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US 12,365,611 B2Granted
Wastewater treatment method and system
AssigneeTroy Cormier
InventorsTroy L. Cormier, Michael Catanzaro
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Abstract
Disclosed is an apparatus for treating wastewater that includes a tank having a wall, defining an inner surface, and a floor; a clarifier having an outer surface selectably fixed relative to said tank; and a diffuser; wherein the inner surface, the outer surface and the diffuser are configured to compel wastewater in the tank to define a flow along a direction up the outer surface and down the inner surface. A method of treating wastewater also is disclosed.
Claims4
An apparatus for treating wastewater, comprising:
- a tapered, cylindrical tank having an inner wall, an outer wall, a top defining a top circumference, and a bottom defining a bottom circumference;
- wherein the bottom circumference is smaller than the top circumference;
- a tapered, square clarifier positioned within the tapered, cylindrical tank and having an octagonal top periphery, four tapered sidewalls, and a bottom;
- four aeration zones formed within the tapered, cylindrical tank, wherein each aeration zone is defined by a first space formed between each tapered sidewall of the square clarifier and the adjacent inner wall of the tapered, cylindrical tank;
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- four boundary zones formed within the tapered, cylindrical tank, wherein each boundary zone is defined by a second space formed between each corner joint of the square clarifier and the adjacent inner wall of the tapered, cylindrical tank, wherein each boundary zone functions to separate adjacent aeration zones.
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