Patent ID: 7459075
Filing Date: 2008-12-02
Classification: C02F

Abstract:
1. A process control oxidation water treatment system comprising: a water source; a main line in communication with said water source and having a main line injection point; and a process stream flowing through the main line to an aeration tower; wherein an ozone dispenser adds ozone to water in the main line at a main line injection point upstream of an aeration tower inlet of the aeration tower, the aeration tower being configured and arranged such that the water and ozone flow in an upward direction in the aeration tower from the aeration tower inlet to an aeration tower outlet at a top of the aeration tower, and a neutralizing chemical dispenser adds a sodium thiosulfate solution at the top of the aeration tower, and wherein the aeration tower outlet at the top of the aeration tower releases the water into a main reservoir.