Electrolytic disinfectant system
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
InventorsGeorge Filiopoulos, Thomas E. Wenzel
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Abstract
An electrolytic disinfectant system especially useful in a maritime application for treating freshwater so as to render it potable, provides a brine solution that is stored in a tank from which hypochlorite as the disinfectant is fed to a freshwater supply. Gases also fed to the disinfectant storage tank including hydrogen is discharged therefrom and passed to a hydrogen recombiner through which the hydrogen is disposed of by reaction with oxygen under control of external heating bands to generate water vapor. The system thereby provides enhanced disinfectant effectiveness and eliminates storage of hazardous chemicals.
Claims8
In combination with a system for disinfecting water by mixing thereof with hypochlorite accompanied by other gaseous products such as hydrogen, including:
- means for storing said hypochlorite with the other gaseous products;
- pump means for inducing flow of the hypochlorite from the storing means under pulsating pressure and means for injecting said flow of the hypochlorite into the water, the improvement residing in separation of the hypochlorite from the other gaseous products within the storing means for removal of the hydrogen therefrom, including:
- means mixing the other gaseous products discharged from the storing means with gaseous material containing oxygen;
- and heating band means on the mixing means for inducing reaction between the oxygen and the hydrogen in the other gaseous products to produce water vapor through which the hydrogen is removed.
In a system for disinfecting water in response to treatment thereof with hypochlorite generated by electrolysis producing other gaseous products including gaseous hydrogen, the improvement residing in apparatus for removing the gaseous hydrogen during said treatment of the water, comprising:
- means for separating said other gaseous products from the hypochlorite;
- means for mixing the separated gaseous products with gaseous material containing oxygen;
- band means for heating the separated gaseous products and the gaseous material during said mixing thereof for inducing reactive combining of the gaseous hydrogen and the oxygen therein to produce water;
- and means for disposing of the water produced by said mixing and heating means to effect said removal of the gaseous hydrogen.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.