Patents Assigned to The United States of America, as Represented by the Sectary of Agriculture
  • Patent number: 9790110
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are processes for treating high-P fluid involving (1) providing a high-P containing stream; (2) chemically treating the high-P stream such that a majority of dissolved P in the stream is transformed into a solid form via sorption of P onto particles placed or precipitated within the stream; and (3) removing the solid form containing P from the chemically treated fine solids stream, such that >about 90% of the total P is removed from the high-P fluid. Also disclosed are systems for treating a high-P stream, the systems involving (1) a chemical treatment station operable to chemically treat and transform equal to or greater than about 90% of dissolved P in a high-P stream into a solid form; and (2) a liquid-solid separator station operable to remove the solid form containing P from the chemically treated high-P stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignees: The United States of America, as Represented by the Sectary of Agriculture, The Penn State Research Foundation
    Inventors: Clinton Church, Ray B. Bryant, Peter J. Kleinman, Alex Hristov