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Apparatus and process for the aeration of water

  • US 5,525,242 A
  • Filed: 10/19/1994
  • Issued: 06/11/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/19/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In a process for the aeration of domestic water contaminated with trace levels of dissolved gas and/or an oxidizable mineral salt wherein said contaminated water is passed through a venturi nozzle retained within a vessel, contacted with an oxygen containing gas under conditions for oxidizing and/or removing said gas and/or oxidizing said mineral salt, discharged from the venturi nozzle and then the resultant aerated water collected within the vessel, the improvement for improving the taste and removing objectionable odor from the water which comprises:

  • utilizing a venturi nozzle having a nozzle chamber in which water and oxygen containing gas are contacted, the contaminated water passing through the venturi nozzle and discharging into the nozzle chamber, said venturi nozzle having a nozzle extension in communication with the nozzle chamber and venturi nozzle which retains the water mixed with oxygen containing gas in the form of a confined steam, discharging the confined stream therefrom and venting gases from the vessel, said nozzle extension having a restrictor therein, said restrictor located within said nozzle extension, said restrictor comprising an annular element of constant inner diameter that is smaller than a constant inner diameter of the nozzle extension upstream from said restrictor, and wherein said nozzle extension resumes downstream from said restrictor at the same constant inner diameter of said nozzle extension upstream from said restrictor.

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