Passive gravity filter cell to reduce velocity and methods of use thereof
AssigneeRobby Galletta Enterprises LLC
InventorRobert J. Galletta, Jr.
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Abstract
A passive filter cell having a basin with a floor and two or more vertical or upright sidewalls forming chute or container having first or left sidewall, second or right sidewall, and third or back sidewall, and fourth or front downwardly curved sidewall, an inlet positioned proximate a top of the fourth or front sidewall and an outlet positioned proximate the top of the third or back sidewall, wherein the floor is configured angled from the fourth or front sidewall to the third or back sidewall, discharge pipe positioned proximate junction between the floor and the third or back sidewall, and lip configured to extend from the top of the third or back sidewall into an interior of the basin.
Claims37
A passive filter cell for filtering an effluent with suspended substances, the passive filter cell comprising:
- a basin with a floor and two or more upright sidewalls forming a channel having a first sidewall, a second sidewall, back sidewall, and a front sidewall, said floor is configured on an angle from said first sidewall to said second sidewall;
- an inlet having a width configured to reduce a velocity of a flow of the effluent and increase removal of suspended substances from the effluent, said inlet positioned proximate a top of said front sidewall to receive the effluent and an outlet having a width to reduce a velocity of a flow of the effluent and increase removal of suspended substances from the effluent, said outlet positioned proximate a top of said back sidewall to exit the effluent, wherein said front sidewall having a height configured to reduce a velocity of a flow of the effluent and increase removal of suspended substances from the effluent, said front sidewall is downwardly curved from said inlet to said floor;
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- a discharge pipe positioned proximate a junction between said floor and said second sidewall.
A method of filtering an effluent with suspended substances and dissolved substances, said method comprising the steps of:
- providing two or more passive filter cells, each passive filter cell having a basin with a floor and two or more upright sidewalls forming a channel having a first sidewall, a second sidewall, back sidewall, and a front sidewall, said floor is configured on an angle from said first sidewall to said second sidewall, an inlet having a width configured to reduce a velocity of a flow of the effluent and increase removal of suspended substances from the effluent, said inlet positioned proximate a top of said front sidewall to receive the effluent and an outlet having a width configured to reduce a velocity of a flow of the effluent and increase removal of suspended substances from the effluent, said outlet positioned proximate a top of said back sidewall to exit the effluent, wherein said front sidewall having a height configured to reduce a velocity of a flow of the effluent and increase removal of suspended substances from the effluent, said front sidewall is downwardly curved from said inlet to said floor, and a discharge pipe positioned proximate a junction between said floor and said second sidewall;
- joining a first passive filter cell and at least a second passive filter cell of said two or more passive filter cells, wherein said outlet of said first passive filter cell is joined to said inlet of at least said second passive filter cell;
- inputting an effluent in said inlet of said first passive filter cell;
- filtering said effluent into a first effluent and a second effluent in each of said passive filter cells;
- discharging said first effluent from said outlet of said first passive filter cell to said input of at least said second passive filter cell;
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- discharging said second effluent from said outlet of at least said second passive filter cell.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.