Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image processing for improving coagulation and flocculation
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Application No.: US14953687Application Date: 2015-11-30
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Publication No.: US10372144B2Publication Date: 2019-08-06
- Inventor: Alexe Bojovschi , Rajib Chakravorty , Sridhar Kannam , Xi Liang
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Harrington & Smith
- Main IPC: C02F1/24
- IPC: C02F1/24 ; G05D7/06 ; C02F1/52 ; C02F1/54

Abstract:
A flocculation control system that floats particles that attach to nano and/or micro bubbles out of a liquid includes at least one sensing system, at least one processing system, and at least one fluid additive control system. The at least one sensing system is configured to reproduce one or more nano-bubbles with one or more particles suspended in a fluid. The at least one processing system is configured to measure, using outputs of the at least one sensing system, incident angles between the one or more nano-bubbles and the one or more particles suspended in the fluid. And the at least one fluid additive control system is configured to adjust, based on at least the incident angles, an amount of a surfactant being added to the fluid.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170152153A1 Image Processing for Improving Coagulation and Flocculation Public/Granted day:2017-06-01
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