Decontamination system with insoluble additives
OwnerBrian E. Butters, Anthony L. Powellinventors
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Abstract
Exemplary decontamination systems of the present disclosure may allow for removing contaminants from a fluid. In an embodiment, a decontamination system may include a filtration unit operable to receive an adsorbent and contaminated fluid. The filtration unit may include a filter operable to separate the fluid from the adsorbent and contaminants adsorbed onto the adsorbent. In an embodiment, the decontamination system may further include a recovery unit operable to separate the adsorbent and the contaminants adsorbed onto the adsorbent.
Claims18
A decontamination system for removing contaminants from a fluid, the system comprising:
- a filtration unit operable to receive an adsorbent and the fluid comprising the contaminants, the filtration unit comprising:
- a filter operable to separate the fluid from the adsorbent and contaminants adsorbed onto the adsorbent, the filter comprising a first portion and a second portion separated by a membrane,
- wherein the membrane comprises a wall and a plurality of pores defined in the wall,
- wherein the plurality of pores are operable to allow the fluid to move from the first portion to the second portion and prevent the adsorbent and the contaminants adsorbed onto the adsorbent from moving from the first portion to the second portion, and
- wherein the plurality of pores have a pore size sufficiently large so as to induce micro-filtration or ultra-filtration;
- a first filter output in cooperation with the first portion and operable to receive the adsorbent and the contaminants adsorbed onto the adsorbent;
- and
- a second filter output in cooperation with the second portion and operable to receive the effluent;
- and
- a recovery unit operable to receive the adsorbent and the contaminants adsorbed onto the adsorbent from the first filter output of the filtration unit, the recovery unit operable to separate the adsorbent and the contaminants adsorbed onto the adsorbent and comprising:
- a stripping unit operable to strip the contaminants from the adsorbents;
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- a separation unit operable to separate the adsorbent to a first recovery output and the contaminants to a second recovery output.
A filtration system for separating contaminants from a fluid in a decontamination system, the filtration system configurable to receive the fluid comprising the contaminants and an adsorbent and comprising:
- a filter operable to separate the fluid from the adsorbent and the contaminants adsorbed onto the adsorbent, the filter comprising a first portion and a second portion separated by a membrane,
- wherein the membrane comprises a wall and a plurality of pores defined in the wall,
- wherein the plurality of pores are operable to allow the fluid to move from the first portion to the second portion and prevent the adsorbent and the contaminants adsorbed onto the adsorbent from moving from the first portion to the second portion, and
- wherein the plurality of pores have a pore size sufficiently large so as to induce micro-filtration or ultra-filtration;
- a first output in cooperation with the first portion and operable to receive the adsorbent and the contaminants adsorbed onto the adsorbent;
- and
- a second output in cooperation with the second portion and operable to receive the effluent.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.