Solar water reclamation system
OwnerSteven L. Hummelinventor
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Abstract
An energy-saving system for reclaiming the waste water contained in the ice shavings obtained from resurface ice at an ice skating rink, the system including a first tank for holding the ice shavings, a second tank for storing the waste water from the melted ice shavings, a first conduit system for conveying waste water from the melted shavings in the first tank to the second tank, a second conduit system for conveying waste water from the second tank to be sprayed on the shavings in the first tank, and a solar heating system for supplying heated waste water to the second tank.
Claims10
A system for reclaiming the waste water contained in ice shavings, said system including
- a first storage means in which ice shavings can be deposited,
- a second storage means in which waste water can be stored,
- a first conduit means for passing the waste water from the melted ice shavings in said first storage means to said second storage means,
- a spraying means positioned adjacent the ice shavings in said first storage means,
- a second conduit means for conveying waste water from said second storage means to said spraying means to be discharged into contact with the ice shavings,
- a closed heating system which includes an external solar heat exchanger and an internal heat exchanger, and
- a third conduit means connected between said second conduit means and said first conduit means, said third conduit means including a portion which passes through said internal heat exchanger to thereby heat the waste water passing through said third conduit means and thus heat the waste water passing to said second storage means.
A method for reclaiming the waste water contained in ice shavings, said method comprising
- depositing ice shavings in a first storage means,
- circulating the waste water via a first conduit means from the melted ice shavings in said first storage means to a second storage means,
- circulating the waste water via a second conduit means from said second storage means to a spraying means located adjacent the ice shavings in said first storage means so as to be discharged into contact with said ice shavings and to help melt the same,
- circulating waste water via a third conduit means from said second conduit means to said first conduit means, and
- heating the waste water passing through said third conduit means via a solar heating means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.