APPARATUS FOR REMOVING AND SORTING PARTICULATE AND OTHER MATERIALS FROM FLUID AND FOR REGENERATING WATER

APPAREIL D'EXTRACTION ET DE TRI DE PARTICULES ET AUTRES MATIERES D'UN LIQUIDE ET SERVANT A REGENERER L'EAU

English Abstract

The present invention is a unit for separation of solids and other materials
in
suspension in fluids and for collection of same, and for aeration,
oxygenation,
purification, cooling and revitalization of water.
Due to contamination of water by natural processes, industry, accidents,
marine
transportation, and waste disposal, better method strategies are needed.
Degradation
and reduction of the quality of water is a problem worldwide in natural
environments,
such as rivers, lakes and oceans and in rural, agricultural and urban areas.
There is
much concern about the concentration of plastic trash, and garbage gyres the
size of
Texas have been observed in the Pacific Ocean. These materials do not
biodegrade,
become smaller and smaller and are often toxic. Dr. Charles Moore of the
Algalita
Foundation estimates the amount of plastic in the oceans to be in trillions of
pieces.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/ worlds-oceans-plagued-by-269000-tons-of-plastic-
pollution/ Note Bill 75, Microbead Elimination and Monitoring Act, 2015 in
Ontario,
Canada. Preliminary experiments have shown that the unit described in this
application it is effective in recovering/removing finely dispersed
particulate to 60% or
better result, and it separates other matter and materials in suspension from
fluid
streams. As well it is effective in aerating, oxygenating, purifiying, cooling
and

revitalizing water. Separated materials can be recycled after collection, for
a return
on investment (ROI) eliminating or reducing of further adulteration of
chemicals to
water. Small functioning models of tabletop size will be cost effective,
suitable for kits
and 3D printing, and the unit will be scalable to oceangoing dimensions. Units
may be
coupled together for greater functionality.
The present invention is an apparatus or device for aeration, oxygenation,
purification, cooling and revitalization of water and for separation of solids
and other
materials in suspension in fluids, having a hollow body, tubing, a source of
flow or
power, a support, and catchment units for drained and separated fluids and
soilds, and
an external protective casing.

Claims

Apparatus for Removing and Sorting Particulate and Other Materials from Fluid
and for Regenerating Water
CLAIMS
It is known that the rotation of a vortex moves particles in liquid. It is
known that a
vortex can be generated in a container. It is known that a vortex can be
created or
activated by an external force of either mechanical or passive means. The
present
invention makes use of the mechanical and physical forces of a vortex in an
egg,
elongated egg or vessel or similar container.
1. The unit is characterised by the fact that the movement of fluid in a
vortex
produces differences in temperature arise, via introduction of air into the
vortex, this
which leads to cooling interactions. The downward pointing egg produces
implosion in
the vortex, which is a cooling force (Schauberger, Steiner).
2. The unit is further characterized by the introducution of air into fluids,
resulting in
oxygenatation and regeneration of the quality of water
3. The unit is characterised by the fact that the spiraling solid and semi-
solid materials
are forced out and separated from the liquid suspension which carries them,
thus
making them separate and collectable,
4. The unit decribed is characterised by the fact that it can process a
multiplicity of
substances in fluid suspensions
5. The unit is characterised by the fact that it is beneficial in nature as it
purifies without
chemicals and that the discharge of water from it back into source can improve
its
condition.
6. The unit may be made portable, so the final steps of sorting and
purification of
particulates and the like from fluid could be done at the point of use, or it
could be
deployed to occur at a more distant remove.
7. The unit will be scalable, from tabletop to oceangoing size, and can be
manufactured to be built from kits or made with a 3D printer.
BENEFITS
Schauberger's discoveries, among others, demonstrate that water can be
improved
by imitating nature's methods, and thus regenerate the quality of water,
cooling and
revitalizing it.
The unit described creates a vortex which incorporates air into the body of
fluid and
results in implosion or cyclonic energy, which leads to temperature changes.
The unit
will cool the environment and beneficially influence climate.
By using a floating collecting system comprising the separating device of the
present
invention, large areas of waterborne garbage in the form of gyre plastics,
slime, algae,
oil and detritus can be collected effectively, and environmental conditions
can be
improved significantly.
The unit will be scalable - from small desktop and domestic size to oceangoing
models
It can be 3D printable and can be made to assemble from kits.
Applications include (but are not limited to)
Installation/suspension with a secure belt, hook, rope or cable on a bridge
over a
channel or river. With a winch, the unit could be raised or lowered into
flowing
water to benefit the quality of water it processes.

This unit or multiples of these units may be supported on pivotable pillars in
rivers or
other areas with water flow to create beneficial alteration of water quality
(Schauberger).
The unit may be used in an independent buoyant structure such as a round
lifesaving
device or vessel with section to lower it and GPI to track it.
Nurdles and mermaid's tears - collection and separation of plastic
particulate, from
rivers, lakes and oceans and removal of bisphenols therewith
Control and removal or biofilms, algae blooms, flood remediation
Reduction of pharmaceuticals and other unwanted substances from water
(anticipated)
Refinement and separation of fluid solution, emulsion, suspension or the like
Industrial uses - manufacturing and mining - removal of fibers from fluid -
fabric and
asbestos, laundry plants, the food industry, and paper-mill industry.
Agricultural uses - farm wastes, processing foodstuffs, aquaculture,
irrigation, weirs
Urban uses - sewage plants and systems and municipal pipes - in land drains -
in open
and closed channels - industrial pipes - collection of effluent for processing
-
phosphate separation and collection - city water quality management
Domestic applications such as cleaning of home plumbing and heating units,
home
water systems, bathing facilities
Placement in river path to remediate and benefit flow via serpentine flow
Collection of debris from water related disasters like Fukushima
Surface collection of oil spills from water
Restoration of natural waterways, lakes or bays by deployment in flow of water
on
pillar where its rounded external curves will revitalize river flow
(Schauberger)
Object of beauty in home, garden and water installations
Video and photographic documentation available upon request
Those skilled in the art will understand that the present invention is not
limited with
respect to the materials from which the unit may be engineered. While this
invention
has been particularly shown and described with references to preferred
embodiments
thereof, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various
changes in form
and details may be made therein without departing from the scope of the
invention
encompassed by the appended claims.

Description

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Apparatus for Removing and Sorting Particulate and Other Materials from Fluid
and for Regenerating
Water
L. K. Seay - Ontario, Canada
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Fig. 1 represents the simplest embodiment of the unit, a side view of the
hollow
VESSEL (a)
on a SUPPORT (b)
with FUNNEL (c)
and TUBE (d) to channel entry of fluids and produce
(e) VORTEX ACTION within mixing fluid, air and suspended materials in fluid
with
(f) OPENINGS with tubes - at least one on the side and if so one at the
bottom; if more than one opening
on the side, will be in mathematical sequence of recursion.
(g) airtight and watertight SEALS,
(h) catchment CONTAINER below to receive particulate or other substance upon
its exit and
(i) SPILL TRAY to receive processed water.
Fig. 2 contains images from nature of spirals, implosion and examples from the
work of Viktor
Schaubeger, C, Coates and R, Steiner,.
(a) is a side view of an egg used by Steiner to explain implosion and
expansion - cooling occurs in a
vortex spiral in downward pointing egg's hollow body
(b) is a side view of a common seashell, labelled to identify sections and
dimensions of the golden
proportion.
(c) is a schematic of the interior or a vortex as it might appear if it could
be seen inside the unit herein
described
(d) (e) and (g) are diagrams of the geometry of phi as it would be seen above
(d,g) and inside (e) the unit
herein descibed.
Image (f) is from a plant which demonstrates the geometry seen from above.
(h) is an image I made to demonstrate pivotal movement of a vortex inside an
egg, with a grid to show
some of the good places for outlets on the unit I propose.
(I) is a collage of images from the inventions of Viktor Schauberger - "Ihr
bewegt falsch - Needless work"
(j) is Schauberger's image of a vortex seen from above. (k) by Coates and (I)
demonstrates
Schaubergian movement and remediation of flowing water
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
In Fig. 1 there is shown
a) A hollow vessel, ovoid, bud or egg-shaped and placed for use so that it is
widest at the top and
narrowest at the bottom. It has an opening at the top and may be open or
closed at the bottom. The unit
body or egg may be formed of plastic, metal, cement or other firm solids. In
more detail, in Fig. 1 there is
shown
(b) a support or stand to hold the unit in a substantially horizontal
position. It may have a minimum of
one leg, like a pillar or cup, but may consist of more, like a pendant between
two sides of a bridge, or a
tripod. The unit may rest in place if undisturbed but may be secured with
screws, hinges, bolts and other
appropriate fastenings and protected by an external casing designed for
accessibility in maintenance.
(c) Dish, funnel, cone, or other initial channel where required at height
suitable to prime the unit to
create a vortex unless placed semi-submerged upright in rivers and sewers in
which case an
appropriate channel to direct flow can be provided, or a waterproof pump or
other external mechanical
force of the user's preference selected to establish and maintain a vortex.

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(d) Pipes or tubes are attached the unit at the top to direct the flow of
fluid/s (liquid with sediment or
other material in suspension) and if needed water or other fluid to expand
volume and flow into the
vessel, and exit
(e) a vortex
(f) tubing/pipes attached to sides of the separation unit and/or bottom sealed
with accessible and
to allow fluid and suspensions to exit
(g) removable watertight and airtight seals/plugs to hold tubes
(j) Orifices or openings are placed at optimum locations through mathematical
formulas (Lamba, Phi) on
the separation chamber sides and sloping downwardly towards bottom outlets.
Described here is a unit which functions for separation of solids and other
materials in suspension in
fluids and for aeration, oxygenation, purification, cooling and revitalization
of water.
It is known that the rotation of a vortex moves particles in liquid. It is
known that a vortex can be
generated in a container. It is known that a vortex can be created or
activated by an external force of
either mechanical or passive means. It is known that implosion cools. The
present invention makes use
of the mechanical and physical forces of a vortex in an inverted egg,
elongated egg or vessel or
container like a pithos, mastos or amphora or similar of Minoan and Grecian
days.
The unit is composed of the following elements:
a) A hollow vessel formed of a rigid solid material such as metal, cement,
plastics or the like.
The vessel is ovoid, bud or egg-shaped and placed for use so that it is widest
at the top and narrowest at
the bottom. When fluids enter the vessel via an opening provided at the top
they flow downwardly in
centripetal and counterclockwise motion along the boundaries of the sloping
sides.
(b) a support or stand to hold the unit in a substantially horizontal
position. It may have a minimum of
one leg, like a pillar or cup, but may consist of more, like a pendant between
two sides of a bridge, or a
tripod. The unit may rest in place if undisturbed but may be secured with
screws, hinges, bolts and other
appropriate fastenings and protected by an external casing designed for
accessibility in maintenance
(c) Dish, cone or channel or other initial receptacle unit at height suitable
to prime the unit to create a
flow downward and being the vortex. A waterproof/submersible pump or
mechanical force of the user's
preference to establish a vortex
(d) a tube to allow fluids to flow down from initial intake into the hollow
vessel
When (e) a vortex is established in the vessel, fluids and materials in them
in suspension spiral down in
logarithmic cycloidal spiral geometric curves. As fluids spiral the vortex
center is open and full of air
which spreads into the fluid. Fluids in the vortex are forced towards the
vessel walls where they exit via
the orifice/s provided on the sides into outlets and tubes. Experiments with
this unit demonstrate that this
results in 60 per cent or better separation of water from particulate (plastic
nurdles) and to a greater or
lesser degree of other materials in suspension. It also results in
revitalization, oxygenation and cooling
of water and air (V. Schauberger, P. von Forchheimer, R. Steiner)
(f) Tubing/pipes attached to top. sides and/or bottom to allow fluid and
suspensions to flow in and to flow
out of the separation unit through a return pipe. These may be small vinyl
tubes or strong woven steel
industrial material or other as desired for the use and function. Tubes may be
wound on the outside of
the main body of the unit. Pipes or tubes are attached the unit to direct the
flow of fluid/s (liquid with
sediment or other material in suspension) and if needed water or other fluid
to expand volume and flow
into the vessel. Tubes must of sufficient length and height as needed from
unit to allow fluids to descend

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and begin a vortex in the separation chamber if unit operates via gravity.
Lighter substances like water
ill flow out first from the top, more condensed matter descend in the vortex
and exit from the lower tubes.
(g) Seals - airtight plugs/seals are preferable to hold pipes/tubes and to
allow the unit to be be accessed
and maintained; marine plugs are excellent for this. Lake, river or sea water
that has been separated
may be returned to the body of water from which it came.
Collection units for external pipes/tubes.
(h) Containers for particulate and other materials: fitted tray, box, bag,
cannister, cylinder, fitted bag or
similar receptacle/s for separated materials as needed by user where materials
will be collected.
Collection units may contain absorbent materials like sponge, sand, or ceramic
material to separate out
oil or other specific fluids from the vortex flow.
(i) Collection vessels for liquids: tray, box, bag, cylinder, or similar if
needed. If water to be returned to the
sea or lake, such are not needed and water may flow back into source or
released as desired.
(j) Reticulated orifices or openings on the separation chamber sides, best
positioned to slope
downwardly towards bottom outlets. Minimally these comprise at least one on
one side and one at the
bottom; however more reticulation may be placed along sides at mathematically
determined intervals, in
recursive curved grid or lattice patterns like the formulas of Pascal's
Triangle and Hofstadter's Butterfly.
In this latter case a bottom opening may not be required. Ovoid containers of
different shapes may be
acceptable for use as containers but will require different sized holes to
maintain vortex flow discharge
by gravity alone. If the orifice/s are too small, fluid loses momentum and
simply exits from the container
in a stream which lacks vortex power. When orifice/s are enlarged a point will
be found at which the
increased rate of flow will sustain a vortex. Different shaped containers
require different sized holes to
sustain a vortex force via gravitational energy. The more suitable the curve
of the container unit for
sustaining a vortex, the smaller the holes, and the required energy for
sustaining a vortex, will be. The
ideal unit container appears to be based on root two ellipse.The unit's form
will be calculated
mathematically to optimize a path curve in sequence in a a lattice-like
pattern. The formulas for
placement will vary according to length and width of the ovoid container used,
elongation according to
fitting and deployment need. Those skilled in the art will understand that the
unit will not be limited to any
particular dimensions, but flow will thus be "tunable" like a musical
instrument. The placement formula
will follow the recursion theorems of Dr. Douglas Hofstadter and and Flowforms
math of N.C. Thomas,
John Wilkes and Lawrence Edwards, and the work of Viktor Schauberger. In the
placement and size of
orifices on the separation vessel walls, as shown in Fig. 1, we can scale the
shape of the orifices to
make the pressure of inner vortex flow curve more efficient. By arranging
reticulation in relation to the
shape of the vessel and viscosity of processed materials we reduce drag of
sediment and losses in flow
speed due to mass density of the liquid.