Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Biological removal of micropollutants from wastewater
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Application No.: US16082850Application Date: 2017-03-07
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Publication No.: US10662098B2Publication Date: 2020-05-26
- Inventor: Magnus Christensson , Thomas Welander
- Applicant: VEOLIA WATER SOLUTIONS & TECHNOLOGIES SUPPORT
- Applicant Address: FR Saint-Maurice
- Assignee: Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies Support
- Current Assignee: Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies Support
- Current Assignee Address: FR Saint-Maurice
- Agency: Honigman LLP
- Agent Anna M. Budde
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@8429a83
- International Application: PCT/EP2017/055234 WO 20170307
- International Announcement: WO2017/153361 WO 20170914
- Main IPC: C02F3/12
- IPC: C02F3/12 ; C02F3/30 ; C02F101/30 ; C02F101/32 ; C02F101/34 ; C02F103/00 ; C02F3/10 ; C02F3/34 ; C02F101/10

Abstract:
The invention pertains to a method (200, 300, 400) of at least partly removing at least one micropollutant from wastewater (104) comprising carbogenous compounds and at least one micropollutant. The method comprising the steps of: (a) dividing the wastewater (104) into a main stream (105) and a side stream (106); (b) treating main stream (105) with bacteria to reduce the content of carbogenous compounds to provide depleted wastewater (107) comprising at least one micropollutant; (c) treating the depleted wastewater (107) with a second portion of microorganisms (162), having the ability of degrading the at least one micropollutant, to, at least partly, remove the at least one micropollutant thereby providing treated water (170), wherein the second portion of microorganisms (162) have been enriched by feeding the side stream (106) to it before using the second portion of microorganisms (162) in treating the depleted wastewater (107); and (d) feeding a first portion of microorganisms (161), having the ability of degrading the at least one micropollutant, with the side stream (106), to enrich them for subsequent use in treating the depleted wastewater (107) to at least partly remove the at least one micropollutant.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190100452A1 BIOLOGICAL REMOVAL OF MICROPOLLUTANTS FROM WASTEWATER Public/Granted day:2019-04-04
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