Ozone contains three atoms of oxygen (O3) that is different than the two atoms oxygen (O2) in breathable air. Ozone may also be known as “activated oxygen.” The oxidizing properties of ozone can reduce or eliminate taste and odor problems. Furthermore, ozone is a powerful sterilant that can be used as an effective disinfectant. In some applications, ozone can effectively kill bacteria, viruses, microorganisms, and many other pathogens. Ozone is commonly used to treat and disinfect water.
The following presents a simplified summary of one or more aspects of the present disclosure, in order to provide a basic understanding of such aspects. This summary is not an extensive overview of all contemplated features of the disclosure, and is intended neither to identify key or critical elements of all aspects of the disclosure nor to delineate the scope of any or all aspects of the disclosure. Its sole purpose is to present some concepts of one or more aspects of the disclosure in a simplified form as a prelude to the more detailed description that is presented later. In some aspects, the tortuous configuration may be a coiled shape, a helical shape, a spiral shape, a circular shape, or a wound shape. In some aspects, the ozone distributor may include a housing containing the porous tube in the tortuous configuration, and the porous tube when extended is substantially longer than the housing in a length direction.
Aspects of the present disclosure provide an apparatus for introducing ozone into water. The apparatus includes an ozone source that is configured to provide ozone. The apparatus further includes an air pump that is operatively coupled with the ozone source to provide an air stream mixed with the ozone at a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure. The apparatus further includes an ozone distributor pneumatically coupled with the air pump to introduce the ozone-mixed air stream into the water. The ozone distributor includes a porous tube set in a tortuous configuration.
These and other aspects of the invention will become more fully understood upon a review of the detailed description, which follows. Other aspects, features, and embodiments will become apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art, upon reviewing the following description of specific, exemplary embodiments in conjunction with the accompanying figures. While features may be discussed relative to certain embodiments and figures below, all embodiments can include one or more of the advantageous features discussed herein. In other words, while one or more embodiments may be discussed as having certain advantageous features, one or more of such features may also be used in accordance with the various embodiments discussed herein. In similar fashion, while exemplary embodiments may be discussed below as device, system, or method embodiments it should be understood that such exemplary embodiments can be implemented in various devices, systems, and methods.
Referring now to the drawings, embodiments of systems and methods of a portable water treatment system using ozone as a sterilant or disinfectant are disclosed in the present disclosure. The water treatment system is portable with all the working components being self-contained in an easy to carry unit that can be powered from standard AC power. This water treatment system can be used to effectively disinfect standing water in handheld style containers, for example, water bottles, pitchers, decanters, and personal and family size containers.
In one example, two brace members 306 are located at opposite sides inside the housing and extend in a length direction of the housing. In other examples, two or more brace members 306 may be used. Two brace members 306 are shown as rectangular bars in
While the above description contains many specific embodiments of the invention, these should not be construed as limitations on the scope of the invention, but rather as examples of specific embodiments thereof. Accordingly, the scope of the invention should be determined not by the embodiments illustrated, but by the appended claims and their equivalents.
This application is the U.S. National Stage of International Patent Application No. PCT/US2018/057169 filed on Oct. 23, 2018, which claims the benefit of priority from U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62/578,231 filed on Oct. 27, 2017, the disclosures of the foregoing applications being incorporated herein by reference in their entirety for all applicable purposes.
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