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| 8187462 | Process for maximizing PHA production in glycogen accumulating organisms A process is provided for increasing the production of PHA in a mixed culture biomass. In a first stage of the process, organic material associated with a substrate is converted to volatile fatty acids. In the case of a wastewater treatment process, if the wastewate... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8123944 | Processes of aqueous solids treatment In the field of water treatment, this invention relates to economical methods, processes and apparatus for preparing Class A bio-solids wherein: dewatering costs and energy costs are efficient, the solids product has reduced ammonia and sulfide odor, and the concent... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8105488 | Waste water treatment method Systems and methods have been developed for reclaiming water contaminated with the expected range of contaminants typically associated with produced water, including water contaminated with slick water, methanol and boron. The system includes anaerobically digesting... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8062524 | Integrated oxidation ditch An integrated oxidation ditch comprises a number of oval channels. There are two or more circular zones in the central island of the oxidation ditch, wherein, the two circular zones are tangential to the inner wall or share the inner wall with an adjacent channel. W... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8057673 | System and method for treating wastewater containing ammonia Treatment system for wastewater containing ammonium is provided. The treatment system of the present invention includes an ammonia oxidation reactor and a membrane reactor disposed on the back of the ammonia oxidation reactor. The ammonia oxidation reactor includes ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8052872 | Methods and device for enhancement of anaerobic digestion Methods of enhancing anaerobic digestion of wastewater are provided. The methods comprise pressure oxidation of digester material to remove sulfide and/or regenerate iron. Also provided are a pressure oxidizer device and a wastewater treatment system having one or m... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8029673 | Vertical-horizontal filter unit for the biological purification of polluted water The present invention relates to a vertical-horizontal filter unit for the biological purification of polluted water, comprising an upper zone of a soil patch planted with plants, having inlets for the polluted water, and arranged underneath a sand layer with a lowe... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8017014 | Method for improving flux in a membrane bioreactor The invention pertains to a method(s) of improving flux in a membrane bioreactor by adding an effective amount of catonic, amphoteric, and zwitterionic polymers, or a combination thereof. The membrane bioreactor impacted by the addition of these polymers is made up ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8012352 | Optimized nutrient removal from wastewater Methods and systems are provided for reducing ammonia partially by a denitrification process. A stream containing ammonia is contacted with oxygen to form a first product stream in low dissolved oxygen conditions. The ratio of oxygen to nitrogen is about 2.28 g O | 09/06/2011 |
| 8002986 | Apparatus and methods for control of waste treatment processes Waste-treatment processes are enhanced through generation and introduction of specific biological populations customized to perform or favor specific tasks either during the main process, for the formation or precipitation of certain biological nutrients, or to acco... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7993522 | Conditioning system for activated sludge wastewater treatment processes Wastewaters are treated by an activated sludge process that includes combining wastewater with bacteria-laden sludge in an activated sludge tank to form a mixed liquor, separating the mixed liquor into a clear effluent and activated sludge stream, pretreating at lea... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7988857 | Method for treating mixed wastewater from pharmaceutical chemical industry park A method for treating mixed wastewater from pharmaceutical chemical industry parks including introducing mixed wastewater into a regulation tank for regulation of water flow and water quality, and then into a hydrolysis tank having a hanged filler and employing upfl... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7988856 | Waste water treatment The present invention relates to wastewater treatment in general and to methods of controlling odors and degrading compounds contained in wastewater in particular. ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7976707 | Apparatus and method for treating organic-containing wastewater In treating organic-containing wastewater by a biological treatment in a stage prior to a advanced treatment such as membrane separation or the like, the amount of the biological metabolites produced in the biological treatment step is reduced to reduce the amount o... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7935256 | Method for the treatment of waste water from florfenicol production A method for the treatment of waste water from florfenicol production is provided, which mainly comprises the steps as follows: adding iron chips or steel slag to waste water from a copper salt workshop, regulating the pH value, filtering, then adding limestone, lim... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7910001 | Arrangement of denitrification reactors in a recirculating aquaculture system The present invention relates to a novel arrangement of denitrification reactors for removal of nitrate compounds in a recirculating aquaculture system. The novel arrangement of an aquaculture system of the present invention includes positioning one or more anaerobi... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7854843 | Wastewater treatment method A wastewater treatment system including a biological reactor is disclosed. At least one controlled-reaction-volume module is provided to the biological reactor. The at least one controlled-reaction-volume module includes a fixed-film media for supporting a biologica... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7854842 | Apparatus and methods for control of waste treatment processes Waste-treatment processes are enhanced through generation and introduction of specific biological populations customized to perform or favor specific tasks either during the main process, for the formation or precipitation of certain biological nutrients, or to acco... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7850850 | Apparatus and methods for control of waste treatment processes Waste-treatment processes are enhanced through generation and introduction of specific biological populations customized to perform or favor specific tasks either during the main process, for the formation or precipitation of certain biological nutrients, or to acco... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7850851 | Biological phosphorus removal A process for treating waste water to remove phosphorous and nitrogen in a treatment system including an anaerobic zone (5) containing an anaerobic mixed liquor having organisms which release phosphorous into the anaerobic mixed liquor; an anoxic zone (7 | 12/14/2010 |
| 7833415 | Method for treating raw sludge including a simultaneous or pulsed aerobic/anoxic digestion process An improved process for sludge treatment includes anaerobic digestion followed by post-mesophilic aerobic and/or anoxic digestion. The first anaerobic step may be performed under either mesophilic or thermophilic conditions. The subsequent aerobic/anoxic digestion m... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7799223 | Biological nutrient removal process and process control for same The present disclosure describes an improved system and method for treating wastewater or other liquid. Furthermore, the present disclosure provides a control program for operating the system and method. In one embodiment, the treatment process utilizes a biological... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7794598 | Bioreactor and method for the biological purification of water The invention relates to a bioreactor (1) for the purification of waters, said reactor comprising a cross-sectionally essentially circular or elliptical tank section (2) provided with inlet means (5) for water to be purified and outlet means ( | 09/14/2010 |
| 7754081 | Method of wastewater treatment with excess sludge withdrawal reduced A method of wastewater treatment that reduced equipment cost and running cost and realizes high efficiency implementation and further tank miniaturization, and that reduces excess sludge withdrawal. There is provided a method of wastewater treatment with excess slud... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7736513 | Liquid-solid fluidized bed waste water treatment system for simultaneous carbon, nitrogen and phosphorous removal Biological nutrient removal (BNR) in wastewater treatment to remove carbonaceous substrates, nutrients and phosphorus, has recently become increasingly popular worldwide due to increasingly stringent regulations. Biological fluidized bed (BFB) technology, which coul... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7736512 | Method for the production of natural energy from waste The method aims at obtaining from waste and more particularly from municipal solid waste (MSW) the energy contained therein at the highest level for industrial use by means of natural technologies and with low environmental impact. The method, denoted by the acronym... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7731851 | Waste water treatment The present invention relates to wastewater treatment in general and to methods of controlling odors and degrading compounds contained in wastewater in particular. ... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7722768 | Process for the simultaneous removal of BOD and phosphate from waste water The invention is directed to a process for the simultaneous removal of BOD and phosphate from a liquid containing ammonium, BOD, phosphate and magnesium, the method comprising: feeding the liquid to a reactor containing BOD-oxidising biomass; ensuring that the liqui... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7718065 | Filtration method and apparatus The invention relates to a membrane bioreactor process combined with an advanced biological sludge digestion process that provides significant improvements in sludge digestion by reducing the costs and resources required for disposing of digested sludge. The offline... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7713413 | Aerated anoxic membrane bioreactor A process for treating biological oxygen demand (BOD), nitrogen and phosphorus containing wastewater, wherein the process includes providing wastewater influent to an oxygen-deficit aeration zone having activated sludge and mixing the wastewater influent with the ac... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7713415 | Method and apparatus for enhancing aquatic environments Submerged media useful with or without aeration and/or mixing to enhance an aquatic environment by promoting and retaining biogrowth. The media takes the form of a cluster of individual flexible elements having free ends. The media are submerged in a liquid such as ... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7713414 | Method for removal of contaminants from water Disclosed is a water de-contamination system, methods, and apparatus using alternating aerobic, anaerobic, and aerobic conditions, with carbon and other waste processing treatments, to remove contaminants from water. Included is an aerobic system in flow communicati... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7708886 | Fluid bed expansion and fluidisation Method and apparatus in which a biomass is carried on a substrate that is fluidised. The fluidised substrate has a layer of distributor particles below it, through which the fluidizing medium passes prior to contact with the fluidised substrate and biomass associate... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7691268 | Waste gas/wastewater treatment equipment and method of treating waste gas/wastewater Waste gas/wastewater treatment equipment treats waste gas in a scrubber 18 by using micronanobubble water produced in a micronanobubble reaction vessel 31 as washing water. Waste gas is efficiently cleaned by the substance surface high-velocity cleanin... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7674379 | Wastewater treatment system with simultaneous separation of phosphorus and manure solids Wastewater treatment systems and processes for removal of solids, pathogens, nitrogen, and phosphorus from municipal and agricultural wastewater include the simultaneous separation of solids and phosphorus from wastewater and industrial effluents. ... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7635431 | Septic drain line flow control system A flow control device for the drain lines of a septic system interrupts the flow in the event the proximate water table rises to a level of over-saturation resulting in the effluent flow being directed to the remaining drain lines. Each drain line is provided with a... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7632408 | Passive drain field system for wastewater treatment and associated methods A passive drain field assembly reduces nitrogen in wastewater by facilitating nitrification and denitrification. A first chamber receives effluent into a multi-pipe bundle. An air vent is provided that extends from the atmosphere into the first chamber. A second cha... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7597808 | Apparatus and method for treating wastewater containing nitrogen-containing dyes A wastewater treatment apparatus comprises a nitrogen-containing dye containing wastewater inlet connected to an obligatory anaerobic tank to bring wastewater containing a nitrogen-containing dye into contact with sulfate-reducing bacteria under obligatory anaerobic... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7575684 | Waste water treatment apparatus and waste water treatment method In waste water treatment apparatus and method, a mineral mixing tank receives biologically treated water, sludge which is generated by biological treatment, and mineral sludge which contains calcium and so on from a settling tank. A mineral pump returns the sludge a... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7575685 | Low oxygen biologically mediated nutrient removal The present invention is directed to a substantially odorless biologically mediated treatment process for solid and liquid organic wastes. The present invention also provides for a novel nutrient rich humus material produced from the biologically mediated treatment ... | 08/18/2009 |
