S P E C I F I C A T I O N

AN APPARATUS FOR A WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to the treatment of polluted liquid, but more particularly to an apparatus for a waste and/or potable water treatment system having a conduit provided with a current absorption means to effectively increase the amount of stabilized oxygen on the treated water. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Description of the Art Related to the Invention

Liquid treatment today is in most cases, cumbersome, utilizes a large amount of space, is expensive to install, operate, and generally an extensive energy user. It often involves chemical treatment which in turn leaves a residue, as an alternative pollutant. If a biological attempt at a solution is used, this is slow and there is the threat of losing the biological media in certain condition. It is generally recognized that oxygen is a preferable component in water treatment and the amount found in liquid is often a measure of the water's condition. One attempt to increase oxygen in effluents is aeration, which is bubbling fluid out of the body of liquid collective surface by means of huge pumps that attempt to gather oxygen from the air. Fountain like spraying water up into the air, is another form of aeration. Pressuring water in pressurizing chambers, turbolating the polluted water s surface, are all attempts to elevate dissolve oxygen in liquid environments that depend on oxygen for their intended considerations.

Often several of these methods will be used in industry, in addition to settling ponds possibly a form of biological treatment, in an attempt to condition their effluent to a state that permits discharge of their waste back into the environment. However, none of these methods prove to be very effective in generating oxygen to a high enough degree, to be of much value. The input effluent in most cases will have no to possible 2 parts per million oxygen, with aeration, the hope would be to reach 5 or 6 parts per million. Although this is not much, any, in the water, it is better than no dissolved oxygen at all in assisting treatment. However, the cost of attaining 4 to 6 parts per million is expensive.

As early as the 1800, experiments were being conducted to see if and what effects electricity may have on water borne contaminants. Discovered was water molecules could be broken apart which in turn produced gaseous hydrogen, and gaseous oxygen.

Listed below are recognized some of the earlier pioneers in regards to electronic effects on water.

Huech, et al. United States letters patent No. 2,864,750: Dec. 06, 1958. Meht. #3,523,891 Aug. 11 , 1970 Doerenspeck 3,679,556

July 25, 1972 Preis et al. #3,728,245 April 17, 1973 Cassanovas et al.

#3,835,018 Sept. 10, 1974 Phipps #3,865,710 Feb. 1 1 , 1975 Okert

#3,925,176 Dec. 09,1975 Frame #4,419,206 Dec. 06, 1983 Weymeyer

#4,425,216 Jan. 10, 1984 Branchik et al. #4,436,601 March 13, 1984 Paniagua #4,572,375 Feb. 25, 1986 Umehara #4,623,436 Nov. 18,

1986 United States Patents. W09521795. 4,917,782.—

The listed disclosure taken alone or in combination neither anticipated nor renders obvious the present invention. The aforementioned disclosures relate only the general field of the

invention and are cited as constituting the closest art of which the inventor is aware.

Keeping the oxygen in solution was still a problem. Despite these draw hack, this is basically; to this day what constitutes oxygenated water. This form of gassed in or mixed into solution has been commercialized quite successfully with what can be deduced, has absolutely no value for potable water, and certainly no value to very little value to industrial applications.

The early effort using plates with small 6 inches in length unit, produce an elevation in oxygen 2 to 10 parts per million, and in time, it was discovered the oxygen remained in solution much longer than, did gassed in oxygen. These were interesting results that did help steer the curiosity. It was felt the developed technology may have improved, city tap water as a secondary treatment, getting possible a security check for any bacteria that may have escaped the initial treatment or have regenerated since its release.

Attempts to further develop the technology in hope it may have commercial value, proved discouraging. Dealing with higher volumes and more complicated pollutants which industry would require, proved futile. There was evidence that the produced oxygen did have an oxidizing effect on certain pollutants. The proportioning of laboratory experiments to actual industrial condition, however, could not be met. We could not be effective to any degree of value when we had to deal with large volume and more complicated pollutants in water. We felt we had contributed to the pioneering effort and abandoned the research.

Three things were needed to succeed. (1 ) To confirm the type of oxygen we could produce as truly dissolved. There needed to be understood what was being produced, and if it was unique, the real

significance of the difference. (2) A higher density of oxygen was going to be required if the technology was to be of any valued effect to treating pollutants. (3) Combined with higher oxygen count, there needed to be created a method of reducing or eliminating the dissolved solid to be found in the effluent we would be treating with oxygen, otherwise, with long period of treatment time would again, defeat us.

Reducing solids, more effective, higher density of oxygen and truly stabilized oxygen could possibly become a new way of treating water properly, more efficiently, more cost effective, particularly for the industrial process. This was the objective with treatment time the critical factor. A way needed to be found to drastically reduce the cleaning cycle ¹ s time, and cost, assuming of course, that the process did meet industrial discharge standards, as to be viable in industry.

The oxygen that was being produced did not readily dissipate, agreeing with our earlier trials of years back. Depending on the volume of water left to equalize back to water's balance, we had from 3 to 5 days, before a drinking glass of water would equalize, to a month or more for a big tank 500 gallons or so. This was very significant, as oxygen could be accumulated without instantly beginning to gas off.

Researcher in the field of oxygen were using the term gaseous oxygen to describe dissolved oxygen, but more recently, some of these researchers began to refer to the type of oxygen that differed from the gassed in as stabilize, to indicate the contrast between the fast evaporating and, like ours, the relatively long lasting oxygen in solution. In the experimentation, the dissolved oxygen meter (DO meter) would record the newly produced oxygen as zero content,

but would register the gaseous oxygen. In fact experiments with something as simple as an oxygen welding tank and hose, injecting or maybe a better term, mixing the gas into water. One could size the oxygen parts per million as measured by a D.O. meter to astronomical heights in the 100's if so desired, but it would also disappear quickly, equalizing to the original balance within a short period of time, within minutes. This, I assumed was, why if you intended to ingest this mix, you were instructed to do so quickly after producing it by company's marketing this product. Continuing investigations, uncovered more and more people who indicated feeling of discomfort from this concoction and not realizing any benefit, and as for a purifier of waste, very little if any positive results could be found on its merits alone. That is why, where oxygen is elevated through aeration, it needs to be combined with several other process, such as chemicals, settling, and biological being some of these.

In contrast, the method being tested was showing nothing in the way of parts per million increases on a D.O. meter, yet the Winkler test, the most reliable water analysis test, use by most laboratory, and city water districts showed an elevation of dissolved or better stabilized oxygen like 8 to 10 parts per million and although, it had been reported in the earlier history to even higher elevation than 10 parts per million this could riot be demonstrated. If the density of oxygen was to increase, the quantity of the stabilized oxygen, it seemed necessary first to have an explanation as to how this increase oxygen squared with Henry's Law, the gassed in oxygen seemed quite evident, it didn' t change anything in Henry's law, after a brief time, but it was felt that stabilized oxygen must have an influence on Henry's Law.

Henry's Law states, the concentration of a gaseous solution, (eg) is directly proportional to the partial pressure, (Pq) of the gas above the solution. The resulting equation is Cg=Kg Pg, wherein Kg represents Henry' s Law of proportionally constant for example at 25 Degrees Celsius oxygen gas collected over water at a total pressure of 1.00 atmosphere (atom) is soluble to the extent of 0.393 grams per liter. Accordingly, if the altitude and the temperature of an, open body of water are known, one can determine the level of dissolved oxygen within the water using Henry's Law. Henry"s law, however, assumes that the percentage of gas contained within the water will be the same as that of the surrounding atmospheric air, seventy-eight (78%) percent nitrogen and twenty-one and nine-tenths (21.9%) Percent oxygen. Generally the percent is rounded off twenty (20) to eighty (80) for discussion purposes.

The considered conclusion here is that the device and its process has added oxygen along with some nitrogen. As the nitrogen and oxygen combine along with hydrogen a portion of this gas, including some of the oxygen, evaporate, or boil off. Now the incoming oxygen replaced the expelled gases and remains in the water, now in a truly dissolved state, as a result, a relatively stable condition is obtained with the absorption of the newly added oxygen, the 101% gas limit Henry's Law requires is not exceeded, the balance or proportion of oxygen to the other gases has, however, been changed. The newly absorbed oxygen in proportion to the expelled gasses has change the balance, but not the required total of Henry's Law, oxygen has increased as the nitrogen package has decreased. The device has facilitated and increases the oxygen density yet maintains the constitution of waters make-up at 100% to

101% gas in solution.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The object of the invention is to discover a way to create a method by which oxygen and electricity would alone do the purifying of polluted liquids using the natural process of oxidizing, using oxygen as the agent.

The approach to solve the recognized need to elevate the stabilized oxygen was three. 1 ) To find a way to allow more of the electrified slabs surfaces to be exposed to the input water. The total sides and possible even the edges of the slabs.

2) To design a way to torbulate the water at several location as it traveled its path through the chamber. Turbulence was discovered to assist in elevating the oxygen.

3) To control the speed of the water' s volume, as it passed through the slabs, allowing for the full impact of the current to take effect. To achieve the aforementioned approaches, a conduit essentially used in an apparatus for a waste water raiment system is characterized in that said conduit being provided with a current absorption means to increase the absorption of current by said waste water and effectively increase the amount of stabilized oxygen on said water as it is treated and flows out from said conduit.

The conduit is provided with a plurality of space apart electrode slabs, a plurality of spaced apart plates secured within said conduit and disposed transversely therein with respect to the

flow of waste water, said plates being provided with spaced apart apertures to support said electrode slabs along the length of said conduit, and a plurality of inner circumferential flanges spaced along said conduit between said plates. Flow control and Turbulence, could possibly work in unison between holding the slabs and controlling the flow of waste water and still create turbulence. Allowing only as much water to enter was simply a mater of input control. The change in design to increase oxygen build-up was essential. Looking to design, a way to expose, as much slab surface as possible, lead to a configuration, which formed "gates" at specific intervals, along the length of the chambers. The newly created holders did expose maximum slab surface to more area for water to react to the current. The premise here being that, although the added surface, the holders had now exposed was not, percentage wise, a great amount it would have significance to oxygen increase, having an accumulating effect, disproportionate in the actual increase in exposed space. The holder could also serve as a control checkpoints regulating the water as described. The main control could obviously, be the input opening, but the gates would assure an even consistent flow. As well, being designed to guide all the flow through the current influenced space at the gate, but allowing a spreading of the water in the interim areas. Now as water was pressured through the gates it would create the turbulence we were looking to increase. This combination of influences, on the input water proved to be significant as now the invention is regularly producing stabilized oxygen 20 to 24 parts per million, a major improvement, to further the objective, of a more effective and quicker treatment capability.

Solid Removal problem is generally addressed with chemicals coagulants, settling, filtering, these all have their place and from time to time, the newly invented system and equipment can also utilize some of these. However, to be able to utilize the wonders of oxygen, effectively, there need to be a fast and thoroughly way of eliminating the solids.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Figure 1 is α perspective view of the present invention for an apparatus for waste water treatment system;

Figure 2 is a perspective showing the internal components thereof;

Figure 3 is a detailed view shown the arrangement of the internal components of the conduit;

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken along line A-A;

Figure 5 is a detailed view showing the inner circumferential flange in structural relationships with the conduit and electrode slabs;

Figure 6 is a detailed view showing a first embodiment of the conduit of the present invention;

Figure 7 is a sectional view taken along line B-B of figure 6; Figure 8 is a detailed view showing a second embodiment of the conduit of the present invention; and

Figure 9 is a sectional view taken along line C-C of figure 8.

ENABLING DESCRIPTION Referring now to the different views of the drawings, wherein like reference numerals designate same throughout, there is shown the present invention for an apparatus for waste water treatment system designated as 10.

As shown in figures 1 and 2, apparatus 10 comprises of a main housing 1 1 , an associated cover 12 provided with electronic display indicators 13 to display water properties and a water meter window 14, a water treatment conduit 15 supported within the housing 1 1 , a power source "P" connected to the water entry port, of conduit 15, a water meter "W" configured to the water exit port

of the conduit 15, and an auxiliary pipe 16 connected to the conduit 15 to receive the waste water to be treated.

The new and inventive features of the present invention will now be described taken in conjunction with figures 3 to 5 of the drawings.

Referring now to figure 3, the conduit 15 where waste water is treated by electricity as supplied by an electric source "P" through wires "a" and "b" by a direct current is provided with a plurality of spaced apart elongated electrode slabs 17 supported within its length. The electrode slabs 17 are connected and electrically configured to the power source "P" which is provided on the housing 1 1. To effectively treat waste water, conduit 15 is provided with a current absorption means "M" to increase the absorption of current by waste water and effectively increase the amount of stabilized oxygen on the water as it is treated and flows out front conduit 15.

Furthermore, the current absorption means "M" allows the turbulent flow of waste water along the conduit 15 and substantially exposes the edges of said electrode slabs 17 to the waste water. It should observe that the electrode slabs 17 are flat in rectangular in shape. In this way, oxygen production in the water is increased by more than 100%. Eξxisting systems using electricity for oxygen generation can only produce and generate 12 ppm oxygen while the system of the present invention can produce 25 ppm oxygen. This is because turbulence is able to assist in elevating the oxygen production in water. By letting the waste water flow in a turbulent manner on several locations as it travels on the conduit 15 and exposing more electrode slab area into the turbulent flowing water, oxygen production increases in a much greater amount.

As shown in figures 3 to 5, the current absorption means "M" comprising a plurality of spaced apart plates 18 secured within conduit 15 and disposed transversely therein with respect to the flow of waste water, and a plurality of inner circumferential flanges 19 spaced along conduit 15 and disposed between the plates 18. The plates 18 are provided with spaced apart apertures 18a to support each of the electrode slabs 17 along the length of the conduit 15 by inserting the transverse section of the electrode slabs 17 through the apertures 18a of the plates. As further shown in figure 4, apertures 18a of the plates 18 having a dimension greater than the dimensions of electrode slabs 17 to define a limited water path 20 between the electrodes 17 and the apertures 18a. This particular configuration will allow only portions of water to flow out through the apertures 18a which defines the limited water path 20 to cause the turbulent flow of water on the conduit 15.

Figures 6 and 7 show a first embodiment of the conduit of the present invention, In this particular embodiment a conduit 21 where waste water is treated by electricity as supplied by an electric source "P" through wires "a" and "b" by a direct current is provided with a current absorption means "Mi "and elongated electrode slabs 22 secured within the conduit 21. As best shown in the drawings, the electrode slabs 22 are flat and undulated in shape. The current absorption means "Mi" comprises of a plurality of spaced apart plates 23 secured within conduit 21 and disposed transversely therein with respect to the flow of waste water, and a plurality of inner circumferential flanges 24 spaced along conduit 21 and disposed between the plates 23. The plates 23 are provided with spaced apart apertures 23a to support the electrode slabs 22

along the length of the conduit 21 by inserting the transverse section of the electrode slabs 24 through the apertures 23a of the plates 23. The apertures 23a are positioned on the plates 23 to align with the contour of the electrode slabs 22 Figures 8 and 9 show a second embodiment of the conduit of the present invention. In this particular embodiment, a conduit 25 where waste water is treated by electricity as supplied by an electric source "P" through wires "a" and "b" by a direct current is provided with a current absorption means "M2" and elongated electrode slabs 26 secured within the conduit 25. As best shown in the drawings, the electrode slabs 26 are twisted in shape along the longitudinal section thereof. The current absorption means comprises of a plurality of spaced apart plates 27 secured within conduit 25 and disposed transversely therein with respect to the flow of waste water, and a plurality of inner circumferential flanges 28 spaced along conduit 25 and disposed between he plates 27. The plates 27 are provided with spaced apart apertures 27a to support the electrode slabs 26 along the length of the conduit 25 by inserting the transverse section of the electrode slabs 26 through the apertures 27a of the plates 3. The apertures 27a are positioned on the plates 27 to align with the contour of the electrode slabs 26.

In operation, waste water first enters the inlet portion 'I" of the auxiliary pipe 16 by means of a pump (not shown) connected to a waste water source. As the waste water enters the conduit 15 the electrode slabs are charged by the current coming from the power source "P". The water now flows on various locations inside the conduit in a path characterized by a turbulent flow due to the plates 18 and the circumferential inner flanges 19 provided inside and along the length of the conduit 15. And since the edges 17a of

the electrode slabs 17 are now much exposed in this present configuration, the waste water is now also effectively exposed to the current and thus resulting in the production of enormous amount of stabilized oxygen. The treated water is released on the outlet "0" as it passes through water meter "W". Electronic display indicators 13 indicate when the water has been already treated and ready for dispensing at the outlet "O".

Additional advantages and modifications of the present invention will readily occur to those skilled in the art in view of these teaching. The present invention in its broader aspects is not limited to the specific details, representative contrivances, and illustrative examples shown and described herein. Accordingly, various modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the general inventive concept as defined in the appended claims and their equivalents.