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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7422692 | Raw influent treatment processes eliminating secondary biological treatment Presently no chemicals are added in the pulp/paper mills wastewater treatment. There is a loop hole with the Biological Oxygen Demand test utilized. Regulators depend on the Biological Oxygen Demand test. All mills are discharging raw untreated wastes high in Chemic... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7332095 | Wet oxidation An oxidation process is described which involves subjecting a feedstock which contains oxidizable material to temperature, pressure and contact with an oxidant. Excess water and volatile oxidation products, such as carbon dioxide, formic acid and acetic acid, are re... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7300539 | Treatment of solid containing material derived from effluent A method of treating solid containing material derived from effluent or sludge from a plant for deinking paper, the material containing calcium in the form of one or more insoluble calcium compounds, the method including the steps of treating the material with an ac... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7267772 | Biological process for reducing chemical and biochemical oxygen demand of pulp and paper industrial effluent The invention provides a biological process for reduction of chemical and biological oxygen demand of pulp and paper industrial effluent using a mixed bacterial consortium comprising of bacterial strains isolated from natural sources which is capable of reducing che... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7241389 | Oxidizing processes by oxygen transfer within a liquid medium in a reactor under pressure Methods for oxidizing a liquid with an oxidization gas in a closed volume reactor. A feed liquid which contains compounds to be oxidized is fed into the closed volume reactor, and a feed gas containing oxygen is fed into the reactor so as to form a gas overhead abov... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7201847 | Wastewater treatment method utilizing white rot and brown rot fungi A method of treating wastewater sources such as sewer systems or those from pulp and paper mills which contain biomass waste involves adding white rot fungi in the presence of glucose. While glucose may be directly added to the wastewater source, it has been found t... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7070696 | Process for flocculating suspensions A process of flocculating and dewatering an aqueous suspension of suspended solids comprising, introducing into the suspension, (a) substantially linear polymer, (b) structured polymer, characterised in that the polymers are introduced into the substrate sequentiall... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7029553 | Urea sulfate and urea hydrochloride in paper and pulp processing The present invention relates to the use of urea sulfate or urea hydrochloride, or both, in process streams in the paper and pulping industries to control pH, to bring about flocculation or precipitation of various materials, and to replace all or part of the sulfur... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6923912 | Method of wastewater treatment utilizing white rot and brown rot fungi A method of treating wastewater sources such as those from pulp and paper mills which contain lignin involves adding white rot fungi in the presence of glucose. While glucose may be directly added to the wastewater source, it has been found to be more economical to ... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6923888 | Process for recovering organic acids from bleaching liquors The invention relates to a process for treating bleaching liquors from pulping processes based on organic acids. The process is characterized in that inorganic acid, such as nitric acid, phosphoric acid and/or sulphuric acid, is added into a bleaching liquor obtaine... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6896806 | Biological process for color reduction of pulp and paper effluent The present invention relates to a bacterium strain of accession no. MTCC 5099, a process for the preparation of innoculum of the said strain, and a process for the reduction of color from pulp mill effluent using the above said innoculum, which comprises steps of i... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6887382 | System for treatment of manure A waste management system dispenses liquid manure and/or sludge products onto land on which is grown a cultivar that is specially selected to perform with improved yields and stand persistence under conditions of heavy traffic, grazing, manure application and/or fer... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6843886 | Method for handling filled reject flows in a paper or paperboard mill A method and device for processing sewage which contains coating paste from a paper or board mill with a device operating on the principle of a double action impact mill. The device includes a first rotor (11) equipped with blades; a second rotor (12) ... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6830696 | Treatment of spent pulping liquor with lignin separation to recover alkali pulping chemicals in manufacture of paper pulp A method of treating spent alkaline pulping liquor (black liquor) includes the steps of providing black liquor containing lignin, and acidulating a phosphate containing material, wherein phosphoric acid is generated by the acidulating step. The black liquor is mixed... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6821384 | Process for the treatment of fly ash, using hydrochloric acid The invention relates to a process for the treatment of fly ash accumulating in the electro-filter of the soda recovery unit in a sulfate cellulose mill, the ash containing primarily Na sulfate, Na chloride, Na carbonate and K sulfate, to produce industrial raw mate... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6805802 | De-watering process Process muds are de-watered by the addition of high clay alumina. The clay is mixed with plant sludges or muds so as to cause flocculation of the solid particles, and separating the water from the solid materials, as by filtration. Various polymers and/or alum proce... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6805803 | Process for flocculating suspensions A process of flocculating and dewatering an aqueous suspension of suspended solids comprising, introducing into the suspension, (a) a concentrated polymer solution and, (b) a dilute polymer solution, characterised in that the concentrated and dilute polymer solution... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6793809 | Pipe system for receiving and transporting lime sludge from a white liquor filter The pipe system is for receiving and transporting lime sludge from a filter medium in a continuously operating pressurized filter 1 in a causticizing process, where lime sludge is scraped off from the filter medium 2 and falls down into receiving chute... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6627086 | Methods of producing polyarylamines and using them for detackifying paint and removing color from aqueous systems Aqueous suspensions of paints in waste waters can be treated to detackify the paint and facilitate its removal by contacting the paint suspension at a pH of from about 5 to about 14 with a polyarylamine that is produced by reacting an aldehyde with an ary... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6589427 | Process for treatment of mixture of spent wash from distillery and black liquor from pulp and paper industry This invention relates to a process for treating an effluent comprising a mixture of spent wash and black liquor, said process comprising mixing the effluent with a flocculating agent consisting of a mixture of salts of Group III and transition metals, mi... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6551458 | Method and apparatus for recovering fibers from white water of paper mill In a papermaking process, filtering of white water containing fiber material is performed by feeding the white water to a filter on a surface of which a layer of auxiliary pulp has been formed, such that the white water is filtered through the layer of au... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6514379 | Procedure for arranging water circulations in integrated paper mill A procedure for arranging water circulations in an integrated paper mill, the paper making process of which having three partly separate process phases concerning the water circulations (I, II, III). In the first phase, the fiber raw material is pretreate... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6511611 | Compositions for reducing true color in waste liquids Compositions of aluminum chlorohydrate and high molecular weight branched epichlorohydrin amine condensate polymers are applied to waste liquids, such as pulp and paper mill effluents having a lignin content, to reduce true color, The branched epichlorohy... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6491827 | Process for reducing true color in waste liquids Compositions of aluminum chlorohydrate and high molecular weight branched epichlorohydrin amine condensate polymers are applied to waste liquids, such as pulp and paper mill effluents having a lignin content, to reduce true color. The branched epichlorohy... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6444092 | Process of recycling fillers and coating pigments from the preparation of paper, paperboard and cardboard The present invention relates to a process for recycling fillers and coating pigments from the preparation of paper, paperboard and cardboard found in the residual water sludges from coating plant waste waters, deinking plants, internal water treatment pl... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6409880 | Apparatus and process for removing fine impurities from a fibrous suspension Process and apparatus for removing fine impurities from a fibrous suspension. The process and apparatus each provide for conveying the fibrous suspension to at least one sorting device, separating the fibrous suspension using the at least one sorting devi... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6372139 | Circuit purification for the papermaking industry A method for the treatment of process water or effluent from a papermaking process, in which this water is subjected to at least one anaerobic purification step, an aeration step and a solids separation step and the water is then returned to the productio... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6322701 | Water treatment process A process for the treatment of waste waters containing chemically reducible dissolved organic and inorganic pollutants and suspended mater in particulate or colloidal form. The process comprises of contacting the water with metallic iron or ferrous ions (... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6306308 | Inorganic composition, process of preparation and method of use A coagulant which is the reaction product of a trivalent metal salt (eg., FeCl3), excluding chromium salts, an acid phosphorous compound and an aluminum hydroxy chloride, and a process for preparing such coagulant. This coagulant may be effecti... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6290812 | Method for treating process water in connection with pulp bleaching A method treats process water containing metal ions, in connection with bleaching of lignocellulosic pulp. The method is characterized by the steps of a) adjusting the Mg2+ content of the process water to form a flocculating base for metals and... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6287471 | Treatment of aqueous effluents by injection of carbon dioxide The present invention relates to a process for treating more or less concentrated aqueous effluents, such as processing waters, industrial or urban waste waters, and sludges, in particular sludges derived from these waste waters. The said process comprise... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6277239 | Process for removing fine impurities from a fibrous suspension Apparatus for removing fine impurities from a fibrous suspension comprises a dissolution device, a pre-purification device, a wet straining device, and at least one flotation device. The wet straining device comprises at least two sorting devices present ... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6258279 | Hydrophilic cationic dispersion polymer for paper mill color removal This invention is directed to a method of removing color bodies from paper mill waste water comprising adding to the water an effective color-removing amount of a hydrophilic cationic dispersion polymer prepared by polymerizing i. a cationic diallyl-N,N-d... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6248207 | Separation of solids from aqueous suspensions containing cellulosic fibers and fines Cellulosic fines and cellulosic fibers are separated from a suspension containing the fines, the fibers and hydrophobic materials by screening the suspension to remove the fibers, and then subjecting the resultant filtrate to dispersed air flotation in th... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6228215 | Method for countercurrent treatment of slurries An aqueous slurry containing dissolved solids and a high concentration of suspended solids is positioned as a mat between a pair of porous endless belts to provide a composite structure. The composite structure is moved through a treating zone and subject... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6217778 | Anionic and nonionic dispersion polymers for clarification and dewatering This invention is directed to a method of clarifying and dewatering industrial waste water using anionic and nonionic dispersion polymers.... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6214166 | Process for recycling fillers and coating pigments from the preparation of paper, paperboard and cardboard The present invention relates to a process for recycling fillers and coating pigments from the preparation of paper, paperboard and cardboard found in the residual water sludges from coating plant waste waters, deinking plants, internal water treatment pl... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6183650 | Synthetic mineral microparticles and retention aid and water treatment systems and methods using such particles A composition comprising the product precipitated in the admixing of a soluble metal salt and one or more compounds having a component selected from silicates, phosphates and borates; and a method for controlling drainage and/or retention in the formation... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6180079 | Wet oxidizing process In wet oxidizing process of an aqueous alkali waste which contains absorbed hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide, a convenient method for improving the safety in oxidizing operation and the efficiency in oxidation reaction. The process is characterized in ... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6174445 | Treatment of water with polynucleate metal hydroxide compounds Polynucleate metal hydroxide anionic compounds and method for their production. The compounds have the formula: Ma Nb (OH)c Xd Ye Zf.(H2 O)g wherein M is a tri- or more valent m... | 01/16/2001 |
