Method and apparatus for oxygenating ground water
First Claim
1. A device for oxygenating ground water comprisinga length of tubing having an open upper end, an open lower end, a tubular wall extending from said upper end to said lower end, and a longitudinal axis, a plurality of parallel electrically conductive plates within said tubular wall, said plurality of plates having a spacing between adjacent ones thereof, means for applying and electric potential across adjacent pairs of said plates and across said spacings, a pump for moving water through said tubing from said lower end to said upper end, said pump including an inverted funnel having a frustoconical portion with a large diameter lower end and a smaller diameter upper end, and a tubular draft pine extending upwardly from said smaller diameter upper end, and means for vertically suspending said tubing within said vertical well.
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Abstract
An oxygenation unit for insertion into a well is used to increase the oxygenation of ground water. The unit includes a length of tubing suspended in the well. Within the tubing are a plurality of parallel spaced plates. An electric potential is applied across adjacent plates such that electrolysis will break water down to oxygen and hydrogen. Water is circulated through the unit using an air flow draft pump in which air is bubbled up through an inverted funnel in the tube.
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24 Claims
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1. A device for oxygenating ground water comprising
a length of tubing having an open upper end, an open lower end, a tubular wall extending from said upper end to said lower end, and a longitudinal axis, a plurality of parallel electrically conductive plates within said tubular wall, said plurality of plates having a spacing between adjacent ones thereof, means for applying and electric potential across adjacent pairs of said plates and across said spacings, a pump for moving water through said tubing from said lower end to said upper end, said pump including an inverted funnel having a frustoconical portion with a large diameter lower end and a smaller diameter upper end, and a tubular draft pine extending upwardly from said smaller diameter upper end, and means for vertically suspending said tubing within said vertical well.
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12. A device for oxygenating ground water comprising
a well extending into the ground to a level below the water table, a length of tubing having an open upper end, an open lower end, a tubular wall extending from said upper end to said lower end, and a longitudinal axis, a plurality of parallel electrically conductive plates within said tubular wall, said length of tubing suspended in said well, said plates having a spacing between adjacent ones thereof, means for applying and electric potential across adjacent pairs of said plates and across said spacings, a pump for moving water through said tubing from said lower end to said upper end and said pump including an inverted funnel having a large diameter lower end and a smaller diameter upper end.
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21. The method of oxygenating ground water under a parcel of ground comprising the steps of
providing a plurality of wells in said ground where each well extends below said ground water level, providing a plurality of oxygenation units where each oxygenation unit comprises a length of tubing having an open upper end, an open lower end, a tubular wall extending from said open upper end to said open lower end, and a longitudinal axis, a plurality of parallel electrically conductive plates within said tubular wall, said plates having a spacing between adjacent ones thereof, means for applying and electric potential across adjacent pairs of said plates and across said spacings, a pump for moving water through said length of tubing from said lower end to said upper end, wherein said pump comprises an inverted funnel having a frustoconical portion with a large diameter lower end and a smaller diameter upper end, and a tubular draft pipe extending upwardly from said smaller diameter upper end, and said method further comprises, providing an air compressor having an output, providing a plurality of lengths of tubing, extending said length of tubing from said compressor output to said funnels of said oxygenation units, and suspending one of said oxygenation units in each of said wells.
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24. A device for oxygenating ground water comprising
a length of tubing having an open upper end, an open lower end, a tubular wall extending from said upper end to said lower end, and a longitudinal axis, a plurality of electrically conductive plates within said tubular wall, said plurality of plates having a spacing between adjacent ones thereof, means for applying an electric potential across adjacent pairs of said plates and across said spacings, a pump for moving water through said tubing from said lower end to said upper end, said pump including an inverted funnel having a large diameter lower end and a smaller diameter upper end, and means for vertically suspending said tubing within said vertical well.
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