Patents by Inventor David Thaure

David Thaure has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and system for treating water and utilizing a membrane filtering system
    Patent number: 7695624
    Abstract: A method and system is provided for treating wastewater. In one process, wastewater is directed into a treatment tank and biologically treated. The biologically treated wastewater is directed as mixed liquor from the treatment tank to a bottom portion of a downstream filtration tank having at least one submerged membrane module that extends across substantially the entire cross sectional area of the filtration tank mixed liquor is directed from the bottom of the filtration tank upwardly into the membrane module such that substantially all of the mixed liquor received in the bottom of the filtration tank flows through the membrane module. As the mixed liquor flows vertically through the membrane module, the method includes inducing at least some of the mixed liquor through walls of one or more membrane filters that form a part of the membrane module, producing a permeate stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: OTV SA
    Inventors: Martin Brockmann, Heribert Moeslang, Dietmar Schnuell, Hong Zhao, David Thaure, Pierre Girodet
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TREATING WATER AND UTILIZING A MEMBRANE FILTERING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20090301963
    Abstract: A method and system is provided for treating wastewater. In one process, wastewater is directed into a treatment tank and biologically treated. The biologically treated wastewater is directed as mixed liquor from the treatment tank to a bottom portion of a downstream filtration tank having at least one submerged membrane module that extends across substantially the entire cross sectional area of the filtration tank mixed liquor is directed from the bottom of the filtration tank upwardly into the membrane module such that substantially all of the mixed liquor received in the bottom of the filtration tank flows through the membrane module. As the mixed liquor flows vertically through the membrane module, the method includes inducing at least some of the mixed liquor through walls of one or more membrane filters that form a part of the membrane module, producing a permeate stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2008
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: OTV SA
    Inventors: Martin Brockmann, Heribert Moeslang, Dietmar Schnuell, Hong Zhao, David Thaure, Pierre Girodet