Aquifer storage and recovery system including aerobic reactor using microbes from underground aquifer

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10745306-B2
Application number	US-201916390007-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 22, 2019
Priority date	Jan 2, 2019
Publication date	Aug 18, 2020
Grant date	Aug 18, 2020

Abstract

Provided is an aquifer storage and recovery system, in which microbes extracted from an underground aquifer are involved in an assimilable organic carbon (AOC) removal mechanism and applied to an aerobic reactor, and a predetermined portion of assimilable organic carbon in raw water is removed through the aerobic reactor.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An aquifer storage and recovery system, comprising:
a raw water tank which stores raw water;
an aerobic reactor which receives the raw water from the raw water tank and removes assimilable organic carbon (AOC) and organic matter contained in the raw water through aerobic reaction using microbes extracted from an underground aquifer;
an aquifer storage and recovery tank which includes a permeable layer and an underground aquifer, the underground aquifer of which receives the raw water filtered by the aerobic reactor through permeable layer disposed over the underground aquifer, and which produces reclaimed water from the raw water through an aquifer storage and recovery process; and
a treated water tank connected to the aquifer storage and recovery tank for receiving the reclaimed water from the aquifer storage and recovery tank;
a coagulant separation apparatus provided on one side of the aquifer storage and recovery tank and which separates a metal ion from the permeable layer; and
a coagulation reactor provided at a front or rear end of the aerobic reactor;
wherein the metal ion contained in the reclaimed water of the aquifer storage and recovery tank is used as a soil derived coagulant, the coagulant separation apparatus is for concentrating, separating and supplying the soil derived coagulant to the coagulation reactor, and the coagulation reactor coagulates and removes the assimilable organic carbon (AOC) and the organic matter by using the soil derived coagulant.

2. The aquifer storage and recovery system according to claim 1 , wherein the microbes extracted from the underground aquifer are aerobic microbes that decompose assimilable organic carbon (AOC) in water.

3. The aquifer storage and recovery system according to claim 1 , wherein the microbes extracted from the underground aquifer are aerobic microbes that decompose assimilable organic carbon (AOC) in water, and are microbes extracted from soil that constitutes the underground aquifer of the aquifer storage and recovery tank.

4. The aquifer storage and recovery system according to claim 1 , wherein the aerobic reactor includes an adsorbent, and the microbes extracted from the underground aquifer are attached to and grow on the adsorbent.

5. The aquifer storage and recovery system according to claim 4 , wherein the adsorbent includes activated carbon or sand.

6. The aquifer storage and recovery system according to claim 4 , wherein the adsorbent is activated carbon or sand attached to a flat plate or a mesh, and provided in plural, and each absorbent is placed in a vertical direction at a predetermined interval from an adjacent absorbent on a bottom of the aerobic reactor.

7. The aquifer storage and recovery system according to claim 1 , further comprising an air diffuser on one side of the aerobic reactor to supply air.

8. The aquifer storage and recovery system according to claim 1 , wherein the microbes extracted from the underground aquifer include Pseudomonas Jinjuensis.

Assignees

• Korea Inst Sci & Tech

Inventors

• Jeong Seong Pil
• Choi Jae Woo
• Cho Kyungjin
• Nguyen Hien Thi
• Kim Youngjae
• Jang Am
• Lee Seunghak
• Lee Seockheon

Classifications

• Y02A20/406

  Aquifer recharge · CPC title

• Y02W10/10

  Biological treatment of water, waste water, or sewage · CPC title

• E03B3/34 Primary

  of underground water · CPC title

• C02F3/34

  characterised by the microorganisms used · CPC title

• C02F3/109

  Characterized by the shape (C02F3/104 takes precedence) · CPC title