| CPC C02F 9/00 (2013.01) [C02F 1/004 (2013.01); C02F 1/008 (2013.01); C02F 1/283 (2013.01); C02F 1/325 (2013.01); C02F 1/42 (2013.01); C02F 2001/422 (2013.01); C02F 2001/425 (2013.01); C02F 1/66 (2013.01); C02F 1/76 (2013.01); C02F 2201/005 (2013.01); C02F 2201/006 (2013.01); C02F 2201/007 (2013.01); C02F 2201/3227 (2013.01); C02F 2201/326 (2013.01); C02F 2209/03 (2013.01); C02F 2209/29 (2013.01); C02F 2209/40 (2013.01); C02F 2301/043 (2013.01); C02F 2301/08 (2013.01); C02F 2303/04 (2013.01)] | 24 Claims |
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1. A self-contained modular decentralized point of use fluid treatment system apparatus disposed in an open atmosphere environment, said self-contained modular decentralized point of use fluid treatment system apparatus is for treating a fluid in going from a raw fluid state to a purified fluid state, said fluid treatment system apparatus comprising:
a. a frustro-conical replaceable filter media element loosely disposed in a matching frusto-conical housing, wherein said frustro-conical replaceable filter media element is in the range of approximately twenty microns to approximately one-hundred fifty microns, with said frustro-conical replaceable filter media element and said frustro-conical housing are constructed as an upwardly facing diverging environmentally open to the atmosphere primary inlet reservoir with a gravity induced converging fluid filtration of the raw fluid, being operational to functionally provide an initial coarse of raw fluid filtration defined as a stage one fluid filtration that is discharged therethrough a convergent gravity feed outlet;
b. an influent vessel having an upper influent vessel inlet that is in a first fluid communication with said convergent gravity feed outlet, said influent vessel also having a lower influent vessel outlet, said influent vessel having an internal volume;
c. a fluid flow sensor having a fluid flow sensor inlet that is in a second fluid communication with said lower influent vessel outlet, said fluid flow sensor having a fluid flow sensor outlet, said fluid flow sensor further outputs an electrical signal in conjunction with a flow state status being defined as a fluid flow state and a non-fluid flow state;
d. a fluid pump and motor combination with a fluid pump inlet that is in a third fluid communication with said fluid flow sensor outlet, said fluid pump also having a fluid pump outlet, said fluid pump is sized and configured to have a volumetric flowrate in the range of approximately ten percent to approximately twenty five percent of a batch volume of the raw fluid to operationally facilitate a selected empty bed contact time (EBCT) of the fluid as the fluid is processed therethrough said self-contained modular decentralized point of use fluid treatment system apparatus to operationally accomplish the end purified fluid state, said batch volume is defined as a portion of said internal volume, alternatively said fluid pump can operate in a continuous flow state of the purified fluid with said volumetric flowrate;
e. control circuitry to activate and to deactivate said fluid pump and motor combination, said control circuitry is operative to facilitate a batch system process of the fluid treatment in going from the raw fluid state to the purified fluid state, said control circuitry is in a first electrical communication with said fluid flow sensor electrical signal output for a control circuitry input, wherein said control circuitry is operative to monitor said fluid flow sensor electrical output signal, further said control circuitry is in a second electrical communication with a manually selectable switch, wherein said control circuitry is operative to monitor said manually selectable switch, wherein said control circuitry is operative to produce a plurality of event marker signals to an electrical relay that is in a third electrical communication with said fluid pump and motor combination to operationally enable a first function of a manual pump and motor activation and to enable a second function of an automatic pump and motor deactivation upon said fluid flow sensor being in said non-fluid flow state to protect said pump and motor combination from damage;
f. a stage two filtration fluid filter having a stage two filtration fluid filter inlet and a stage two filtration fluid filter outlet, wherein said stage two filtration fluid filter inlet is in a fourth fluid communication with said fluid pump outlet, said stage two filtration fluid filter is a mechanical string wound type having filtration levels of less than approximately fifty microns;
g. a stage three filtration fluid filter having a stage three filtration fluid filter inlet and a stage three filtration fluid filter outlet, wherein said stage three filtration fluid filter inlet is in a fifth fluid communication with said stage two filtration fluid filter outlet, said stage three filtration fluid filter is a mechanical string wound type having filtration levels of less than approximately ten microns;
h. a stage four filtration being an activated granular carbon absorption fluid filter having a stage four filtration fluid filter inlet and a stage four filtration fluid filter outlet, wherein said stage four filtration fluid filter inlet is in a sixth fluid communication with said stage three filtration fluid filter outlet, said stage four filtration activated granular carbon absorption fluid filter is anti-microbial and ninety seven micron to eight-hundred forty one micron coconut shell based granular activated carbon being operational to functionally to help remove organics and help resist microbial contamination;
i. a stage five filtration being an activated granular carbon absorption fluid filter having a stage five filtration fluid filter inlet and a stage five filtration fluid filter outlet, wherein said stage five filtration fluid filter inlet is in a seventh fluid communication with said stage four filtration fluid filter outlet, said stage five filtration activated granular carbon absorption fluid filter is an acid washed four-hundred micron to one-thousand six-hundred and eighty micron coconut shell based granular activated carbon being operational to functionally help remove per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances or PFAS including PFOS;
j. a stage six filtration being an anion exchange resin fluid filter having a stage six filtration fluid filter inlet and a stage six filtration fluid filter outlet, wherein said stage six filtration fluid filter inlet is in an eighth fluid communication with said stage five filtration fluid filter outlet, said stage six filtration anion exchange resin fluid filter is a color indicating anion resin in hydroxide form polystyrenic porous gel two-hundred ninety seven micron to eleven-hundred ninety micron being operational to functionally help remove anions that can include but are not limited to chlorine, hydroxide, iodide, dichromate, oxide, and sulfate;
k. a stage seven filtration being a cation exchange resin fluid filter having a stage seven filtration fluid filter inlet and a stage seven filtration fluid filter outlet, wherein said stage seven filtration fluid filter inlet is in a ninth fluid communication with said stage six filtration fluid filter outlet, said stage seven filtration cation exchange resin fluid filter is a color indicating acid cation resin polystyrenic gel with divinybenzene, hydrogen form being two-hundred ninety seven micron to eleven-hundred ninety micron being operational to functionally help remove minerals or cationic constituents that include but are not limited to barium, cadmium, copper, lead, calcium, and magnesium;
l. A stage eight filtration being a first ultraviolet light module having a first ultraviolet light module inlet and a first ultraviolet light module outlet, wherein said first ultraviolet light module inlet is in a tenth fluid communication with said stage seven filtration fluid filter outlet, said stage eight filtration first ultraviolet light module includes an integral flow switch that activates said first ultraviolet light module with fluid flow and deactivates said first ultraviolet light module without fluid flow, said first ultraviolet light module is operational to functionally help remove pathogens;
m. a stage nine filtration being a mineral cartridge module having a mineral cartridge module inlet and a mineral cartridge module outlet, wherein said mineral cartridge module inlet is in an eleventh fluid communication with said stage eight ultraviolet light module outlet, said mineral cartridge module is operational to help raise the fluid pH and alkalinity;
n. a structural framework formed into a skeletal parallelepiped shape that is defined as an outer boundary of said structural framework, said structural framework further comprising a plurality of cross beams that are disposed completely within said skeletal parallelepiped shape, a combination of said plurality of cross beams and said skeletal parallelepiped shape structurally support said frustro-conical replaceable filter media element, said matching frustro-conical housing, said influent vessel, said fluid flow sensor, said fluid pump and motor combination, said control circuitry, said stage two filtration fluid filter, said stage three filtration fluid filter, said stage four filtration, said stage five filtration, said stage six filtration, said stage seven filtration, said stage eight filtration, and said stage nine filtration are all disposed within said skeletal parallelepiped shape; and
o. a purified fluid container that is removably engageable to said structural framework, said purified fluid container having an inlet port that has a removably engageable interface that is in a twelfth fluid communication with said mineral cartridge module outlet, said purified fluid container having a completely removed state from said structural framework, said purified fluid container operationally facilitating remote storage of said purified fluid container being filled with the purified fluid, further said purified fluid container having an installed state wherein said purified fluid container is engaged into said structural framework such that positionally said purified fluid container is completely disposed within said skeletal parallelepiped shape along with said frustro-conical replaceable filter media element, said matching frustro-conical housing, said influent vessel, said fluid flow sensor, said fluid pump and motor combination, said control circuitry, said stage two filtration fluid filter, said stage three filtration fluid filter, said stage four filtration, said stage five filtration, said stage six filtration, said stage seven filtration, said stage eight filtration, and said stage nine filtration that are all disposed within said skeletal parallelepiped shape, wherein said skeletal parallelepiped shape with said fluid treatment system apparatus disposed completely within, is a completely open framework that facilitates visual monitoring, data collection, and control of said fluid treatment system apparatus from outside of said skeletal parallelepiped shape by a user.
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