公开(公告)号：US11673820B2

公开(公告)日：2023-06-13

申请号：US16973750

申请日：2018-06-27

Applicant: BL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Inventor： Dwight Cornelius Houweling ,  John David Ireland ,  Douglas Joseph Thompson ,  Jeffrey Gerard Peeters

IPC: C02F3/10 ,  C02F3/00 ,  C02F3/20 ,  C02F3/30 ,  C02F101/16

CPC classification number: C02F3/102 ,  C02F3/006 ,  C02F3/208 ,  C02F3/302 ,  C02F2101/16 ,  C02F2209/001 ,  C02F2209/14 ,  C02F2209/16 ,  C02F2209/225 ,  C02F2305/02

Abstract: A hybrid membrane aerated biofilm reactor (MABR) and activated sludge (AS) system and process are described herein. At least a portion of the AS system includes aerobic mixed liquor, for example in an aerobic tank or zone downstream of a tank or zone containing membrane aerated biofilm modules. The flow of air to the membrane aerated biofilm is modulated considering the ammonia loading rate to the system or to the aerobic mixed liquor, for example according to a diurnal cycle. For example, air flow to the membrane supported biofilm can be below an average or initial air flow rate during a period of low ammonia loading. Air flow to the aerobic mixed liquor may remain essentially constants during the same period. Optionally, mixed liquor around the membrane aerated biofilm modules may be aerated during a period of high ammonia loading.

公开(公告)号：US12297132B2

公开(公告)日：2025-05-13

申请号：US17798386

申请日：2021-02-10

Applicant: BL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Inventor： John David Ireland ,  Zebo Long ,  Daniel Coutts ,  Dwight Cornelius Houweling ,  Jeffrey Gerard Peeters ,  Moreno Di Pofi ,  Sven Baumgarten

IPC: C02F3/30 ,  C02F3/10

Abstract: This specification describes a membrane aerated biofilm reactor (MABR) and processes for nitritation, nitritation-denitritation or deammonification. The supply of oxygen through the gas-transfer membrane is limited to suppress the growth of nitrite oxidizing bacteria (NOB). Exhaust gas from an MABR unit may have an oxygen concentration of 4% or less. The process can optionally include one or more of: intermittent (batch) feed of process air; process air modulation; process air direction reversal; process air recycle; and, process air cascade flow. The process can optionally include adding a seed sludge containing anammox to a reactor, optionally after pre-treatment and selection. The process can optionally include pre-seeding an MABR media.