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Granted Patent B2
US 10,513,452 · App. 14/893,731 · Granted Dec 24, 2019

Water treatment system

Inventors: Yuta Hashimoto (Tokyo, JP); Hideo Iwahashi (Tokyo, JP); Katsunori Matsui (Tokyo, JP); Kiichi Tokunaga (Tokyo, JP); Takeshi Yasunaga (Tokyo, JP); Masayuki Tabata (Tokyo, JP); Yoshiaki Ito (Tokyo, JP); Kazuhisa Takeuchi (Tokyo, JP); Yasuhide Gouda (Tamano, JP); Masahiro Kishi (Takasago, JP)
Assignees: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINEERING, LTD.; NAIKAI SALT INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.; AQUA SYSTEMS LIMITED
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Patent No.
US 10,513,452
App. No.
14/893,731
Granted
Dec 24, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

This water treatment system is provided with: a reverse osmosis membrane device; a biofilm treatment device that has a carrier, on a surface of which is formed a biofilm, and that treats water to be treated before the water to be treated is transmitted through the reverse osmosis membrane device; and at least one of a water to be treated stoppage period circulation means and a water to be treated stoppage period supply means that are driven when the intake of new water to be treated is stopped. The water to be treated stoppage circulation means supplies and circulates water to be treated from a water to be treated discharge outlet side of the biofilm treatment device to a water to be treated supply port side. The water to be treated stoppage period supply means supplies new water to be treated to the biofilm treatment device.

Claims (21)

1. A water treatment system comprising:

a reverse osmosis membrane device configured to separate water into concentrated water having high solute concentration and fresh water;

a biofilm treatment device comprising a supply port, a discharge port and a carrier having biofilm formed on a surface thereof, the biofilm treatment device configured to treat the water before passing through the reverse osmosis membrane device;

a water supply pipe for supplying seawater to the biofilm treatment device;

a water stoppage period circulation device configured to supply and circulate water from the discharge port of the biofilm treatment device toward the supply port or from the supply port toward the discharge port;

a water stoppage period supply device configured to supply water to the biofilm treatment device;

an oxygen nutriment supply unit configured to selectively supply oxygen and nutriment that forms the biofilm to the biofilm treatment device;

a monitoring unit configured to sample water from the biofilm treatment device, the water stoppage period circulation device and the water stoppage period supply device; and

a control unit configured to control operation and stoppage of the water stoppage period circulation device, the water stoppage period supply device and the monitoring unit such that

when supplying of the seawater from the supply pipe is stopped, either the water stoppage period circulation device is operated or water is supplied from the water stoppage period supply device.

2. The water treatment system according to claim 1 , wherein the monitoring unit is configured to monitor ingredients in the water consumed by the biofilm of the biofilm treatment device.

3. The water treatment system according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit is configured to control operation and stoppage of at least one of the water stoppage period circulation device and the water stoppage period supply device.

4. The water treatment system according to claim 2 , wherein the control unit is configured to control operation and stoppage of at least one of the water stoppage period circulation device and the water stoppage period supply device.

5. The water treatment system according to claim 1 , wherein the oxygen nutriment supply unit is configured to selectively supply a gas including oxygen and a nutriment of a microorganism that forms the biofilm to at least one of water circulated by the water stoppage period circulation device and water supplied by the water stoppage period supply device when at least one of the water stoppage period circulation device and the water stoppage period supply device is operated.

6. The water treatment system according to claim 2 , wherein the oxygen nutriment supply unit is configured to selectively supply a gas including oxygen and a nutriment of a microorganism that forms the biofilm to at least one of water circulated by the water stoppage period circulation device and water supplied by the water stoppage period supply device when at least one of the water stoppage period circulation device and the water stoppage period supply device is operated.

7. The water treatment system according to claim 3 , wherein the oxygen nutriment supply unit is configured to selectively supply a gas including oxygen and a nutriment of a microorganism that forms the biofilm to at least one of water circulated by the water stoppage period circulation device and water supplied by the water stoppage period supply device when at least one of the water stoppage period circulation device and the water stoppage period supply device is operated.

8. The water treatment system according to claim 5 , wherein the oxygen nutriment supply unit supplies the gas including oxygen from a lower side of the discharge port of the biofilm treatment device.

9. The water treatment system according to claim 6 , wherein the oxygen nutriment supply unit supplies the gas including oxygen from a lower side of the discharge port of the biofilm treatment device.

10. The water treatment system according to claim 7 , wherein the oxygen nutriment supply unit supplies the gas including oxygen from a lower side of the discharge port of the biofilm treatment device.

11. The water treatment system according to claim 5 , wherein a supply amount of the water supplied by the water stoppage period supply device and a supply amount of the gas including oxygen and the nutriment of the microorganism selectively supplied by the oxygen nutriment supply unit are controlled based on a monitoring result by the monitoring unit.

12. The water treatment system according to claim 8 , wherein a supply amount of the water supplied by the water stoppage period supply device and a supply amount of the gas including oxygen and the nutriment of the microorganism selectively supplied by the oxygen nutriment supply unit are controlled based on a monitoring result by the monitoring unit.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 31, 2018
From: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINEERING, LTD.
Reel/Frame 046514/0347 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 24, 2015
From: HASHIMOTO, YUTA; IWAHASHI, HIDEO; MATSUI, KATSUNORI; TOKUNAGA, KIICHI; YASUNAGA, TAKESHI; TABATA, MASAYUKI; ITO, YOSHIAKI; TAKEUCHI, KAZUHISA; GOUDA, YASUHIDE
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.; NAIKAI SALT INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.; AQUA SYSTEMS LIMITED
Reel/Frame 037156/0929 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-140013 · Jul 3, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160115055A1 · Apr 28, 2016