Abstract:
A novel UV-oxidation and UV-disinfection system uses a highly-efficient, electrodeless microwave-excited lamp combined with a coaxial flow-through reactor design in which a liquid to bc treated is pumped from the bottom of the reactor and flows vertically upward through a reactor vessel against gravity. A hydrogen peroxide solution is injected into the liquid to be treated and thoroughly mixed by an inline mixer just before the liquid enters the reactor vessel. The solution is irradiated during its entire passage through the reactor vessel by the lamp which is configured to evenly irradiate the entire cross section of the reactor vessel and which has a substantial part of its spectral output in the wavelength most effectively absorbed by hydrogen peroxide molecules. A method of using the coaxial flow-through reactor to destroy toxic chemicals in water is also provided. The reactor is also used for UV disinfection of water supplies. The system is scaleable to enable high-volume application. According to another embodiment of the present invention, two or three reactors are arranged serially such that the output of the first reactor is the input of the second reactor.
Abstract:
Apparatus for purifying rinse water used to remove excess resin from articles which have been impregnated with a sealant material. The impregnating resin is customarily a curable composition comprising acrylate monomer and anaerobic or heat cure initiator and results in the formation of an emulsion in the rinse water. A photoinitiator is added to the foregoing composition enabling the emulsion to polymerize when exposed to UV radiation. After the rinse water containing the emulsion has been so exposed, the resulting rinse water and polymer composition is filtered in one or more stages to remove the polymer, leaving substantially pure water as a result. The water, thus purified, can either be returned to the process for re-use or discharged to the environment.
Abstract:
A method for purifying water or other aqueous media in which a stream of the aqueous media is introduced into a fixed bed of a purification media and turbulent flow through the fixed bed is induced to permit intimate contact between the aqueous media and the purification media. Also disclosed is an apparatus for purifying the aqueous media which includes an outer housing having an inlet aperture and an outlet aperture; a multi-chamber purification unit disposed within the housing, and means for measuring the purity of aqueous media treated within the multi-chamber unit.
Abstract:
This device is an atmospheric water collector and collects water from the atmosphere by providing a portable cabinet in which the entire apparatus is located, needing only a source of electricity.A dehumidifier is located in an upper compartment separated by a horizontal partition from a lower compartment. In the upper compartment, two opposite walls are perforated to provide access of new moisture carrying air to circulate about the dehumidifier, and a water discharge spout is also located above the horizontal partition, but is outside the dehumidifier compartment. A water feed conduit from the dehumidifier leads to a water collecting tank in the lower compartment, passing through a water filter on its way. An ultra-violet light bulb sterilizes the water in the tank. A water level control in the collecting tank controls the operation of the dehumidifier. A water pump controlled by a combination water discharge spout and pump switch pumps the water to the spout, up through a check valve and another filter.A complete electric refrigerator is also included with the cabinet for keeping the water cool and drinkable.
Abstract:
Liquid flowing through a housing is sterilized by being subjected to radiation which passes through a window transparent to ultraviolet rays. The liquid is prevented from contacting the window by an air pocket. The air in the pocket is maintained by introducing air into the liquid which either replenishes air absorbed from the pocket by the liquid at the air-water interface or prevents the liquid from absorbing air from said pocket.
Abstract:
This invention pertains to an efficient ecological waste sewage system which eliminates the necessity of large leaching beds or seepage pits from cesspool digested sewage effluent. It consists of the system and the apparatus for effecting the disposal of such sewage waste by preliminary digesting the raw waste material, preferably in primary and secondary digesting steps, passing the resulting liquid with fine solids therein in sequence and in controlled consecutive order to a series of steeling tanks, subjecting the liquid effluent therefrom to a simultaneous aeration-ultra violet ray sterilization treatment, and removing the water effluent therefrom as reusable water. New and novel aeration-irradiation treatment units are disclosed which provide a novel, very efficient system for effecting the elimination of sewage waste in areas where sewers are not available or where land type and quality prevent the use of present day systems for the disposal of said wastes and producing usable water therefrom.
Abstract:
A fluid, including a gas or a liquid, is flowed through a cylindrical enclosure and subjected to ultraviolet radiation to make predetermined ions more susceptible to a magnetic field established within the fluid by a magnet positioned around or within the enclosure. The ions are moved in a vortex motion within the magnetic field so that like ions converge at a focal point from which fluid containing a higher concentration of these ions is removed.
Abstract:
THE METHOD OF TREATING SEWAGE OR OTHER BIODERGRADABLE WASTE MATERIALS IN A SYSTEM INCLUDING AN AEROBIC PROCESS WHEREIN A SETTLEABLE SLUDGE IS FORMED WHICH COMPRISES RETURNING A PART OR ALL OF THE SLUDGE TO A POINT IN ADVANCE OF THE INPUT OF THE AEROBIC PROCESS AND SUBJECTING A SELECTED PORTION OF THE RETURNED SLUDGE TO THE ACTION OF ULTRA VIOLET OR OTHER BACTERIOCIDAL RAYS FOR THE BIOLYSIS OF THE BACTERIA IN SAID PORTION, THE PORTION BEING SELECTED TO MEET THE FOOD REQUIREMENTS OF THE ACTIVE AEROBIC BACTERIA IN THE AEROBIC PROCESS. THE PORTION SUBJECTED TO BIOLYSIS IS SO REGULATED THAT SUBSTANTIALLY ALL OF THE BIODEGRADABLE MATTER IS CONSUMED AND ONLY A RELATIVELY SMALL QUANTITY OF SLUDGE IS REMOVED TO END DISPOSAL.
Abstract:
AN EXPANDABLE STERILIZED BAG IN A STORAGE TANK IS SECURED TO INLET AND OUTLET CONNECTION SO THAT PURIFIED WATER ENTERING THE TANK IS CONFINED SOLELY WITHIN THE BAG. THE TOP OF THE TANK IS CLOSED SO THAT AIR TRAPPED THEREIN LIMITS THE LEVEL TO WHICH WATER IN THE BAG CAN RISE. CLOSURE OF THE TOP OF THE TANK IS EFFECTED BY AN INVERTED CUP HAVING ITS RIN FORCED AGAINST A SEAL AROUND AN OPENING IN THE TOP OF THE TANK, SUCH CUP SUPPORTING AN ULTRAVIOLET LAMP ABOVE A QUARTZ PLATE THAT EXTENDS ACROSS THE OPENING.