System for removing chemicals from a working fluid, and methods related to the same

摘要

A method for removing an unwanted chemical from a working fluid of a system includes: 1) pumping into a tank a working fluid that includes an unwanted, first chemical; 2) injecting into the tank a second chemical in an amount that provides or substantially provides a stoichiometric ratio relative to the amount of the unwanted, first chemical in the working fluid; 3) mixing the second chemical with the working fluid in a first portion of the tank to generate a molecule that precipitates out of the working fluid and that includes the unwanted, first chemical; 4) holding the working fluid in a second portion of the tank to separate the molecule from the working fluid; and 5) ejecting the working fluid from the second portion. The flow rate of the working fluid and the size of the first and second portions of the separation tank are coordinated to make the working fluid take at least 4 minutes to flow through the tank.

主权项

1. A method for removing an unwanted chemical from a working fluid of a system, the method comprising:
pumping into a tank a working fluid that includes an unwanted, first chemical; injecting into the tank a second chemical in an amount that provides or substantially provides a stoichiometric ratio relative to the amount of the unwanted, first chemical in the working fluid; mixing the second chemical with the working fluid in a first portion of the tank to generate a molecule that precipitates out of the working fluid and that includes the unwanted, first chemical; holding the working fluid in a second portion of the tank to separate the molecule from the working fluid; and ejecting the working fluid from the second portion, wherein the tank is structured such that the time it takes the working fluid to flow through the tank is greater than four minutes and less than five minutes, wherein the working fluid is water, wherein mixing the second chemical with the working fluid in the first portion of the tank includes positioning a flow diverter in the tank to direct the combined flow of the second chemical and the working fluid away from a central axis of the first portion of the tank, and wherein the flow diverter comprises a structure extending away from the central axis of the first portion of the tank and having a surface parallel to an inside surface of the first portion of the tank.