US 11,897,787 B2
Zero discharge water treatment apparatus and method
David D. Calhoun, Duxbury, MA (US); Mark D. Lorusso, Portsmouth, NH (US); R. Edward Rose, Jr., Hingham, MA (US); and Ernest M. Hawkesworth, Weymouth, MA (US)
Assigned to ZERO DISCHARGE, LLC, Newton, MA (US)
Filed by Zero Discharge, LLC, Newton Center, MA (US)
Filed on Jul. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/867,202.
Application 17/867,202 is a continuation in part of application No. PCT/US2021/058142, filed on Nov. 4, 2021.
Application PCT/US2021/058142 is a continuation in part of application No. PCT/US2021/021013, filed on Mar. 5, 2021.
Application PCT/US2021/021013 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/862,121, filed on Apr. 29, 2020, granted, now 11,390,545.
Prior Publication US 2023/0040351 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. C02F 1/04 (2023.01); C02F 1/30 (2023.01); B01J 3/04 (2006.01); B01D 1/30 (2006.01); C02F 1/00 (2023.01); C02F 103/00 (2006.01); C02F 103/02 (2006.01)
CPC C02F 1/048 (2013.01) [B01D 1/30 (2013.01); B01J 3/04 (2013.01); B01J 3/042 (2013.01); C02F 1/004 (2013.01); C02F 1/045 (2013.01); C02F 1/302 (2013.01); C02F 2103/001 (2013.01); C02F 2103/023 (2013.01); C02F 2303/02 (2013.01)] 49 Claims
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1. A wastewater/water treatment and management system for processing wastewater with a solids component comprising:
at least one pre-treatment tank or module for separating solids from liquids;
at least one filtration module to filter solids from liquids connected downstream from the at least one pre-treatment tank or module via piping;
an inlet pipe having an upstream end and a downstream end, wherein the upstream end is connected to, and downstream from, the at least one filtration module;
at least one autoclave module connected to, and downstream from, the inlet pipe, wherein each of the at least one autoclave module is selected from the group consisting of a first autoclave module comprising a plurality of autoclave pipes and an autoclave jacket, wherein the plurality of pipes are secured to an inlet manifold at an inlet end and an outlet manifold at an outlet end, wherein the inlet manifold is connected to, and in fluid communication with, the inlet pipe, wherein the outlet manifold is connected to, upstream from, and in fluid communication with, an outlet pipe, wherein the outlet pipe is downstream from the first autoclave module, wherein the autoclave jacket is secured about the plurality of autoclave pipes and secured to the inlet pipe at an inlet jacket end and to the outlet pipe at an outlet jacket end, and wherein the combination of the autoclave jacket, inlet jacket end, outlet jacket end and plurality of autoclave pipes form an autoclave chamber, and a second autoclave module comprising at least one serpentine autoclave pipe and an autoclave jacket, wherein an inlet end of the at least one serpentine autoclave pipe is connected to, downstream from, and in fluid communication with, the inlet pipe, wherein an outlet end of the at least one serpentine pipe is connected to, upstream from, and in fluid communication with, the outlet pipe, wherein the autoclave jacket is secured about the at least one serpentine autoclave pipe and secured to the inlet pipe at an inlet jacket end and to the outlet pipe at an outlet jacket end, and wherein the combination of the autoclave jacket, inlet jacket end, outlet jacket end and the at least one serpentine autoclave pipe form an autoclave chamber and combinations thereof; and,
at least one evaporator module connected to, and downstream from, the outlet pipe to distill effluent received by the at least one evaporator module.