Storm water separator system
AssigneeSameng Inc.
InventorsGerald Samide, David Martz
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Abstract
A storm water separator system having side walls constructed from sheet piling to enable installation within a small footprint and in poor soil conditions. The separator system has an upper bypass chamber and a lower treatment chamber with a diffuser directing inflowing water down into the lower chamber. A flow control orifice between the two chambers near an outlet orifice in the side wall controls the quantity of flow through the lower chamber. Excess flow bypasses treatment and passes through the upper chamber.
Claims20
A separator system, comprising:
- a tank having a bottom and at least one sidewall, said at least one sidewall including sheet piling, said tank including a mid-deck defining an upper chamber and a lower chamber within said tank, said sidewall having an inlet orifice and an outlet orifice within said upper chamber and proximate said mid-deck;
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- a diffuser located proximate said inlet orifice, said diffuser providing fluid communication between said upper chamber and said lower chamber through said mid-deck,
- wherein said mid-deck defines a flow control orifice disposed proximate said outlet orifice, said flow control orifice providing fluid communication between said upper chamber and said lower chamber.
A storm water separator system, comprising:
- at least one sidewall formed from sheet piling, the at least one sidewall defining the perimeter of a tank;
- a mid-deck defining an upper chamber and a lower chamber within said tank,
- wherein said sidewall defines an inlet orifice and an outlet orifice within said upper chamber and proximate said mid-deck and wherein said mid-deck includes a diffuser located proximate said inlet orifice for providing fluid communication between said upper chamber and said lower chamber through said mid-deck, and a flow control orifice disposed proximate said outlet orifice for providing fluid communication between said upper chamber and said lower chamber.
A method of constructing a storm water separator system, comprising steps of:
- driving sheet piling into soil to form at least one sidewall, said at least one sidewall defining a perimeter of said storm water separator system;
- excavating soil from within said perimeter to create a tank;
- back filling said tank with at least a layer of rock;
- pouring a concrete slab atop said rock to form a bottom surface of said tank;
- defining an inlet orifice and an outlet orifice within said sidewall;
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- creating a mid-deck spanning the sidewalls and disposed adjacent and below said inlet orifice and said outlet orifice, wherein the mid-deck divides said tank into an upper chamber and a lower chamber, and wherein said mid-deck includes a first orifice located proximate said inlet orifice for providing fluid communication between said upper chamber and said lower chamber through said mid-deck, and a second orifice disposed proximate said outlet orifice for providing fluid communication between said lower chamber and said upper chamber.
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