Patent ID: 7967892

Claim:
A water deaerating system, comprising: a housing; an open-ended conduit having a first end and a second end, said first end adapted to be placed beneath the surface of a body of oxygen-rich water, said conduit extending into said housing wherein said second end resides at a location in said housing that is above the surface of the body of oxygen-rich water, and wherein a spatial region is defined within said housing above said location; a vacuum source coupled to said housing for applying a vacuum to said spatial region; pumping means for pumping the oxygen-rich water through said conduit, wherein the oxygen-rich water exits said second end of said conduit and enters said spatial region of said housing, and wherein the oxygen-rich water in said spatial region descends through said housing due to gravity; and dispersing means disposed in said housing beneath said spatial region thereof for interrupting the oxygen-rich water's descension through said housing, wherein said vacuum removes oxygen from the oxygen-rich water so-descending to generate oxygen-depleted water.