Water treatment system
The invention in at least one embodiment includes a system for treating water having an intake module, a vortex module, a disk-pack module, and a motor module. In at least one embodiment, a water system includes vortex housing having an interior wall defining a vortex chamber in fluid communication with the expansion chamber of said disk-pack turbine and inlets into the vortex chamber, and the vortex chamber having an upper section with a bowl or modified concave hyperbolic shape into which fluid is received from said inlets and a lower section with a conical or funnel shape with a steep vertical angle of change that opens into expansion chamber. In at least one further embodiment, the disk-pack module includes a disk-pack turbine having a plurality of disks having at least one waveform present on at least one of the disks.
1. A water treatment system comprising:
a disk-pack turbine having an expansion chamber substantially defined by axially centered openings passing through disks; and,
a vortex housing having
an interior wall defining a vortex chamber in fluid communication with the expansion chamber of said disk-pack turbine, and
inlets into the vortex chamber,
wherein the vortex chamber has an upper section with a bowl or modified concave hyperbolic shape into which fluid is received from said inlets and a lower section with a conical or funnel shape with a steep vertical angle of change from said upper section to a bottom of said lower section relative to a vertical axis passing through said vortex chamber as measured by an angle between tangents taken along a vertical height of said interior wall relative to the vertical axis, and said vortex chamber opens into the expansion chamber of said disk-pack turbine.
2. The water treatment system according to claim 1 , wherein said interior wall in the lower section follows a long radial path in a vertical descending direction.
3. The water treatment system according to claim 1 , wherein said vortex housing includes a cap and a main body.
4. The water treatment system according to claim 3 , wherein said cap includes a concentric concave depression facing towards said disk-pack turbine and defining a top of the vortex chamber.
5. The water treatment system according to claim 3 , wherein said cap and said main body together form the inlets.
6. The water treatment system according to claim 3 , wherein said inlets are present in said cap.
7. The water treatment system according to claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of conduits extending from said vortex housing to a point below said inlets,
each of said plurality of conduits including a plurality of bends, and
wherein for each inlet, there is one conduit connected to it.
8. The system according to claim 7 , wherein the bends include at least one 90 degree bend and one 45 degree bend.
9. A water treatment system comprising:
a disk-pack turbine having an expansion chamber substantially defined by axially centered openings passing through disks; and,
a vortex housing having
an interior wall defining a vortex chamber in fluid communication with the expansion chamber of said disk-pack turbine, and
inlets into the vortex chamber,
wherein the vortex chamber has an upper section with a bowl or modified concave hyperbolic shape into which fluid is received from said inlets and a lower section with a conical or funnel shape having a slope with increasing steepness from said upper section to a bottom of said lower section, and said vortex chamber opens into the expansion chamber of said disk-pack turbine.
10. The water treatment system according to claim 9 , wherein said vortex housing includes a cap and a main body.
11. The water treatment system according to claim 10 , wherein said cap includes a concentric concave depression facing towards said disk-pack turbine and defining a top of the vortex chamber.
12. The water treatment system according to claim 10 , wherein said inlets are present in said cap.
13. The water treatment system according to claim 9 , further comprising a plurality of conduits extending from said vortex housing to a point below said inlets,
each of said plurality of conduits including a plurality of bends, and
wherein for each inlet, there is one conduit connected to it.
14. The system according to claim 13 , wherein the bends include at least one 90 degree bend and one 45 degree bend.
15. A water treatment system comprising:
a disk-pack turbine having an expansion chamber substantially defined by axially centered openings passing through disks; and,
a vortex housing having
an interior wall defining a vortex chamber in fluid communication with the expansion chamber of said disk-pack turbine, and
inlets into the vortex chamber,
wherein the vortex chamber has an upper section with a bowl or modified concave hyperbolic shape into which fluid is received from said inlets and a lower section with a conical or funnel shape where said interior wall in the lower section follows a long radial path in a vertical descending direction, and said vortex chamber opens into the expansion chamber of said disk-pack turbine.
16. The water treatment system according to claim 15 , wherein said vortex housing includes a cap and a main body.
17. The water treatment system according to claim 16 , wherein said cap includes a concentric concave depression facing towards said disk-pack turbine and defining a top of the vortex chamber.
18. The water treatment system according to claim 16 , wherein said inlets are present in said cap.
19. The water treatment system according to claim 15 , further comprising a plurality of conduits extending from said vortex housing to a point below said inlets,
each of said plurality of conduits including a plurality of bends, and
wherein for each inlet, there is one conduit connected to it.
20. The system according to claim 19 , wherein the bends include at least one 90 degree bend and one 45 degree bend.