Abstract: A media clarifier may have a passageway, an inlet, an outlet above the inlet, a screen, and a media bed with both compressible and incompressible media. The screen may span the passageway. The media bed may be adjacent to the screen when the media clarifier is in an operational state. Particulate matter is removed from a water stream as it passes through the media bed.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 8, 2021
Date of Patent:
February 15, 2022
Assignee:
WesTech Engineering, LLC
Inventors:
Darin Lynn St. Germain, Jonathan Bay Farrell, Brian Lee Primrose, Darrell Wayne Christianson
Abstract: A combination biological contactor and self-backwashing filter system for water treatment is disclosed. The system may include a treatment vessel defining an upper chamber and a lower chamber. A biological contactor may be disposed within the upper chamber, and a filter may be disposed in the lower chamber. A contactor outlet conduit and inlet manifold may be used to transfer water from the biological contactor to filter cells within the filter.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 30, 2020
Date of Patent:
September 28, 2021
Assignee:
WesTech Engineering, LLC
Inventors:
Thomas Martin Dumbaugh, Eric Allen Lawrence, Rand S Faaborg, Darrell Wayne Christianson, Brian Lee Primrose, Rene Ann Carson