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

Claim 0:
1. A wastewater processing module (10) configured to receive wastewater (12) and purify the wastewater (12) to produce processed water (14) therefrom, the wastewater processing module (10) comprising: a wastewater processing container (100) defining an interior volume (101) and comprising an atmospherically open top (192), wherein the wastewater processing container (100) is configured to contain a purification medium (200) within the interior volume (101) and to direct flow of the wastewater (12) along a plurality of circuitous bulk flow paths (107) through the purification medium (200), wherein the wastewater processing container (100) comprises: an inlet assembly (102) comprising at least one inlet (182) that is configured to receive the wastewater (12) into the interior volume (101); an outlet assembly (104) comprising at least one outlet (184) that is configured to exhaust the processed water (14) from the interior volume (101); and one or more flow-deflecting baffles (120) each being positioned fluidly between the inlet assembly (102) and the outlet assembly (104), wherein the one or more flow-deflecting baffles (120) divide the interior volume (101) into a plurality of fluidly connected sections (106), wherein each flow-deflecting baffle (120) defines a passageway (110) that permits wastewater to flow between respective adjacent fluidly connected sections of the plurality of fluidly connected sections, and wherein each flow-deflecting baffle (120) is configured to channel the wastewater to flow along at least one circuitous bulk flow path (107) of the plurality of circuitous bulk flow paths (107) between the respective adjacent fluidly connected sections (106); wherein the one or more flow-deflecting baffles (120) include a ducted flow-deflecting baffle (180), wherein the ducted flow-deflecting baffle (180) defines a baffle interior volume (188), wherein the baffle interior volume (188) of the ducted flow-deflecting baffle (180) forms one of a fluidly connected section (106) of the plurality of fluidly connected sections (106), wherein the ducted flow-deflecting baffle (180) divides the interior volume (101) from an adjacent fluidly connected section of the plurality of fluidly connected sections (106), and wherein the ducted flow-deflected baffle (180) is configured to channel the wastewater to flow along at least one bulk circuitous flow path (107) between the baffle interior volume (188) and the adjacent fluidly connected section (106) of the plurality of fluidly connected sections; and the purification medium (200), wherein the purification medium (200) comprises a particulate material (202) at least partially filling the interior volume (101) and configured to permit flow of the wastewater (12) therethrough, and wherein the purification medium (200) is configured to sequester contaminants from the wastewater (12) as the wastewater (12) flows through the interior volume (101).