Patent ID: 9193615
Filing Date: 2015-11-24
Classification: A01K,C02F,Y02W

Abstract:
1. A portable moving bed biofilter for nitrifying a body of water, comprising: (a) a housing, wherein said housing comprises a box, said box comprises top, front, back, side, and bottom surfaces, wherein the back and side surfaces comprise solid panels, the bottom surface or a portion thereof is a non-horizontal surface comprising mesh, and the front surface comprises a solid panel below the air-water border and mesh at and above the air-water border, wherein the air-water border is the interface between the air and water to be filtered or water that is filtered, (b) floating media contained within the housing comprising nitrifying bacteria disposed on the surface of said floating media; and (c) an aeration system comprising parallel air conduits, couplable to an air supply system, configured to release air bubbles toward the bottom of the housing such that the air bubbles rise through the floating media to create aerobic conditions for the nitrifying bacteria.