Method for oxygenating wastewater
AssigneesWayne State University, TherOx, Inc., DynamOx, Inc.
InventorsJ. Richard Spears, Richard Crilly, Ray Rydman, James Gessert, Steve Myrick
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Abstract
A method and apparatus creates gas-enriched fluid that is used to treat wastewater. In one embodiment, the wastewater is withdrawn from a supply of wastewater to be treated, and the wastewater is delivered in an atomized manner to a vessel pressurized with gas to form gas-enriched wastewater. The gas-enriched wastewater is then delivered to the supply of wastewater to be treated.
Claims20
A method of treating a wastewater comprising the acts of:
- pressurizing a vessel with a treatment gas;
- and
- delivering the wastewater, in an atomized state, into the vessel to gas-enrich the wastewater to a desired gas content.
A method of treating a wastewater, comprising the acts of:
- pressurizing a vessel with a treatment gas;
- delivering the wastewater, in an atomized state, into the vessel to gas-enrich the wastewater to a desired gas content;
- expelling the wastewater from the vessel through a fluid conduit;
- and
- passing the wastewater through a nozzle coupled to the fluid conduit.
A method of treating a wastewater, comprising the acts of:
- pressurizing a vessel with a treatment gas;
- delivering a water to be gas-enriched, in an atomized state, into the vessel to gas-enrich the water to a desired gas content;
- expelling the gas-enriched water from the vessel through a fluid conduit;
- delivering the gas-enriched water to a treatment site containing the wastewater to be treated;
- and
- adding the gas-enriched water to the wastewater,
- whereby the addition of gas-enriched water to the wastewater raises the treatment gas content in the wastewater to a desired level.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.