Patent · US Active

Method and apparatus for a vertical lift decanter system in a water treatment system

US9855518B2 · kind B2 · utility

13Cited by

31References

19Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Clear Cove Systems, Inc · US

Inventors

Terry Wright · Rochester, US
Tim Cornelison · Saugerties, US
Markus Bauer · Oberkochen, DE
Arvid Abrams · Fort Plain, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 27, 2013
Grant date	Jan 2, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 9, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02W10/37
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to a vertically adjustable screened decanter system to replace prior art stationary or pivoting effluent weirs in water clarifiers and settling basins. The screened decanter has no physical weir and relies instead on maintaining a desired flow rate by controllably varying the depth of immersion of a screened box. The decanter is periodically raised into a hood that provides spray cleaning and disinfection of the screened box. The system is capable of removing up to 85% of the BOD in a wastewater stream.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.