Patents by Inventor Maria da Graca Ejarque Albuquerque Cordeiro Pereira

Maria da Graca Ejarque Albuquerque Cordeiro Pereira 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).

  • Biological wastewater treatment processes that enhances the capacity for polyhydroxyalkanoate accumulation in a mixed culture biomass
    Patent number: 9688555
    Abstract: A method of biologically treating wastewater and, at the same time, incorporating processes that aim to increase the PHA accumulation potential of biomass used in the treatment of the wastewater. The method includes biologically treating the wastewater and enhancing PHA accumulation potential of the biomass by subjecting the biomass to a primary feast-famine process where the biomass is subjected to repeated cycles of feast and primary famine conditions. From time-to-time, the method entails deviating from the primary feast-famine process to a secondary famine process. The secondary famine process comprises subjecting the biomass to secondary famine conditions for a period of time that is substantially greater than the average time period of the primary famine conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies Support
    Inventors: Alan Gideon Werker, Fernando Morgan-Sagastume, Simon Olof Harald Bengtsson, Maria da Graca Ejarque Albuquerque Cordeiro Pereira