Patent ID: 11945742
Assignee: SANITARY GREEN INCORPORATED
Field: Environmental technology (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C  Y | IPC C

Claim 19:
20. A method (500) of processing wastewater, the method comprising:
providing (505) wastewater (12) through at least one inlet (182) of a wastewater processing module (10) into a baffle interior volume (188) of a ducted flow-deflecting baffle (180) that is included in the wastewater processing module (10) and positioned in an interior volume (101) of the wastewater processing module (10); wherein the wastewater processing module comprises one or more flow-deflecting baffles (120) that divide the interior volume into a plurality of fluidly connected sections (106), a purification medium (200) at least partially filling the plurality of fluidly connected sections (106), and an atmospherically open top (192); wherein the one or more flow-deflecting baffles (120) includes a ducted flow-deflecting baffle (180) having a baffle interior volume (188); and wherein the baffle interior volume (188) of the ducted flow-deflecting baffle (180) forms a fluidly connected section (106) of the plurality of fluidly connected sections (106);
flowing (510) the wastewater (12) from the at least one inlet (182) to at least one outlet (184) of the wastewater processing module (10), wherein the flowing comprises:
channeling (515), with the one or more flow-deflecting baffles (120), the wastewater along a plurality of circuitous bulk flow paths (107) through the purification medium (200) contained within each of the plurality of fluidly connected sections (106); wherein the channeling (515) comprises channeling, with the ducted flow-deflecting baffle (180), the wastewater (12) along at least one circuitous bulk flow path (107) of the plurality of circuitous bulk flow paths (107) between the baffle interior volume (188) of the ducted flow-deflecting baffle (180) and an adjacent fluidly connected section (106) of the plurality of fluidly connected sections (106);

sequestering (520), with the purification medium (200) contained in the plurality of fluidly connected sections (106), contaminants from the wastewater (12) during the channeling (515), wherein the sequestering (520) comprises producing processed water (14) from the wastewater (12); and
exhausting (525), with the at least one outlet (184) the processed water (14) from the interior volume of the wastewater processing module (10).