Wastewater concentrator system
AssigneeEcolivegreen Corp.
InventorPaul L. Culler
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Abstract
Disclosed is a system for reducing the demand of wastewater volume flowing through a wastewater collection piping system and thereby increasing the effective capacity of the system. A portion of the wastewater is diverted from a sewer main. The solids are separated from the liquid, for example, by a vortex separator. The recovered liquid can be treated and made available for local reuse. The concentrated solids are reintroduced into the main sewage line in a portion that adjusts the wastewater loading in the sewer main to a predetermined amount or predetermined range. Also disclosed is a system capable of reintroducing the concentrated solids into the sewer main in a portion that adjusts the solids loading in the sewer main to a predetermined amount or predetermined range.
Claims9
A system for adjusting wastewater loading in a sewer main thereby increasing the effective system capacity of the sewer main, comprising:
- piping for diverting a portion of wastewater from the sewer main;
- means for determining the wastewater loading in the sewer main;
- means for separating concentrated solids and liquid from the wastewater;
- means for treating the separated liquid for reuse;
- means for reintroducing the concentrated solids back into the sewer main;
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- means for dynamically adjusting a rate of diversion of wastewater from the sewer main and a rate of reintroducing the concentrated solids back to the sewer main in response to the sensing the wastewater loading in the sewer main and in a proportion that adjusts the wastewater loading of the sewer main to a preset range.
A system for adjusting wastewater loading in a sewer main, comprising:
- a vortex separator that includes an impeller mechanism with a hollow core and a decreasing axial pitch in the direction of fluid flow;
- the vortex separator including an inlet for receiving a portion of wastewater diverted from the sewer main, a first outlet for separated liquid, and a second outlet for concentrated solids, the second outlet operationally connected to the sewer main;
- means for sensing the wastewater loading in the sewer main;
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- a control system for dynamically controlling a rate of flow of the wastewater diverted from the sewer main and for adjusting a rate of reintroducing the concentrated solids back into the sewer main in response to the sensing the wastewater loading in the sewer main and in a proportion that adjusts the wastewater loading of the sewer main to stay within a preset range.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.