System for treating bio-contaminated wastewater and process for decontaminating a wastewater source
AssigneeVerno Holdings, LLC
InventorJohn D. Riley
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Abstract
A system and process for decontaminating a bio-contaminated wastewater fluid as from a slaughterhouse or similar facility. The system and process recovers purified vapor/steam through a decontamination unit having a plurality of alternating rotating trays and fixed baffles in a processing vessel producing separate purified and contaminant streams. One or more filter/strainer units are disposed in parallel before the decontamination unit, and may be used alternately while the other is cleaned. A rotating shaft connected to the rotating trays may also connected to an electrical generator to provide electricity for circuits and controls in the system.
Claims9
A process for decontaminating a wastewater source, comprising the steps of:
- screen filtering the wastewater source producing a filtered wastewater flow;
- directing the filtered wastewater flow into a decontamination unit, wherein the decontamination unit has a rotating shaft extending from a first end of an elongated vessel to the second end thereof, and a plurality of alternately spaced rotating trays and fixed baffles disposed vertically in the elongated vessel between the first end and the second end, the rotating shaft passing through the fixed baffles and fixedly attached to the rotating trays;
- processing the filtered wastewater flow through the decontamination unit, wherein the decontamination unit separates the filtered wastewater flow into a contaminant flow and a decontaminated vapor flow;
- directing the contaminant flow through a contaminant outlet to a contaminant storage vessel for further processing;
- directing the decontaminated vapor flow to a vapor outlet for further processing;
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- generating electricity using an electrical generator fixedly attached to a portion of the rotating shaft that protrudes from the elongated vessel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.