Flume for optimization of sewer system and wastewater treatment plant capacity
AssigneeAqua Flow Technologies LLC
InventorsClaude T. Anderson, Ronald L. Jacobson, Michael G. Rieth
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Abstract
A flume for diurnally storing and releasing municipal sewage in its conveyance network of sewers and interceptor piping to reduce peak flow rates in a sewer system and the downstream wastewater treatment plant. The disclosed invention reduces peak flow rates without affecting flow rates below a selected threshold, maintaining minimum flow rates while storing wastewater in sewers and providing features that protect against sewer backups during high flows.
Claims11
A flume for reducing a peak flow rate of a wastewater being conveyed within a sewer system, the sewer system containing at least one conduit having an upstream segment and a downstream segment, the flume comprising:
- an inlet portion being attached to an upstream segment, the inlet segment receiving the wastewater from the upstream, segment;
- a converging transition attached to the inlet portion receiving the wastewater from the inlet portion;
- a throat portion attached to the converging transition receiving the wastewater from the converging transition;
- wherein a flume lower portion defines a unrestricted section extending from the upstream segment to the downstream segment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.