Patents by Inventor Min-Shing Tsai

Min-Shing Tsai 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: 20090090677
    Abstract: A method of treating organic compounds in groundwater utilizes permeable catalytic barriers to carry out heterogeneous catalytic oxidation to degrade organic compounds. The permeable catalytic barriers are made of highly permeable catalytic materials, used to contact with the polluted groundwater mixed with oxidant to carry out heterogeneous catalytic oxidation to degrade organic compounds. Ditches are properly excavated to be filled with catalytic materials so as to form the permeable catalytic barriers. And, groundwater monitoring wells and oxidant injection wells are also built at proper locations, so that proper amount of oxidant can be determined and re-treatment can be promptly operated if necessary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2007
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Inventors: Hung-Ta Chen, Shih-Lin Huang, Yao-Hui Huang, Juu-En Chang, Min-Shing Tsai
  • Patent number: 7285222
    Abstract: A method for recycling sludge during waste-water treatment firstly utilizes a process of chemical coagulation to produce sludge rich in copper ions. The sludge is then leached in a sulfuric acid storage tank with sulfuric acid of concentration 1-2N, whereby a extractive solution with copper enrichment 18-39 g/L and residues can be obtained. The extractive solution is then processed in a refrigeration crystallization tank to form copper sulfate crystals. Further, the residues produced are added into the coagulation tank as a coagulant in the process of chemical coagulation for wastewater treatment, thereby achieving a goal of zero sludge production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Assignee: National Cheng Kung University
    Inventors: Hung-Yuan Hsiao, Min-Shing Tsai, Li-Hsing Shih, Hung-Ta Chen, Yeu-Juin Tuan
  • Patent number: 7220360
    Abstract: This invention offers an integrated technology in sequential treatment of wastewater. Low biodegradable organics and heavy metal ions are both contained in wastewater from surface finishing processes. The aim of the invention is to find the solution for treatment of organics and heavy metal ions in complicated wastewater that contains organics and heavy metal ions sequentially. Low biodegradable organics are oxidized by a fenton process with pH ranging from 2 to 5 and temperature ranging from 20° C. to 100° C. Heavy metal ions are then treated by a ferrite process with pH ranging from 8 to 12 and temperature ranging from 20° C. to 100° C. The integrated technology of the fenton process and the ferrite process (2FP) is advantageous to treat the wastewater from surface finishing processes, decrease the production of iron sludge caused in the fenton process and increase the quality of ferrite products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2007
    Assignee: National Cheng Kung University
    Inventors: Hung-Ta Chen, Min-Shing Tsai, Juu-En Chang, Tsair-Fuh Lin, Ting-Che Hsiao, Jun-Yi Wu, You-Shen Chen
  • Publication number: 20050274678
    Abstract: This invention offers an integrated technology in sequential treatment of wastewater. Low biodegradable organics and heavy metal ions are both contained in wastewater from surface finishing processes. The aim of the invention is to find the solution for treatment of organics and heavy metal ions in complicated wastewater that contains organics and heavy metal ions sequentially. Low biodegradable organics are oxidized by a fenton process with pH ranging from 2 to 5 and temperature ranging from 20° C. to 100° C. Heavy metal ions are then treated by a ferrite process with pH ranging from 8 to 12 and temperature ranging from 20° C. to 100° C. The integrated technology of the fenton process and the ferrite process (2FP) is advantageous to treat the wastewater from surface finishing processes, decrease the production of iron sludge caused in the fenton process and increase the quality of ferrite products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2004
    Publication date: December 15, 2005
    Inventors: Hung-Ta Chen, Min-Shing Tsai, Juu-En Chang, Tsair-Fuh Lin, Ting-Che Hsiao, Jun-Yi Wu, You-Shen Chen