Water treatment system
OwnerKlaus Doelle, Steve Giarrusso +1inventors
InventorsKlaus Doelle, Steve Giarrusso, David L. Johnson
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Abstract
A treatment system for removing a plurality of pollutants from wastewater includes a removal device for removing a plurality of gross solids from the wastewater, an aeration device for reducing a biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and a chemical oxygen demand (COD) of the wastewater and a bioreactor containing a bacterial biofilm, said bioreactor including a plurality of cells configured for operation on a predetermined drain fill cycle.
Claims23
A treatment system for removing a plurality of pollutants from wastewater, the treatment system comprising:
- a removal device for removing a plurality of gross solids from the wastewater;
- an aeration device for reducing a biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and a chemical oxygen demand (COD) of the wastewater;
- and
- a bioreactor containing a bacterial biofilm, said bioreactor including a plurality of cells configured for operation on a predetermined drain fill cycle.
A method of treating wastewater to remove a plurality of pollutants, the method comprising the steps of:
- removing a plurality of gross solids from the wastewater;
- aerating the wastewater to reduce a biochemical oxygen demand of the wastewater and a chemical oxygen demand (COD) of the wastewater;
- and
- passing the wastewater through a bioreactor including at least one bacterial biofilm, said bioreactor including a plurality of cells operated on a predetermined drain fill cycle.
A treatment system for removing a plurality of pollutants from wastewater, the treatment system comprising:
- a removal device for removing a plurality of gross solids from the wastewater;
- an aeration device for reducing a biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and a chemical oxygen demand (COD) of the wastewater;
- and
- a reactor containing a bacterial biofilm, said reactor including a plurality of cells configured for operation on a predetermined drain fill cycle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.