Patent ID: 7537702
Filing Date: 2009-05-26
Classification: B01D,C02F,Y02A

Abstract:
1. A water purification system comprising: at least two inlets, each inlet being configured to receive non-potable water from different non-potable water sources; a thermal hydrolysis catalytic reactor, the thermal hydrolysis catalytic reactor comprising a hydrolysis catalyst configured to hydrolyze chemical and biological agents in said water, without addition of an oxidizing agent; an adsorbent media bed, the adsorbent media bed comprising an adsorbent for adsorbing radionuclides and wherein the adsorbent media bed is in fluid communication with the thermal hydrolysis catalytic reactor; a low pressure pump configured to pump non-potable water from said inlets through said thermal hydrolysis catalytic reactor and said adsorbent media bed; a reverse osmosis unit, the reverse osmosis unit being in fluid communication with the adsorbent media bed; a high pressure pump configured to pump water through said reverse osmosis unit; a recuperator configured to transfer heat from water treated in said thermal hydrolysis catalytic reactor to said non-potable water prior to entering said thermal hydrolysis catalytic reactor; and said water purification system being portable and configured to provide potable water from source water contaminated with chemical, biological, radiological, and toxic industrial chemicals.