Patent ID: 9168493
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: B01D,C02F,C12M,Y02E

Abstract:
1. An apparatus, comprising: a) a first chamber for receiving waste water; b) a plurality of filters, arranged radially around a central axis, configured to receive the waste water from the first chamber and, upon being rotated around the central axis, retain elements of the waste water having at least a first minimum size and to allow a filtered mixture to pass through, the filtered mixture having particles therein with a size less than the first minimum size; c) a second chamber configured to collect the filtered mixture; d) a connector path configured to carry the filtered mixture from the second chamber; and e) a plurality of filtration modules, arranged radially around the central axis, configured to receive the filtered mixture at a near end of each filtration module to the central axis and, upon being rotated around the central axis, separate a concentrate from the filtered mixture and produce substantially clean water from the filtered mixture, the concentrate having particles therein with a size greater than a second minimum size, the second minimum size being significantly smaller than the first minimum size, and each filtration module having: