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- Patent Title: Natural pyrrhotite biological filter and method for utilizing same to synchronously remove nitrate-nitrogen and phosphorus from water
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Application No.: US14907623Application Date: 2014-06-28
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Publication No.: US10239774B2Publication Date: 2019-03-26
- Inventor: Ruihua Li , Junsong Hu , Qianqian Sun , Xiaomei Zhang , Zhuo Liu , Xinmin Zhan , Aimin Li
- Applicant: NANJING UNIVERSITY
- Applicant Address: CN
- Assignee: NANJING UNIVERSITY
- Current Assignee: NANJING UNIVERSITY
- Current Assignee Address: CN
- Agency: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts, LLP
- Priority: CN201310695460 20131217
- International Application: PCT/CN2014/076323 WO 20140628
- International Announcement: WO2015/089971 WO 20150625
- Main IPC: C02F1/28
- IPC: C02F1/28 ; C02F1/52 ; C02F3/00 ; C02F3/28 ; C02F3/34 ; C02F101/10 ; C02F101/16

Abstract:
The field of advanced wastewater treatment, and more specifically, to a natural pyrrhotite biofilter and a method for utilizing same to synchronously remove nitrate-nitrogen and phosphorus from water is provided. The method includes the following steps: (1) preparation of the packing material and construction of the biofilter; (2) start-up of the biofilter; (3) operation of the biofilter. The method disclosed in the present invention on the one hand takes pyrrhotite as the electron donor to help sulfur-based autotrophic denitrifying bacteria reduce nitrates into nitrogen gas, and on the other hand utilizes pyrrhotite and its oxidates to eliminate phosphorus through adsorption and chemical precipitation. Therefore, this method realizes synchronous removal of nitrate-nitrogen and phosphorus in water.
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