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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 08, 1999
Carl E. Adams, Jr., Brentwood, TN (US);
The Advent Corporation, Brentwood, TN (US);
Abstract
A wastewater treatment system has a tank and at least one baffle disposed in the tank so as to subdivide the tank to form a treatment chamber and a clarification or settling chamber. The baffle is inclined relative to vertical, so that the clarification chamber tapers from an upper end to a lower end. The lower end of the clarification chamber is provided with a plurality of mutually spaced orifices or apertures communicating with a lower region of the treatment chamber, so that sludge settling in the clarification chamber is directed to the lower region of the treatment chamber via the orifices. The clarification chamber is further provided at its lower end with a plurality of substantially vertical partitions defining a plurality of hoppers communicating with respective orifices for guiding sludge to the orifices. A recycle pump and a distribution manifold serve to recycle wastewater from the treatment chamber to the clarification chamber. The distribution manifold is provided at an outlet side with a plurality of spaced vertical nozzle pipes disposed in the clarification chamber.