Treatment chamber for separating compounds from aqueous effluent
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
InventorsRobert Allen Janssen, John Glen Ahles, Thomas David Ehlert, John Gavin MacDonald, Earl C. McCraw, JR., Patrick Sean McNichols, Paul Warren Rasmussen, Steve Roffers
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Abstract
Processes of using treatment chambers for separating compounds in an aqueous effluent are disclosed. More particularly, the treatment chambers use ultrasonic energy and an electrode potential to provide efficient and effective removal of compounds from aqueous effluents, such as textile effluents.
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A process for removing compounds from an aqueous effluent, the process comprising:
- introducing the aqueous effluent through at least one inlet port of an elongate housing of a treatment chamber, the housing comprising longitudinally opposite ends and an interior space, the housing further being generally closed at at least one longitudinal end;
- ultrasonically energizing and electrically charging an outer surface of an elongate ultrasonic horn of an elongate ultrasonic waveguide assembly located within the housing at a predetermined ultrasonic frequency and electrode potential to remove compounds from the aqueous effluent;
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- exhausting the cleaned aqueous effluent from at least one outlet port of the housing.
A process for removing compounds from an aqueous effluent, the process comprising:
- introducing the aqueous effluent through at least one inlet port of an elongate housing of a treatment chamber, the housing comprising longitudinally opposite ends and an interior space, the housing further being generally closed at at least one longitudinal end;
- ultrasonically energizing and electrically charging an outer surface of a first longitudinally elongate ultrasonic horn of a first longitudinally elongate ultrasonic waveguide assembly located within the housing at a first predetermined ultrasonic frequency and an electrode potential and ultrasonically energizing and electrically charging an outer surface of a second longitudinally elongate ultrasonic horn of a second longitudinally elongate ultrasonic waveguide assembly located within the housing at a second predetermined ultrasonic frequency and the electrode potential to remove compounds from the aqueous effluent, wherein the first waveguide assembly and the second waveguide assembly are oriented in parallel within the housing;
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- exhausting the cleaned aqueous effluent from at least one outlet port of the housing.
A process for removing compounds from an aqueous effluent, the process comprising:
- introducing the aqueous effluent through at least one inlet port of an elongate housing of a treatment chamber, the housing comprising longitudinally opposite ends and an interior space, the housing further being generally closed at at least one longitudinal end;
- ultrasonically energizing and electrically charging an outer surface of a first elongate ultrasonic horn of a first elongate ultrasonic waveguide assembly located within the housing at a first predetermined ultrasonic frequency and an electrode potential and ultrasonically energizing and electrically charging an outer surface of a second elongate ultrasonic horn of a second elongate ultrasonic waveguide assembly located within the housing at a second predetermined ultrasonic frequency and an electrode potential to remove compounds from the aqueous effluent, wherein both the first waveguide assembly and the second waveguide assembly independently comprise terminal ends, wherein the terminal end of the first waveguide assembly faces towards the terminal end of the second waveguide assembly;
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- exhausting the cleaned aqueous effluent from at least one outlet port of the housing.
A process for removing compounds from an aqueous effluent, the process comprising:
- introducing the aqueous effluent through at least one inlet port of an elongate housing of a treatment chamber, the housing comprising longitudinally opposite ends and an interior space, the housing further being generally closed at at least one longitudinal end;
- ultrasonically energizing and electrically charging an outer surface of a first elongate ultrasonic horn of a first elongate ultrasonic waveguide assembly located within the housing at a first predetermined ultrasonic frequency and an electrode potential and ultrasonically energizing and electrically charging an outer surface of a second elongate ultrasonic horn of a second elongate ultrasonic waveguide assembly located within the housing at a second predetermined ultrasonic frequency and an electrode potential to remove compounds from the aqueous effluent, wherein both the first waveguide assembly and the second waveguide assembly independently comprise terminal ends, wherein the terminal end of the first waveguide assembly faces away from the terminal end of the second waveguide assembly;
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- exhausting the cleaned aqueous effluent from at least one outlet port of the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.