Methods and systems for disinfecting potable water supplies
AssigneeMag Aerospace Industries, Inc. D/B/A Monogram Systems
InventorsAngela M. Hsueh, Razmik Baghdassarzadeh Boodaghians
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Abstract
The invention described herein contains two aspects, usable together or separately, that address the needs in the art described above, namely a first aspect that relates to the provision of a transportable water purification system that can be contained on a passenger transport vehicle, and that can use, but does not require, continuous, real-time monitoring, and a second aspect that relates to the use of UV purification of the water as it is uploaded to the passenger transport vehicle after a single pass through the UV chamber.
Claims11
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An apparatus uploading water to a passenger transport vehicle, comprising:
- a. an inlet to receive water;
- b. a purification chamber in fluid communication with the inlet, adapted to receive or hold water from the inlet, comprising a source of ultraviolet radiation disposed within the chamber and capable of irradiating at least a portion of the interior of the chamber;
- c. an outlet to remove purified water from the chamber after a single pass therethrough.
A method of improving or maintaining water quality on a passenger transport vehicle, comprising passing at least a portion of a supply of water from a reservoir through a water purification device in fluid communication with the supply of water, comprising one or more disinfection chemicals, wherein the water purification device is adapted to release at least one disinfecting species to the water in a controlled manner.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.