Abstract:
A water treatment unit includes a unit housing having an electrocoagulation chamber for containing water being treated; a replaceable electrocoagulation cartridge removably retained within the electrocoagulation chamber and having several electrically conductive electrocoagulation plates; a unit control mechanism, and a unit electric circuit electrically connected to the unit control mechanism and adapted to be electrically connected to an electric power source, where the unit electric circuit includes metal strips configured to extend through the water being treated between the replaceable electrocoagulation cartridge and a wall of the electrocoagulation chamber to electrically connect at least one of the electrically conductive electrocoagulation plates to the electric power source when the replaceable electrocoagulation cartridge is retained within the electrocoagulation chamber. In the unit, as the replaceable electrocoagulation cartridge is inserted into the electrocoagulation chamber the metal strips are adapted to complete the unit electric circuit within the water being treated.
Abstract:
A portable batch water storage and treatment unit includes a unit housing divided by internal partitions into a hardware chamber containing a water pump, an electronic control panel, a unit electric circuit, and an electric power source; an electrocoagulation chamber retaining a replaceable electrocoagulation cartridge containing plates electrically connected to the battery by the unit circuit through the control panel; a filter chamber in fluid communication with the electrocoagulation chamber and retaining a water filter cartridge; and a clean water reservoir chamber in fluid communication with the filter chamber for receiving and holding water pumped through the electrocoagulation and filter chambers; and a water inlet and outlet ports in the unit housing.