Patents Assigned to Industrial Waste Water Services, LLP
  • Floatation process for removal of heavy metal waste and associated apparatus
    Patent number: 6635182
    Abstract: The present invention is a floatation process and associated apparatus for removing heavy metal waste from various effluent water streams. The process and apparatus generally introduces a population of fine diameter air bubbles and one or more flocculating chemicals into an effluent stream to produce buoyant floc structures that include the heavy metals and that can be removed from the effluent stream. The present invention provides a reliable, cost-effective means of removing heavy metals from effluent water streams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Assignee: Industrial Waste Water Services, LLP
    Inventor: C. Lamar Coleman, Jr.