Wastewater treatment system
AssigneeAeration Industries International, Inc.
InventorsDaniel Durda, G. Shawn Brown, Cory Mortenson
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Abstract
Disclosed is a system for treating wastewater. The system includes a microorganism clad structure positioned in a body of wastewater such that the microorganism clad structure is at least partially submerged in the body of wastewater. The apparatus also includes an aeration device, such as a propeller-type, surface mounted aeration device, supplying a horizontal flow of oxygenated water to the microorganisms attached to the microorganism clad structure such that the microorganisms may carry out a biological process.
Claims18
An apparatus for treating wastewater, the apparatus comprising:
- an arrangement of sheets oriented in a generally parallel direction, wherein the arrangement of sheets is at least partially submerged in a body of wastewater;
- the arrangement of sheets comprising a surface including a population of microorganisms disposed on at least a portion thereof;
- an aeration system for aerating the wastewater;
- and
- a wastewater propelling system disposed proximate to the arrangement of sheets, wherein the wastewater propelling system directs a flow of the body of wastewater toward the arrangement of sheets in a substantially horizontal direction parallel to the sheets and wherein the flow of the body of wastewater serves as a source of kinetic energy to facilitate a metabolic process in the metabolically active microorganisms.
A wastewater treatment system, the system comprising:
- a structure including a plurality of baffling sheets, the baffling sheets further comprising a surface;
- a population of metabolically active microorganisms attached to the surface;
- an aeration system directed at aerating the metabolically active microorganisms;
- and
- a wastewater propeller disposed proximate to the baffling sheets, wherein the wastewater propeller aligns a flow of the body of wastewater in a substantially horizontal direction towards the arrangement of sheets and parallel to the sheets, and wherein the flow of the body of wastewater serves as a source of kinetic energy to facilitate a metabolic process in the metabolically active microorganisms.
A method for processing wastewater, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing an array of sheets oriented, the array of sheets providing a microorganism growth substrate;
- at least partially floating a plurality of the array of sheets in a body of wastewater;
- including a population of microorganisms disposed to at least a portion of the microorganism growing substrate;
- providing an aeration system;
- and
- propelling the body of wastewater through a plurality wastewater propellers, wherein at least one propeller is disposed proximate to each of the arrays of sheets, whereby the wastewater propeller system aligns a flow of the body of wastewater towards the array of sheets in a substantially horizontal direction parallel to the sheets.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.