portable mixing apparatus for ballast water treatment
OwnerBarnaby Jude Watteninventor
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Abstract
A portable apparatus and process for treating and mixing ballast water. The apparatus is a lightweight, easily transportable air sparger that serves as a backup treatment system in the event of failure of a Ballast Water Maintenance System or in an emergency or when an unregulated vessel arrives in port with a filled tank. The sparger is operated with compressed air passing through arms and hoses extending from a central hub. Fluids exiting arms produce streams at various levels circulating and mixing ballast water, minimizing energy consumption.
Claims20
A portable air sparger apparatus for treatment of ballast water, comprised of:
- a sparger housing;
- a gas inlet;
- a housing substantially enclosing a sparger hub;
- and
- a plurality of sparger arms having a plurality geometrically optimized outlet orifices.
The method of claim 16 which further includes a chemical reservoir operatively coupled with said sparger.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.