Patent ID: 6649027
Filing Date: 2003-11-18
Classification: B01D,B64G,C02F,Y02W

Abstract:
A method of reclaiming water, comprising:mixing in a mixer input brine with recycle brine; outputting a mixture from the mixer to a processor; outputting from said processor substantially salt-free water from the mix of input brine and recycle brine, said processor being disposed downstream of said mixer, and wherein the step of outputting a substantially salt-free water occurs in the substantial absence of salt crystallization in said processor; outputting from the processor a flow having a high concentration of salts to a crystallizer subsystem; outputting from the crystallizer subsystem a salt, said subsystem being disposed downstream of said processor; and flowing said recycle brine from said crystallizer subsystem to said mixer; wherein the crystallizer subsystem includes a crystal processor and the method further comprising the steps of: outputting a salt concentration from the crystal processor into a cooler wherein said cooler cools the salt concentration; forming a crystallized salt from the salt concentration; inputting the recycle brine into a filter; capturing the crystallized salt in a the filter; allowing the recycle brine to exit the filter; inputting the recycle brine into a pump; outputting the recycle brine from the pump into a valve; and directing an output from the valve into the crystal processor and the mixer.