Fluid treatment system and method
AssigneeCWC Clear Water Clarification Technologies Inc.
InventorsBlaine Barbour, Michael Blair, Vernon John Gattinger, Gary William Gough, Blake Penna, Darren Nigel Valantine
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Abstract
Fluid treatment systems and components are provided for a removal of solid matter from water or other fluids in which a chemical or chemicals may be introduced into the fluid under pressure to coagulate and/or conglomerate the solid materials and cause them to be dropped out of the treatment system and be removed. The fluid treatment system can include: an equalization chamber receiving a wastewater; a clarification chamber receiving a partially separated water from the equalization chamber; a mixing tube having an inlet end and an outlet end; and a sludge detector.
Claims18
A fluid treatment system comprising:
- an equalization chamber receiving a waste water and separating the waste water into a partially separated water;
- a mixing tube comprising a tapered inlet, a tapered outlet, and an interior bore therebetween having a smaller diameter than a fluid transfer conduit of the equalization chamber to alter a flow of the partially separated water therethrough, wherein the mixing tube is configured to receive the partially separated water from the fluid transfer conduit of the equalization chamber through the tapered inlet,
- wherein the interior bore has a plurality of fins formed of and extending longitudinally along a surface of the interior bore and located proximate to the inlet to direct the partially separated water along the interior bore, wherein a spiral is formed of and extending along the surface of the interior bore to increase turbidity and located proximate to the tapered outlet, and wherein an injection inlet that is located between the plurality of fins and the spiral and leading from the interior bore to an exterior of the mixing tube is configured to receive at least one treatment chemical that mixes into the partially separated water to produce a floc forming mixture;
- a clarification chamber receiving the floc forming mixture from the tapered outlet of the mixing tube;
- and;
- a sludge detector.
A mixing tube for use in a fluid treatment system, the mixing tube comprising:
- a tapered inlet;
- a tapered outlet;
- an interior bore between the tapered inlet and the tapered outlet;
- a plurality of fins formed of and extending longitudinally along a surface of the interior bore and located proximate to the inlet to direct a fluid along the interior bore;
- a spiral formed of and extending along the surface of the interior bore to increase turbidity and located proximate to the outlet;
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- an injection inlet located between the plurality of fins and the spiral and leading from the interior bore to an exterior of the mixing tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.