Stormwater treatment system
AssigneeTec-Kon Enterprises, LLC
InventorsMichael J. Kistner, Paul J. Rowe
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Abstract
An apparatus for separating floating and non-floating particulates from drain water wherein said apparatus includes a first chamber for collecting non-floating particulates, a second chamber for collecting floating particulates, and a third chamber through which treated drain water can be discharged from the apparatus. An inlet pipe for introducing drain water into the first chamber is provided tangential to the first chamber to provide a vortex flow of drain water into said first chamber. An outlet pipe providing flow of drain water from the first chamber to the second chamber has an inlet at the vortex of drain water flow in the first chamber and an outlet that is spaced a predetermined distance from the floor of the chamber.
Claims24
An apparatus for separating floating and non-floating particulates from drain water, comprising:
- a first chamber for collecting non-floating particulates, including a first inlet for directing drain water tangentially into the first chamber to provide a vortex flow of drain water within said first chamber,
- a second chamber for collecting floating particulates, an outlet pipe providing flow of drain water from the first chamber to the second chamber comprising a second inlet at the vortex of drain water flow in the first chamber and an outlet in the second chamber spaced a predetermined distance from a floor, and
- a third chamber through which treated drain water can be discharged from the apparatus, the third chamber in fluid communication with the second chamber through an opening between the second chamber and the third chamber, the opening offset from the axis of the outlet in the second chamber.
An apparatus for separating floating and non-floating particulates from drain water, comprising:
- a first chamber for collecting non-floating particulates, including a first inlet for directing drain water tangentially into the first chamber to provide a vortex flow of drain water within said first chamber,
- a second chamber for collecting floating particulates, an outlet pipe providing flow of drain water from the first chamber to the second chamber comprising a second inlet at the vortex of drain water flow in the first chamber and an outlet in the second chamber spaced a predetermined distance from a floor, and
- a third chamber, in fluid communication with the second chamber, through which treated drain water can be discharged from the apparatus, wherein the outlet pipe terminates at a barrier that separates the second and the third chambers, the drain water exiting the outlet pipe through an upwardly facing opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.