Patent ID: 8919573

Claim:
An apparatus for purifying produced water to make said water potable, comprising: an intake pump for bringing produced water into said apparatus; at least one ozone contact chamber for injecting ozone into the produced water being injected into at least one of the at least one centrifugal separator; a centrifugal separator for receiving ozone injected produced water from the at least one ozone contact chamber and mixing the injected ozone with the produced water, the mixing of the injected ozone with the produced water in the centrifugal separator destroying microbiological life forms within the ozone injected produced water, acting as a catalyst for a resolution process to resolve emulsified oil from suspension in the produced water, and precipitating soluble solids from the produced water, the centrifugal separator further separating the ozone injected produced water into the precipitated soluble solids, the resolved emulsified oils and the produced water; a series of progressive filtration components providing multiple levels for progressively filtering the produced water from the at least one centrifugal separator, each of the multiple levels filtering a smaller level of particles from the produced water than a preceding level, wherein the series of progressive filtration components further comprises: a second intake pump for bringing said produced water into said filtration components; a first filter, connected to said intake pump, said produced water passing through and being filtered by said first filter; a second ozone contact chamber, connected to said first filter, said produced water passing through said second ozone contact chamber and being contacted with ozone in said second ozone contact chamber; a second filter; connected to said second ozone contact chamber, said produced water passing through and being filtered by said second filter; a first granular activated carbon filter, connected to said second filter, said produced water passing through said first granular activated carbon filter; a third filter, connected to said first granular activated filter, said produced water passing through and being filtered by said third filter; a second granular activated carbon filter, connected to said third filter, said produced water passing through said second granular activated carbon filter; and a fourth filter, connected to said second granular activated carbon filter, said produced water passing through and being filtered by said fourth filter; and desalination filters for desalinating said progressively filter produced water.