Patents by Inventor Francois Bernazeau

Francois Bernazeau 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).

  • Publication number: 20060081537
    Abstract: A method for the treatment and filtration of fluids, i.e. liquid effluents such as raw water containing organic pollutants in a solution, using gravity separation means (10) such as a decantation and flotation means, and membrane separation means (13) in a finishing stage, wherein a first pulverulent reagent (1) is introduced into the flow of a fluid to be treated upstream from gravity separation, and a second pulverulent reagent (2) is introduced downstream from the membrane separation. The inventive method is characterized in that the coagulant required for separation is injected before the first pulverulent reagent; in that the first and second pulverulent reagents (1,2) have different characteristics, i.e. in terms of granulometry, adsorption capacity adapted to the pollutants which are to be eliminated; and in that the second pulverulent reagent (2) is recycled from membrane separation means (13) upstream from the gravity separation means (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2003
    Publication date: April 20, 2006
    Inventors: Carlos Campos, Francois Bernazeau, Jacques Moles, William Levasseur