Zebra mussel control device for water intakes

Details Zebra mussel control device for water intakes Zebra mussel control device for water intakes

1994-05-18

1995-12-19

McCarthy, Neil

Liquid purification or separation

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Utilizing electrical or wave energy directly applied to...

210170, 210243, 204149, 204302, 422 6, 422 22, C02F 148

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054765951

ABSTRACT:
A zebra mussel control device uses a combination of electrical current and air bubbles to kill or disable mussels entering water intakes. The current is fed between electrodes that extend radially at equiangular positions around a cylindrical inlet of the water intake. Bubbles are created by an annular air chamber of the water intake below the cylindrical inlet. The bubbles rise, and pass through the gaps separating adjacent electrodes. Mussels entering the gaps are moved upwardly in the gaps by the action of the bubbles, thus increasing the normal transit time of the mussels through the gaps. In the result, the mussels are subjected to electrical current for a longer time than would be the case without the bubbles, and are disabled for a time sufficient to ensure that they pass through the water intake without attaching. The bubbles also drag any drifting mussels away from the water intake. This arrangement has been shown to be a very effective way to control zebra mussel blockage of water intakes.

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