Liquid purification or separation – With movable support
Reexamination Certificate
2007-12-11
2007-12-11
Barry, Chester T. (Department: 1724)
Liquid purification or separation
With movable support
C210S242100, C210S242200
Reexamination Certificate
active
11508661
ABSTRACT:
Wastewater is treated on at least one apparatus positioned at a location on the surface of a body of seawater wherein a wastewater intake system takes in wastewater into the apparatus, the wastewater is treated on the apparatus to yield treated wastewater and sludge, and the treated wastewater and/or sludge is diluted with seawater prior to being discharged into the body of seawater. The wastewater treatment systems and methods can also be combined with desalination and/or power generation. In combination with desalination, the concentrate produced from the desalination process is mixed with treated wastewater or sludge prior to discharge to bring the resulting mixture to a salt concentration closer to the body of seawater than the unmixed concentrate, treated wastewater, or sludge. Combustible gases produced by the wastewater treatment process can be used to fuel a power generation system that can be used to produce electrical power for use by systems on the apparatus or transferred off the apparatus for other uses.
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Barry Chester T.
Kim Stanley A.
Ruden McClosky
Water Standard Co., LLC
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