Jeffrey R Collier

US Patent:

20120205257, Aug 16, 2012

Filed:

Feb 11, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/025261

Inventors:

Jeffrey Allen Collier - Queen Creek AZ, US

International Classification:

C02F 1/465
C25B 9/00

US Classification:

205757, 204272

Abstract:

A system for separating small particles from liquid media comprising: a reactor vessel(s), a hollow primary electrode(s) within the reactor vessel(s), a secondary electrode(s) within the primary electrode(s), an air delivery apparatus configured to deliver coarse air bubbles within the primary electrode(s), an electrical charge apparatus, a separation vessel fluidly coupled to the reactor vessel(s), tertiary electrodes within the separation vessel, and a skimming device configured to collect flocculated material. A method for separating particles from liquid media, comprising the acts of: circulating liquid media throughout a reactor vessel(s), adding coarse air bubbles that travel through a hollow primary electrode(s) to facilitate circulation of the liquid media and removal of micro-bubbles, applying an electrical potential between primary electrode(s) and secondary electrode(s), routing the liquid media to a separation vessel, applying an electrical potential to tertiary electrodes, and skimming flocculated material from an upper surface of the liquid media.