Abstract: A method of decolorising water colored by humic or fulvic acid, such as moorland runoff water, which method comprises bringing the water into contact with chitin or alginic acid as adsorbent. The adsorbent may be recycled after use by treatment with aqueous alkaline solution followed by treatment with an aqueous acid solution.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 9, 1993
Date of Patent:
January 25, 1994
Assignee:
Archaeus Technology Group Limited
Inventors:
Ralph Harris, Anne M. Jacques, Melanie Brown, Alexander Buchan