Combined air and water pollution control system
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
InventorsBilly C. Wolverton, Lamont R. Jarrell
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Abstract
A bioaquatic air pollution control system for controlling both water and atmospheric pollution. The pollution control system includes an exhaust for directing polluted gases out of a furnace and a fluid circulating system which circulates fluid, such as wastewater, from a source, past the furnace where the fluid flow entrains the pollutants from the furnace. The combined fluid and pollutants are then directed through a rock/plant/microbial filtering system. A suction pump pumps the treated wastewater from the filter system past the exhaust to again entrain more pollutants from the furnace where they are combined with the fluid (wastewater) and directed to the filter system.
Claims15
A process for removing pollutants from a source of polluted air and from a source of waste fluid comprising:
- combining said polluted air and said waste fluid by continuously flowing said waste fluid past said source of polluted air for entrainment of said polluted air into said waste fluid;
- circulating said combined polluted air and said waste fluid through a filter for removal of pollutants from said air and waste fluid;
- and,
- re-circulating the filtered waste fluid past said source of polluted air for entrainment of additional said polluted air into said fluid.
A combined air and fluid pollution control system for eliminating pollutants occurring in a source of polluted air and in waste fluids comprising:
- an exhaust communicating with said source of polluted air for exhausting polluted gases therefrom;
- filter means remotely positioned with respect to said source of polluted air, said filter means having an inlet and an outlet;
- a source of fluid;
- first conduit means flow connecting said source of fluid with said filter means inlet;
- second conduit means flow connecting said filter means outlet with said filter means inlet, said second conduit means disposed in communication with said source of fluid;
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- aspirating means disposed for entrainment of said gases from said source of polluted air by flowing said fluid from said source of fluid past said exhaust whereby said gases are mixed with said fluid prior to circulation of said fluid through said filter means.
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