EXPEDITIONARY WASTEWATER RECYCLING SYSTEM

摘要

The expeditionary wastewater recycling system is a portable, self-contained system adapted for deployment in the field for use by expeditionary military forces. The system includes a tank that is divided into three separate internal volumes. The first volume serves as a primary clarification chamber, the second contains a moving bed biological reactor (MBBR), and the third contains a membrane biological reactor (MBR). Blackwater from the latrine flows through the three chambers, and further treatment is provided by ultraviolet and chlorine treatment units. The system may be deployed between the latrine and a conventional liquid storage bladder. Processed water flows to another storage bladder provided with the system, and the conventional bladder serves as an overflow container. The system is completely contained within a standard shipping container, and additional volume within the container serves to store the collapsed bladder, hoses, fittings, and/or other equipment.

主权项

1. An expeditionary wastewater recycling system, comprising:
a portable shipping container having a floor, a top opposite the floor, a first side, a second side opposite the first side, a front panel, and a back panel; a wastewater treatment tank disposed within the shipping container, the tank containing a plurality of vertically disposed panels therein, the panels defining a first chamber, a second chamber, and a third chamber, the first chamber defining a primary clarifier chamber, the second chamber defining a moving bed bioreactor chamber, and the third chamber defining a membrane bioreactor chamber; a plurality of buoyant plastic media adapted for microbial growth thereon, the plastic media being disposed within the second chamber; a plurality of air diffusers disposed within the first chamber and the second chamber; and a membrane filter disposed within the third chamber.