Liquid purification or separation – Processes – Liquid/liquid solvent or colloidal extraction or diffusing...
Patent
1996-02-13
1999-02-09
Fortuna, Ana
Liquid purification or separation
Processes
Liquid/liquid solvent or colloidal extraction or diffusing...
210650, 210805, 210167, 2102572, 2101952, 210 98, B01D 6100
Patent
active
058689370
ABSTRACT:
A process and system recycles and reuses gray water generated by dishwashers, showers, carwashes, and clothes washers while maintaining the same cleaning performance as current systems. Hollow-fiber membrane ultrafiltration is used to reduce fresh water supply demands and gray water generation where voluminous quantities of the latter are generated. For a clothes washer, the gray water reuse or recycle system consists of a closed-loop water recycle which can be redirected to a storage tank for other applications, or directly used in situ with a clothes washer for subsequent rinse cycles. The process uses, at a minimum, 50% less water than conventional residential and commercial washers, and also decreases detergent requirements by 30% because a portion of the rinse water can be re-used for subsequent wash cycles.
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Back Dwight Douglas
Gann, Sr. Steven Dale
Ramos Charlie
Samad Nidal Abdul
Scaringe Robert Peter
Fortuna Ana
Mainstream Engineering Corporation
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