Patent ID: 6461862
Filing Date: 2002-10-08
Classification: B01D,C02F

Abstract:
Apparatus for treating geothermal water to remove a malodorous gas, the apparatus comprising:a tank for holding a body of treated geothermal water; a tank inlet for geothermal water with a dissolved malodorous gas, a sprinkler system in the tank for spraying geothermal water in the tank to create a spray of geothermal water above the body of water in the tank; a tank inlet for admitting air into the tank; a tank outlet for removing air from the tank, the air inlet and air outlet being located with respect to each other so air flows through the spray of geothermal water and removes malodorous gas from the geothermal water; a medium of microorganisms which remove malodorous gas from air connected to the air outlet; and a tank outlet for removing treated geothermal mineral water from the tank.