an interior chamber defining an interior fluid flow path, at least one anode and at least one cathode contained in the interior chamber and positioned in the interior fluid flow path; and at least one device configured to remove material accumulated on the surface of the cathode and/or the electrode during water treatment.
Claims18
A method for remediating water comprising the steps of:
- introducing an aqueous process stream into a water remediation and treatment device, the water remediation and treatment device comprising:
- a process channel having fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, the fluid inlet of the process channel configured to receive the aqueous process stream;
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- at least one reaction tube assembly in fluid communication with the process channel, the reaction tube assembly defining an interior chamber having an interior fluid flow path, at least one anode and at least one cathode contained in the interior chamber and positioned in the interior fluid flow path, wherein the at least one of the cathode or anode is configured as a cylindrical electrode member and wherein the other of the cathode or anode is positioned radially relative to the cylindrical electrode member, wherein each cylindrical electrode member further comprises a first end and an opposed second end, an inwardly oriented face and an outwardly oriented face and at least one longitudinal projection extending from the inwardly oriented face of the cylindrical electrode and extending from the first end of the cylindrical and wherein the cylindrical electrode member is axially moveable relative to the other electrode;
- activating the at least one anode and the at least one cathode present in a reaction tube assembly;
- maintaining the aqueous process stream in contact with the at least one activated cathode and the at least one activated anode for at least one interval sufficient to trigger linear electrofloatation of at least one target contaminant present in the aqueous process stream, and wherein the at least one cathode and the at least one anode are constructed from an electroactive material selected from the group consisting of carbon, graphite, iron, titanium, platinum, zinc, aluminum, ruthenium, and mixtures thereof;
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- cleaning at least one surface of the cylindrical electrode.
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A method for remediating water comprising the steps of:
- activating at least one anode and at least one cathode present in at least one reaction tube assembly;
- introducing an aqueous process stream into contact with at the least one activated cathode and the at least one activated anode;
- and
- maintaining the aqueous process stream in contact with the at least one activated cathode and the at least one activated anode for at least one interval sufficient to trigger linear electrofloatation of at least one target contaminant present in the aqueous process stream,
- wherein the cathode and the anode are elongated members each having a longitudinal axis and the aqueous process stream introduced into contact with at least one activated cathode and at least one activated anode and passes between the gap defined by the cathode and the anode at an angle oblique to the longitudinal axis of the anode and the cathode, and
- wherein the reaction tube assembly further comprises:
- (a) an outer elongated housing having an inlet aperture and an outlet aperture defined therein opposed to the inlet aperture, the outer elongated housing defining an interior reaction chamber and further defining a fluid flow direction;
- (b) a reaction tube inlet member operatively coupled to the inlet aperture defined in the reaction tube body and to the process channel;
- (c) a reaction tube outlet member operatively coupled to the outlet aperture defined in the reaction tube body and to the process channel;
- (d) the at least one anode positioned in the interior chamber, wherein the at least one cathode is positioned in the interior chamber, wherein the at least one anode and the at least one cathode are elongated and positioned parallel to the fluid flow direction.
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A method for remediating water comprising the steps of:
- activating at least one anode and at least one cathode present in at least one reaction tube assembly;
- introducing an aqueous process stream into contact with at the least one activated cathode and the at least one activated anode;
- and
- maintaining the aqueous process stream in contact with the at least one activated cathode and the at least one activated anode for at least one interval sufficient to trigger linear electrofloatation of at least one target contaminant present in the aqueous process stream, wherein the cathode and the anode are elongated members each having a longitudinal axis and the aqueous process stream introduced into contact with at least one activated cathode and at least one activated anode and passes between the gap defined by the cathode and the anode at an angle oblique to the longitudinal axis of the anode and the cathode,
- wherein in the at least one of the cathode or the anode is configured as a cylindrical electrode member and wherein the other of the cathode or anode is positioned radially relative to the cylindrical electrode member,
- wherein the cylindrical electrode member comprises a first end and an opposed second end, an inwardly oriented face and an outwardly oriented face and at least one longitudinal projection extending from the inwardly oriented face of the cylindrical electrode and extending from the first end of the cylindrical and wherein the cylindrical electrode member is axially moveable relative to the other electrode, the method further comprising the step of cleaning at least one surface of the cylindrical electrode.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.