Patents by Inventor Christopher S. Keever

Christopher S. Keever has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20200009480
    Abstract: A system for use with a water storage facility having a water body and an extraction structure, comprising a water selection apparatus interposed between the water body and the extraction structure. A controllable inlet allows water from a selectable depth within the water body to be harvested for withdrawal through the extraction structure, controlled according to detected differences in the water quality characteristics as between different depths. A barrier structure forms a partitioned volume allowing water from a select depth to be separated and isolated within the water body. Water at variable depths can be dynamically separated and isolated based on water quality criteria and/or characteristics, and potentially changing criteria. This may facilitate treatment and/or conditioning of the separated and isolated water prior to being extracted through a harvesting structure having fixed-elevation extraction point(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Applicant: IXOM Operations Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Christopher S. Keever, Kelly B. McCurry
  • Publication number: 20030150817
    Abstract: An apparatus for treating wastewater including a physical-chemical reactor; a chemical supply operably connected to the physical-chemical reactor; a clarifier operably connected to and located downstream of the physical-chemical reactor; a ballast recirculation line operably connected between the clarifier and the high rate physical-chemical reactor; and a control system that directs a) influent into 1) the clarifier but not the physical-chemical reactor when flow or pollutants of the influent is within a selected low range and 2) the physical-chemical reactor and then into the clarifier when the flow/pollutants of influent is within a selected higher range and b) internally generated ballast into the physical-chemical reactor through the ballast recirculation line when the pollutants and/or flow is within the selected higher range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2002
    Publication date: August 14, 2003
    Inventors: Christopher S. Keever, Stephen Tarallo
  • Patent number: 6383370
    Abstract: An apparatus for treating wastewater including a physical-chemical reactor; a chemical supply operably connected to the physical-chemical reactor; a clarifier operably connected to and located downstream of the physical-chemical reactor; a ballast recirculation line operably connected between the clarifier and the high rate physical-chemical reactor; and a control system that directs a) influent into 1) the clarifier but not the physical-chemical reactor when flow or pollutants of the influent is within a selected low range and 2) the physical-chemical reactor and then into the clarifier when the flow/pollutants of influent is within a selected higher range and b) internally generated ballast into the physical-chemical reactor through the ballast recirculation line when the pollutants and/or flow is within the selected higher range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Assignee: Infilco Degremont Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher S. Keever, Stephen Tarallo
  • Publication number: 20020030019
    Abstract: An apparatus for treating wastewater including a physical-chemical reactor; a chemical supply operably connected to the physical-chemical reactor; a clarifier operably connected to and located downstream of the physical-chemical reactor; a ballast recirculation line operably connected between the clarifier and the high rate physical-chemical reactor; and a control system that directs a) influent into 1) the clarifier but not the physical-chemical reactor when flow or pollutants of the influent is within a selected low range and 2) the physical-chemical reactor and then into the clarifier when the flow/pollutants of influent is within a selected higher range and b) internally generated ballast into the physical-chemical reactor through the ballast recirculation line when the pollutants and/or flow is within the selected higher range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2001
    Publication date: March 14, 2002
    Inventors: Christopher S. Keever, Stephen Tarallo