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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2022
Filed:
May. 16, 2019
Environmental Dynamics International, Inc., Columbia, MO (US);
Charles E. Tharp, Columbia, MO (US);
ENVIRONMENTAL DYNAMICS INTERNATIONAL, INC., Columbia, MO (US);
Abstract
A system and method for aerating and mixing wastewater that includes fine bubble diffusers located at least partially below a large bubble mixer. At least a portion of the gas discharged from the fine bubble diffusers is captured by the large bubble mixer and is reused by the large bubble mixer to form and release intermittent large bubbles. Prior to being captured by the large bubble mixer, the gas discharged by the fine bubble diffusers can aerate the wastewater. The large bubble mixer includes an accumulator that, upon becoming filled with gas, generates and releases a large bubble. Upon discharge from the large bubble mixer, the large bubbles generated therein may separate into a plurality of coarse bubbles for providing additional oxygen transfer and mixing of the wastewater. The system may include supply lines for supplying gas only to the fine bubble diffuser.