Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided for the continuous microbial remediation of organic wastes in sewers and other waste-laden environments utilizing in-situ microbial seeding. A bio-reactor containing inoculated carrier media is suspended within a sewer wet-well or other similar environment, and is at least partially immersed in the waste-laden fluid to be treated. Air and nutrients are continuously supplied to the bio-reactor via conduit from a remote, easily accessible location. Beneficial microbial populations are permitted to thrive and spread throughout the waste-laden environment, mineralizing organic wastes and eventually becoming dominant within the subject environment.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 12, 2005
Date of Patent:
November 7, 2006
Assignee:
TMD, L.L.C.
Inventors:
Tommy Mack Davis, Cecil Allen McEntire, John Randolph Ayers, Caroline Ann Metosh-Dickey
Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided for the continuous microbial remediation of organic wastes in sewers and other waste-laden environments utilizing in-situ microbial seeding. A bio-reactor containing inoculated carrier media is suspended within a sewer wet-well or other similar environment, and is at least partially immersed in the waste-laden fluid to be treated. Air and nutrients are continuously supplied to the bio-reactor via conduit from a remote, easily accessible location. Beneficial microbial populations are permitted to thrive and spread throughout the waste-laden environment, mineralizing organic wastes and eventually becoming dominant within the subject environment.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 28, 2002
Date of Patent:
April 12, 2005
Assignee:
TMD, L.L.C.
Inventors:
Tommy Mack Davis, Cecil Allen McEntire, John Randolph Ayers, Caroline Ann Metosh-Dickey