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| 20120103917 | Water Treatment Apparatus and a Method for Cleaning a Filter Layer of a Water Treatment Apparatus A water treatment apparatus including one or a plurality of mixed raw water stream jet nozzles (7), a filtering tank (5) housing a filter layer (4) disposed below the mixed raw water stream jet nozzle or nozzles, the filter layer consisting of an up... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120103881 | WATER TREATMENT PLANT WITH IMMERSED MEMBRANES A liquid treatment plant has sets of membrane trains and processing trains with flow between them through channels. Means of withdrawing permeate and sludge from the trains are described. Cyclic aeration is provided to the membrane trains. Methods of foam control, backw... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120080363 | POSITIVE PRESSURE, CONDITIONED DRYING GAS, GRAVITY OPERATED, MOBILE, DEWATERING SYSTEM FOR HYDRAULIC, LUBRICATING AND PETROLEUM BASED FLUIDS A high throughput, positive pressure, gravity operated dewatering system for hydraulic fluids, lubricating fluids, and petroleum based fluids comprises a gravity operated dewatering chamber receiving the industrial fluid and a source of positive pressure drying air coup... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120067796 | METHOD AND APPARATUS USING HYDROGEN PEROXIDE AND MICROWAVE SYSTEM FOR SLURRIES TREATMENT A method and apparatus for treating slurries of organic solids is disclosed. A slurry of organic solids is admixed with hydrogen peroxide, followed by exposure to microwave irradiation resulting in the heating of the mixture and enhanced hydrolysis of the organic solids... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120067797 | Bioreactor System For Aquarium And Septic Tank An aeration and microbial reactor system for use in decontaminating water including a housing adapted to float and/or submerged within the medium such that a top portion thereof remains adjacent a top surface of the contaminated water while the bioreactor containing ino... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120067818 | METHOD AND REACTOR FOR BIOLOGICAL PURIFICATION OF WASTE WATER. Present invention relates to a method and apparatus for purification of water, said method comprises the steps of feeding the water into a reactor (4) through one or more inlet tubes (1) or inlet zones and feed water an substrate through carrier elements f... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120067816 | SIMULTANEOUS ANOXIC BIOLOGICAL PHOSPHORUS AND NITROGEN REMOVAL Methods and systems are provided for treating wastewater to simultaneously remove nitrogen, carbon, and phosphorus. The process includes an anoxic tank that receives at least two streams, including plant influent wastewater and return activated sludge. These streams are... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120043265 | Hydrocyclone Apparatus A hydrocyclone apparatus has an input tank device, a pipe device and a first separating assembly. The input tank device has an input tank. The pipe device has a first pipe having a first end and a second end. The first end of the first pipe is connected securely to the ... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120024780 | Water treatment plant for combined biomass and biogas production A waste water treatment system is provided that includes a basin for holding water; nitrifying and denitrifying bacteria; macroalgae; and a biobed having a at least one layer and being constructed of materials selected to provide sufficient level of pH for enabling bact... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120028878 | Membrane Evaporation for Generating Highly Concentrated Protein Therapeutics The present invention relates to methods of generating highly concentrated protein solutions, e.g., an antibody solution, a therapeutic protein solution, etc. The methods of the invention include membrane evaporation, such as evaporation of protein-free solvent from the... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120024784 | Fluid Gasification/Degasification Apparatuses, Systems, and Processes Apparatuses, systems and processes for fluid gasification and degasification are disclosed. A fluid gasification/degasification apparatus includes housing having a central axis and at least one fluid inlet and at least one fluid outlet positioned at different axial loca... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120017840 | AQUARIUM HAVING IMPROVED FILTRATION SYSTEM WITH NEUTRAL BUOYANCY SUBSTRATE, PUMP AND SEDIMENT REMOVAL SYSTEM An aquarium which includes a tank having a pump and an under gravel filter disposed in the tank below the pump and a sediment removal system for collecting and removing sediment which passes through the under gravel filter. The under gravel filter includes a hollow bubb... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120012525 | REFUSE LANDFILL LEACHATE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND TECHNOLOGY This invention relates to a refuse landfill leachate wastewater treatment system comprising a collection well, an adjustment tank, a filter, a comprehensive treatment system having a multi-stage anoxic/aerobic pool and a membrane biological reactor. The process of treat... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120006744 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR THE TREATMENT OF WASTE WATER The invention relates to a reactor for treatment of waste water for being subject to both anoxic/anaerobic and aerobic treatment within one single reactor volume. The anoxic/anaerobic reaction zone is separated from the aerobic reaction zone by a separator which also wo... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20110315628 | System and method for capturing and bioremediating hydrocarbon pollutants using dynamic filters A dynamic filter member comprising a mass of lipophilic, hydrophobic fibers and bioremediating microbes, said filter member having a sufficient volume of interstitial areas such that water flow through said filter member is substantially unimpeded.... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110315629 | SUBMERGED MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR SYSTEM AND BIOLOGICAL METHODS FOR REMOVING BISPHENOL COMPOUNDS FROM MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER The present document describes a process and a bioreactor for reducing a bisphenol compound content of a wastewater using a membrane bioreactor containing a biomass in a volatile suspended solid (VSS) form where the biomass in the membrane bioreactor is operating contin... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110303594 | FLAT PLATE MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR WITH A LIQUID AIR SEPARATOR A multistage immersion type membrane separator includes a liquid air separator, the liquid air separator including an outlet tube, an inlet tube, and a skirt. The outlet tube is cylindrical and has a outlet tube diameter, and the inlet pipe has an inlet pipe diameter of... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110297001 | WINE AERATOR An aerator has a sphere, several rods that project upwardly from the sphere, and a filter that sits on the rods. The rods rest on the mouth of a vessel such as a wine glass with the sphere at or below the mouth. A liquid such as wine is poured through the filter and ont... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110290745 | Concentrator Filter A method and an apparatus for separating suspended matter from liquid includes a concentrator filter that draws the liquid out of the suspension while the filter kept unblocked by a sparging filter that allows scrubbing of the concentrator filter by gas bubbles. This in... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110284438 | BIOLOGICAL FILTRATION SYSTEM WITH SOCKS OF ABSORBENT MATERIAL In an apparatus for treating wastewater, e.g sewage water, the water passes through absorbent material. The material comprises e.g inexpensive scraps or off-cuts of plastic foam. The pieces of material are contained by being stuffed into lengths of plastic mesh tubing, ... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110272349 | PLANT FOR THE TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL OF WASTE WATER CONTAINING SALTS AND OIL AND METHOD FOR THE TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL OF WASTE WATER CONTAINING SALTS AND OIL The invention relates to a plant and a method for the treatment and disposal of waste water containing salts and oil, in particular produced water, comprising at least one settling area for receiving the waste water and for separating oil proportions from the waste wate... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110253604 | OZONATION SYSTEM FOR TREATING SECONDARY WASTEWATER Septic systems incorporating an ozonation system comprise one or more corona discharge ozone generators receiving air, such as atmospheric air, and having an outlet for the withdrawal of a mixture of air and ozone gas. The system also comprises a septic tank for receivi... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110253610 | Filtration and air supply device used in an aquatic equipment This invention introduces a filtration and air supply device(3) used in an aquatic equipment(2). Said filtration and air supply device(3) comprises filtration system with air supply, including filtration box(31), water pump(33), filter... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110253625 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REMOVING BIOLOGICAL NITROGEN AND SUPPORT THEREFOR Provided is a biological nitrogen removal method which includes, causing to flow a support having, on the surface portion thereof, a two-layered microbial film which holes, in the outer layer, nitrite type nitrifying bacteria or aerobic bacteria and nitrite type nitrify... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110247977 | Device for Treating Wastewater Comprising Nitrogen and Phosphorus and a Method for the Same Disclosed are a device for treating nitrogen and phosphorus from wastewater, including: an algal culture tank for culturing microalgae capable of treating nitrogen and phosphorus from wastewater; and a separation membrane for separating thus treated water from the micro... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110240524 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BREAKING AN EMULSION A method of demulsifying an emulsion is provided, the method comprising an initial step of supplying the emulsion to a fluid processor passage (14) having an inlet (16) and an outlet (18), wherein the cross sectional area of the passage (14) ... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110240538 | SPACING MEMBER, MEMBER ELEMENT, AND SUBMERGED MEMBRANE SEPARATION DEVICE A membrane element 36 includes filtration membranes 45 on the flat part of the membrane element 36. Spacing members 60 keep spacing S between the filtration membranes 45 between the membrane elements 36 when the membrane element... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110226705 | Apparatus and Method for Dissolution of Ozone in Water and Catalytic Oxidation A system and method for oxidation treatment of water in which ozone gas is dissolved in water by passing a mixed gas-liquid stream through a monolith at an elevated pressure that is close to the preferred gas output pressure for an ozone generator. The monolith is prefe... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110220558 | UPSTREAM OZONE CONTACT TANK FOR REMOVING RESIDUAL OZONE The present invention relates to an upstream ozone contact tank for removing residual ozone. The upstream ozone contact tank comprises an inlet through which purified raw water flows, at least one contact chamber, at least one reaction chamber, an upstream contact chamb... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110220572 | FILTERING SYSTEM AND METHOD Disclosed is a filtering system and method which facilitates to maximize cleaning efficiency, minimize heat energy consumption for cleaning, and shorten cleaning time by a concentrated heating only in a filtering membrane for a maintenance cleaning or recovery cleaning,... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110210080 | Process and System for Removal of Organics in Liquids The invention concerns a process for removal of organics in liquids, especially dilute, toxic organics in water, wherein the liquid is contacted with microcapsules containing oxidizing agents, in combination with a photo-catalytic membrane. The invention is also related... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110198283 | MEMBRANE CLEANING WITH PULSED AIRLIFT PUMP A method of cleaning a membrane surface immersed in a liquid medium with a fluid flow, including the steps of providing a randomly generated intermittent or pulsed fluid flow along the membrane surface to dislodge fouling materials therefrom. A membrane module is also d... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110186491 | Aerobic Treatment/Clarifier System for Use in an Aerobic Wastewater Treatment System An aerobic treatment/clarifying system for use in an aerobic wastewater treatment system. The system comprises a structure which defines at least one compartment, at least one aerobic treatment chamber and at least two clarifying chambers being formed in the compartment... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110186490 | APPARATUS FOR CONCENTRATING A SOLUTION An apparatus for concentrating solution includes a plurality of nozzles (1) to spray solution into minute particle mist, a gas supplier (2) to transfer gas-mist mixture containing mist by supplying carrier gas to mist sprayed from the nozzle (1), an... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110186509 | PROCESSING OF WATER USING MICROORGANISMS A method for microbiologically processing water includes treating the water in a bioreactor with microorganisms, wherein at least 70% of the microorganisms can break down 2-propanol and/or acetone.... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110186489 | GASIFICATION GREY WATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS In one embodiment, a grey water treatment system includes an oxidation reactor for oxidizing grey water. The grey water treatment system also includes a biological reduction and precipitation system with microbes designed to remove one or more target components from the... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110180467 | SUBMERGED BIOFILTRATION PURIFYING APPARATUS A submerged biofiltration purifying apparatus includes a settling zone being a 3D space having open top, bottom, and two lateral sides; one or more filtering zones coupled to the two lateral sides of the settling zone, and each being a 3D space with open sides and havin... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110180474 | RADIAL FLOW MEMBRANE BIOFILM REACTOR A membrane biofilm reactor (MBfR) device for treatment of water avoiding biofouling comprising: a central core tube having a wall defining a lumen and one or more perforations in the wall defining a perforated region, the core tube further having a first open end and se... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110174730 | ALGAL PURIFICATION SYSTEM WITH EFFICIENT SOLAR LIGHT UTILIZATION The present invention relates to an algal purification system. In particular, the present invention relates to a biological purification system incorporating light-converting materials and sun trackers to enhance photosynthesis of algae therein in order to treat wastewa... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110168611 | WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD The wastewater treatment system provides multiple techniques for decontaminating wastewater contained within a single system, thus optimizing the decontamination of the wastewater. In one embodiment, the wastewater treatment system includes a steel-reinforced plastic ta... | 07/14/2011 |
