Water treatment system
OwnerWill Craig Meyerinventor
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Abstract
A water treatment apparatus for treating water in a device using water as a circulating medium comprises an extractor line for removing water from the device and ozone generation means for producing and conveying a supply of ozone. A contactor/mixer member is provided and has an entry passage for receiving water from the extractor line and ozone from the ozone generation means. The contactor/mixer member has contacting passages for receiving a water and ozone mixture from the entry passage and is configured so as to create turbulence to intimately mix the water and ozone along at least a portion of its length. A return line is provided for receiving and transporting the water and ozone mixture from the contacting passages back to the device.
Claims17
A water treatment apparatus for treating water in a device using water as a circulating medium, the apparatus comprising:
- (a) an extractor line for removing water from the device;
- (b) ozone generation means for producing and conveying a supply of ozone,
- (c) a contactor/mixer member having an entry passage for receiving water from the extractor line and ozone from the ozone generation means, and a contacting passage for receiving a water and ozone mixture from the entry passage and configured so as to create turbulence to intimately mix the water and ozone along at least a portion of its length;
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- (d) a return line for receiving and transporting the water and ozone mixture from the contacting passages back to the device.
A water treatment apparatus as claimed in claim 9 wherein the spot treatment device comprises a support, a flexible hose through which is diverted a portion of water and ozone mixture downstream of the contactor member, and jet nozzles for ejecting the water and ozone mixture to a preselected location.
A water treatment apparatus for treating water in a cooling tower having a water basin, tower fill elements positioned over the water basin and down which fill elements water cascades for the purposes of cooling the water, the apparatus comprising:
- (a) a extractor line for removing water from the water basin for cleansing and purification treatment;
- (b) ozone generation means for producing and conveying a supply of ozone;
- (c) a contactor/mixer member having an entry passage for receiving water from the extractor line and ozone from the ozone generation means, a contacting passage for receiving a water and ozone mixture from the entry passage and configured so as to create turbulent mixing of water and ozone along at least a portion of its length, and an exit passage for the water and ozone mixture;
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- (d) a return line for receiving and transporting the water and ozone mixture from the exit passage back to the tower fill elements of the device, ozone being removed from the mixture by air stripping when cascading down the fill elements.
A method of treating water to remove bacterial and other impurities therefrom, the method comprising:
- (a) conveying a supply of water requiring removal of impurities to a receiving passage of a contactor member;
- (b) injecting a supply of ozone gas into the water in the receiving passage to form a water/ozone mixture;
- (c) passing the water/ozone mixture through a sealed non-linear passage having a plurality of bends therein to thereby create shear forces and turbulence to maintain an intimate mixture of the water and ozone;
- (d) providing the non-linear passage with sufficient length so that the ozone in the water/ozone mixture has sufficient time to destroy at least a portion of the bacterial and other impurities in the water;
- (e) removing the ozone from the water/ozone mixture;
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- (f) conveying the purified or partially purified water to a predetermined location for further use.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.