System and Method for Water Treatment Regeneration Stage
AssigneePentair Residential Filtration, LLC
InventorsAndrew Tischendorf, Michael M. Lindfors, Kyle Paull
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention provide a method and system for providing a regeneration stage in a water treatment system. The method can include entering a first air bleed state to allow pressurized, deoxygenated air to exit the water treatment system, entering a second air bleed state to equalize a first air pressure of remaining deoxygenated air inside the water treatment system with a second air pressure outside the water treatment system, entering a backwash state to expel remaining deoxygenated air and particulates from inside the water treatment system, and entering an air draw state to allow oxygenated air to enter the water treatment system.
Claims20
A method of providing a regeneration stage in a water treatment system, the method comprising:
- entering a first air bleed state for a first time period to allow pressurized, deoxygenated air to exit the water treatment system;
- entering a second air bleed state for a second time period to equalize a first air pressure of remaining deoxygenated air inside the water treatment system with a second air pressure outside the water treatment system;
- entering a backwash state for a third time period to expel the remaining deoxygenated air and particulates from inside the water treatment system;
- and
- entering an air draw state for a fourth time period to allow oxygenated air to enter the water treatment system.
A water treatment system for removing at least one of iron, sulfide, and manganese from water, the water treatment system comprising:
- a tank;
- a head portion coupled to the tank and including fluid ports;
- a valve assembly in the head portion including a piston assembly positioned inside a spacer assembly;
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- a powerhead in the head portion, the powerhead including an encoder, a controller, an optical sensor, and a motor,
- the encoder coupled to the piston assembly and powered by the motor to control a position of the piston assembly inside the spacer assembly to provide
- a service state in which at least one of iron, sulfide, and manganese are removed from the water,
- a first air bleed state in which a first amount of air is released from the tank,
- a second air bleed state in which a second amount of air is released from the tank, the second amount being larger than the first amount,
- a backwash state, and
- an air draw state,
- the optical sensor electrically connected to the controller to communicate the position of the piston assembly inside the spacer assembly.
A water treatment system comprising:
- a tank;
- a head portion coupled to the tank and including fluid ports;
- a valve assembly including a piston assembly positioned inside a spacer assembly, the piston assembly including a plurality of sections, the spacer assembly including a plurality of piston seals to engage the plurality of sections;
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- a powerhead to control a position of the piston assembly inside the spacer assembly,
- the powerhead controlling a first distance between one of the plurality of sections and one of the plurality of piston seals,
- the first distance being about 0.01 inches to about 0.02 inches to create a first vent channel for a first air bleed state in which air is released from the tank with minimal noise.
The water treatment system of 13 wherein the powerhead controls the position of the piston assembly inside the spacer assembly so that a second distance between one of the plurality of sections and one of the plurality of piston seals is greater than or equal to about 0.05 inches to create a second vent channel for a second air bleed state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.