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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8133394 | Method for purifying wastewater Wastewater can be purified in a device, which includes a cup-shaped vessel, having a wastewater inlet tube for the water at a certain level and an outlet tube at a lower level than the inlet tube, and a horizontal distribution disc, which vertically divides the vess... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8105490 | Low phosphorus water treatment systems A water or wastewater treatment system to reduce phosphorus or other pollutant concentrations in water or wastewater may include an optional primary treatment stage in fluid communication with a biological secondary treatment stage. The secondary treatment stage may... | 01/31/2012 |
| 7981293 | Method and apparatus for treatment of contaminated liquid Methods and apparatuses for treatment of contaminated liquid are provided including an integrated ultra-filtration and clarification apparatus, and an optional integrated electrocoagulation capability. The integrated apparatus comprises an outer tank, an inner casin... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7931808 | Sequencing batch reactor with continuous membrane filtration and solids reduction A method and system of treating wastewater that can provide operating flexibility is disclosed. The system is operated with a sequencing batch reactor, which is typically cycling to any of fill, react, settle, decant, and idle stages, to treat the wastewater. The sy... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7927493 | Low phosphorus water treatment methods A water or wastewater treatment system to reduce phosphorus or other pollutant concentrations in water or wastewater may include an optional primary treatment stage in fluid communication with a biological secondary treatment stage. The secondary treatment stage may... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7897049 | Methods for treating water using iron Systems and associated methods for treating contaminant-containing wastewater are provided. The systems generally include a reducing zone for reducing the oxidation-reduction potential of the water and a clean-up zone comprising zero valent iron for removing at leas... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7828976 | Method of removing phosphorus from wastewater A process for removing phosphorus from wastewater wherein an iron or aluminum salt is added to the wastewater. The iron or aluminum salt results in the precipitation of certain iron or aluminum species that include phosphorus adsorption sites. These iron or phosphor... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7740762 | Treatment of sewage sludges The present invention provides a method of reducing the pathogen content of sewage sludge comprising (a) adding to the sludge an effective amount of a phosphorous-containing compound and (b) keeping the phosphorous-containing compound in contact with the sludge for ... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7638056 | Treatment of sewage sludge The present invention provides a method of reducing the pathogen content of sewage sludge comprising (a) adding to the sludge an effective amount of a phosphorous-containing compound and (b) keeping the phosphorous-containing compound in contact with the sludge for ... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7638057 | Method of treating water using petroleum coke A process for treating water containing dissolved organics, for example, oil sands process-affected water, using petroleum coke is provided, comprising: removing petroleum coke from a coking operation; forming a petroleum coke/water slurry by adding the water to be ... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7622042 | Water treatment apparatus and method It is an object of the invention to provide an effective technique for detecting the quality of water with high accuracy. A representative water treatment apparatus includes an aerobic treatment region that treats water aerobically, a downstream region in which the ... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7566400 | Wastewater chemical/biological treatment method and apparatus A chemical/biological wastewater treatment plant apparatus and treatment method employing rapid sludge chemical dewatering technology in conjunction with an environmental biological system for treating the separated treated wastewater by land applying it for the pro... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7438816 | Method for treating water containing ammonium-nitrogen Raw water containing ammonium-nitrogen is introduced into a nitrification tank and nitrification of nitrite-nitrogen by nitrite oxidizing bacteria is inhibited according to inhibition of the ammonium-nitrogen, thereby conducting stable nitrification of nitrous acid ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7438813 | Ammonia oxidation and pipe denitrification In a biological wastewater treatment system, the addition of an intermittently aerated second bioreactor to accomplish ammonium oxidation to predominately nitrite and then to achieve denitrification by introducing the effluent, containing nitrite, from the second bi... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7439054 | Bioreactor system for biological degradation of oily sludge A 10,000 gallon sequencing batch reactor tank for the on-site bio-degradation of oily sludge. Bacteria already present in and adapted to oily sludge degrade the hydrocarbons found in oily sludge within two weeks from 20,000 ppm to less than 100 ppm. A degradation cy... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7435349 | System for treating wastewater containing organic compounds A system for treating wastewater containing organic compounds is provided, comprising an anaerobic bioreactor, an aerobic bioreactor disposed rearwardly of the anaerobic bioreactor, and a membrane separation reactor disposed rearwardly of the aerobic bioreactor. The... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7429329 | Hybrid chemical/mechanical dewatering method for sewage treatment plants A hybrid chemical/mechanical dewatering sewage treatment plant and method employing rapid sludge chemical dewatering technology in conjunction with slower conventional mechanical dewatering solids agglomeration and disposal methods to meet operating constraints and ... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7427357 | Process and apparatus for anaerobic treatment of sulfur compound-containing wastewater An object of the present invention is to provide a process for a high-performance upflow anaerobic sludge treatment (methane fermentation treatment) targeting an organic wastewater containing an inorganic sulfur compound and an apparatus therefor. The invention rela... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7422689 | Membrane-cleaning method for membrane bioreactor process A method of cleaning a membrane in a membrane separation activated-sludge process. By the method, deposits adherent to the surface of a membrane used in a membrane separation activated-sludge process can be effectively scratched off and the membrane filtration rate ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7407579 | Method and apparatus for treating ammonium-containing liquid The method for treating an ammonium-containing liquid which biologically denitrifies ammonium contained in the ammonium-containing liquid in an anaerobic atmosphere, the method comprises the steps of: bringing the ammonium-containing liquid into contact with anaerob... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7407590 | Method for removal of biofilm The present invention provides a method for the removal of biofilm, flocculent bulked sludge or bulked biologically active sludge from an aqueous system. The method involves adding one or more chlorinated hydantoins, such as dichloro- or monochlorodialkylhydantoin, ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7393452 | Compositions and methods for the treatment of wastewater and other waste A method for processing environmental samples to remove or otherwise reduce the level of certain chemical species. In a preferred embodiment, the present invention contemplates a process for reducing the level of inorganic and/or organic chemical species in wastewat... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7378022 | System and methods for biological selenium removal from water A biological system for removing selenium from waste water comprises a first immobilized cell bioreactor (ICB) and a selenide removal module. The first ICB comprises a chamber having a substrate housed therein and situated to contact the waste water flowing therethr... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7374682 | Method and apparatus for the methane fermentation treatment of wastewater containing sulfur compound A method and apparatus for the anaerobic methane fermentation treatment of a wastewater containing a sulfur compound. An oxidizing agent is added to an organic wastewater to oxidize the sulfur compound contained therein to molecular sulfur before the anaerobic treat... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7351336 | Ballast water treatment systems including related apparatus and methods Ballast water treatment apparatus and methods for preventing foreign aquatic invasive species form entering marine ecological zones by translocation in ship's ballast water. The apparatus includes a housing, a filter member, and UV water treatment chambers. Methods ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7335246 | Contaminant adsorption and oxidation via the fenton reaction Contaminated fluids are treated by adsorbing contaminant onto a sorbent to concentrate the contaminant and then oxidizing the contaminant via the Fenton and related reactions. Iron is attached to the sorbent or can be added in solution with an oxidant. Both systems,... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7335303 | Zero-discharge of water glass effluents by alkaline biotreatment techniques The present invention relates to the collection of alkalophilic/alkaline-tolerant microbes and use of said microbes in water glass wastewater treatment. The wastewater is treated directly with alkalophilic/alkaline-tolerant microbes cultured on granular activated ca... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7332083 | Process and device for biological treatment of a suspension in a bioreactor A process and a device for biological treatment of a suspension in a bioreactor is described, which is made especially as a loop reactor with a central guide pipe (2) and gas injection (3). In order to be able to use the bioreactor for treatment of ren... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7326344 | Process for the removal of metals by biosorption from mining or industrial effluents A method and a plant to remove metals by biosorption from mining or industrial effluents comprising: (a) subject the effluent to at least one first stage of pre-treatment, selecting among: precipitation by pH rising, solvent extraction or solvent extraction on emuls... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7323108 | Combined biological and ballasted flocculation process for treating wastewater A wastewater treatment process is provided that entails both a biological or activated sludge process and a ballasted flocculation process. A first stream of wastewater is directed to a biological system for biologically treating the wastewater. The biological treat... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7316781 | Pseudo-distillation method for purifying a dry cleaning solvent Pseudo-distillation, steady-state method for purifying dry cleaning solvents containing laundry soils and other contaminants. ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7311834 | Apparatus for the treatment of particulate biodegradable organic waste An apparatus for treating particulate biodegradable organic waste includes a thermal hydrolysis reactor receiving the particulate biodegradable organic waste for performing thermal hydrolysis at a temperature of about 130° C. at a pressure at or above the saturated... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7311799 | Hydrofluoric acid wastewater treatment method and device The invention provides a hydrofluoric acid wastewater treatment method that achieves efficient recovery of hydrofluoric acid from hydrofluoric acid wastewater and also achieves sufficient reduction in the hydrofluoric acid concentration of the dehydrofluorinated wat... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7309432 | System and method for eliminating sludge via ozonation A system and method for the treatment and reduction of sludge via ozonation in a wastewater treatment process is disclosed. The sludge treatment system comprises: a sludge ozonation reactor coupled to an activated sludge treatment basin and adapted to receive a liqu... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7309435 | Biological process for waste treatment and energy production Processes for the treatment of organic waste are disclosed comprising digesting organic waste under anaerobic conditions so as to convert at least a portion of the organic waste and produce a clear decant and a mixture of biomass and unconverted organic compounds, r... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7306733 | Autotrophic denitrification chamber and calcium reactor The present invention describes novel biological systems for efficiently reducing nitrate levels and otherwise conditioning aquarium water and water in similar environments. ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7300592 | Water treatment device An object is to provide a water treatment device which can treat for-treatment water containing fluorine components into a state adaptable to the environment and which can treat nitrogen compounds without influencing a concentration of the for-treatment water contai... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7297274 | Fixed-film anaerobic digestion of flushed waste An apparatus for the fixed-film anaerobic digestion of flushed livestock manure includes an enclosed digester tank (fixed or flexible roof), internal media for biofilm development, a biogas collection and flare system, various pumps, and hydraulic control systems. T... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7297273 | Method of intensified treatment for the wastewater containing excreta with highly concentrated nitrogen and COD A method of biological treatment is developed for completely removing the compost remaining after decomposing the dissolyed organic matter (COD) in wastewater by the bacteria or fungi. It comprises the steps of: adopting the algae and diatoms cultivated under the sp... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7297276 | Method for treating water containing ammonium-nitrogen Raw water containing ammonium-nitrogen is introduced into a nitrification tank and nitrification of nitrite-nitrogen by nitrite oxidizing bacteria is inhibited according to inhibition of the ammonium-nitrogen, thereby conducting stable nitrification of nitrous acid ... | 11/20/2007 |
