Patent ID: 9678091
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: B01F,C02F,G01N,G05B,Y10T

Claim:
1. A system for treating wastewater, the system comprising: a data processor; a gas conducting device; a diffuser body, the diffuser body attached to the gas conducting device, defining a flat surface, and defining a passage in gaseous communication with the gas conducting device; a flexible diffuser membrane, a majority of the flexible diffuser membrane resting on the flat surface when the flexible diffuser membrane is in a relaxed state, and the flexible diffuser membrane supported by the diffuser body and in contact with wastewater when the gas conducting device, the diffuser body, and the flexible diffuser membrane are submerged in wastewater; and a sensor, the sensor operative to determine pressure at a location between the flexible diffuser membrane and the flat surface, and to transmit data representing the pressure to the data processor.