# US 2016/0355419 A1 · Method and assembly for sewage treatment > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2016/0355419 A1 - Document ID: US20160355419A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/175,828 - Filed: 2016-06-07 - Published: 2016-12-08 - Earliest claimed: 2015-06-08 - Assignees: Sea Horse Manufacturing, LLC - Applicants: Sea Horse Manufacturing, LLC - Inventors: JOHN PIERRE CHAUVIN - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20160355419A1 ## CPC - C02F 1/4674: {with halogen or compound of halogens, e.g. chlorine, bromine} - B63J 4/006: {for treating waste water or sewage} - C02F 1/004: {using large scale industrial sized filters} - C02F 1/283: {using coal, charred products, or inorganic mixtures containing them} - C02F 2103/002: {Grey water, e.g. from clothes washers, showers or dishwashers} - C02F 2103/005: {Black water originating from toilets} - C02F 2103/008: {Originating from marine vessels, ships and boats, e.g. bilge water or ballast water} - C02F 2201/001: Build in apparatus for autonomous on board water supply and wastewater treatment (e.g. for aircrafts, cruiseships, oil drilling platforms, railway trains, space stations) - C02F 2201/009: Apparatus with independent power supply, e.g. solar cells, windpower or fuel cells - C02F 2209/445: Filter life - C02F 2303/04: Disinfection - C02F 2303/185: The treatment agent being halogen or a halogenated compound - C02F 2303/26: Reducing the size of particles, liquid droplets or bubbles, e.g. by crushing, grinding, spraying, creation of microbubbles or nanobubbles - Y02A 20/212: Solar-powered wastewater sewage treatment, e.g. spray evaporation - C02F: TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE (separation in general B01D; special arrangements on waterborne vessels of installations for treating water, waste water or sewage, e.g. for producing fresh water, B63J; adding materials to water to prevent corrosion C23F; treating radioactively-contaminated liquids G21F9/04; regeneration of reactants for recirculation into processes, see the relevant places for the processes) - B63J: AUXILIARIES ON VESSELS - Y02A: TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE ## Abstract A method and assembly for treating waste water by way of a chemical/physical process of pulverizing and dewatering sewage waste on board a variety of different marine vessels. A method and assembly for treating waste water comprising pulverizing solid(s) for particle size reduction, disinfection and sterilization of harmful organisms, solid collection, dewatering solid(s) for disposal, and dechlorinating a final outfall without use of dilution in order to meet an allowable level of contaminants prior to discharge. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for treating a waste-filled fluid comprising: a) introducing said waste-filled fluid into a sewage treatment assembly, wherein said sewage treatment assembly comprises: (i) an enclosure defining an inner chamber, a fluid inlet extending into said enclosure and a fluid outlet extending out of said enclosure; (ii) a series of interconnected piping disposed within said chamber, wherein said piping defines a fluid flow path from said inlet to said outlet; and b) circulating said waste-filled fluid through said fluid flow path. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising pulverizing a solid(s) within said waste-filled fluid. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, further comprising disinfecting and sterilizing any harmful organism(s) within said solids. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, wherein said solids are disinfected by way of chlorination. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, further comprising filtering and dewatering said sterilized solids from said waste-filled fluid. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein said sterilized solids are removed and disposed from said waste treatment assembly. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein a disinfected fluid that remains after said solids are filtered out of said waste water is then dechlorinated. ### Claim 8 A sewage treatment assembly comprising: a) an enclosure defining an inner chamber, a fluid inlet extending into said enclosure and a fluid outlet extending out of said enclosure; b) a series of interconnected piping disposed within said chamber, wherein said piping defines a fluid flow path from said inlet to said outlet ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The sewage treatment assembly of claim 8, further comprising a maceration pump, wherein said fluid inlet extends into said maceration pump and said maceration pump is disposed within said series of interconnected piping. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The sewage treatment assembly of claim 9, further comprising a chlorination chamber disposed within said series of interconnected piping. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The sewage treatment assembly of claim 10, wherein said chlorination chamber generates a chlorine solution from seawater. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The sewage treatment assembly of claim 10, wherein said chlorination chamber distributes a pre-manufactured chlorine solution. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The sewage treatment assembly of claim 10, further comprising a filtration system operationally disposed within said interconnected piping. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The sewage treatment assembly of claim 13, further comprising a dechlorination chamber disposed within said interconnected piping and operationally attached to said fluid outlet. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The sewage treatment assembly of claim 14, further comprising a power source. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The sewage treatment assembly of claim 15, wherein said power source is a hydraulic pump. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The sewage treatment assembly of claim 15, wherein said power source is a positive displacement pump.