Patents by Inventor Shungui ZHOU

Shungui ZHOU 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).

  • Patent number: 11898140
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a preparation method for hyperthermophilic aerobic fermentation inoculant prepared by using sewage sludge, the method includes the following steps: carrying out fermentation after the activation of hyperthermophilic aerobic bacteria, removing the supernatant from the fermentation products, and adding the protective agent and stirring until uniform, drying to obtain a product, pulverizing the product by a pulverizer, and sieving the product before sub-packing. The solution of the present disclosure has the following advantages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Inventors: Shungui Zhou, Zhi Chen, Hanpeng Liao
  • Publication number: 20230249998
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composite treatment and recovery technique of polluted water body and soil. Iron-rich straw biomass, after being crushed, is mixed and granulated with sludge, and is pyrolytic charred by programmed heating, to obtain bulk loaded zero-valent iron biochar and sludge biochar composite particles, which are packed as fillers in a filled bed or as filters in filter cells of a fixed bed, for effective recovery of complex polluted water, polluted by heavy metals, organics, nitrogen, phosphorus, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Lei WANG, Ming CHANG, Haiqing LIAO, Shungui ZHOU, Shaofeng LI, Weining XU, Xiaoshu WANG, Yangyang WANG, Yiwei LI
  • Publication number: 20200239378
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a device for electrochemically assisted aerobic composting of organic solid waste and method therefor. The aerobic composting device includes a compost bioreactor, a working electrode, an auxiliary electrode, and a reference electrode. The working electrode is situated on the inner wall of the compost bioreactor, and the reference electrode is situated between the working electrode and the auxiliary electrode. The bottom of the compost bioreactor is provided with a ventilation pipeline with an aeration head. A method for electrochemically assisted aerobic composting of organic solid waste by using the device is also disclosed. By performing electrochemically assisted composting through the composting device of the present disclosure can enrich and utilize electric energy microorganisms to promote the progress of the redox reaction in the compost pile, quickly increase the temperature of the compost, shorten the compost period, and increase the compost maturity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Shungui ZHOU, Jiahuan TANG, Xiang LI
  • Publication number: 20200222952
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method for rapidly reducing antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes in organic solid waste, which belongs to the field of organic solid waste treatment. The present disclosure utilizes aerobic fermentation bacteria which can tolerate a temperature of at least 80° C., and controls the compost pile temperature of no lower than 80° C. to perform hyperthermophilic composting on the organic solid waste for at least 5 to 7 days, so as to obtain effects of rapidly and stably reducing antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes in organic solid waste.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Shungui ZHOU, Hanpeng LIAO, Zhi CHEN
  • Publication number: 20200224153
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a preparation method for hyperthermophilic aerobic fermentation inoculant prepared by using sewage sludge, the method includes the following steps: carrying out fermentation after the activation of hyperthermophilic aerobic bacteria, removing the supernatant from the fermentation products, and adding the protective agent and stirring until uniform, drying to obtain a product, pulverizing the product by a pulverizer, and sieving the product before sub-packing. The solution of the present disclosure has the following advantages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Shungui ZHOU, Zhi CHEN, Hanpeng LIAO
  • Patent number: 9149845
    Abstract: A method for in-situ treatment of sediment simultaneous with microbial electricity generation is provided, comprising steps of constructing a microbial fuel cell, placing the microbial fuel cell in the sediment, forming a cell circuit, and cultivating microorganisms to generate electrical power. The method overcomes shortcomings found in the prior art and uses organics in the sediment as fuels to in-situ treat the sediment with simultaneous electricity generation. A device for implementing the method is also provided, which can be expanded in different directions as needed and is easy to maintain during long-term operation. The device has many advantages including compact structure, easy operation, low cost, high output power density, significant reduction in sediment COD, no influence on water flow, and environment-friendly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Guangdong Institute of Ecoenvironmental and Soil Sciences
    Inventors: Shungui Zhou, Lixia Zhang, Li Zhuang, Yueqiang Wang
  • Patent number: 9147902
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a microbial fuel cell stack, which comprises a plurality of microbial fuel cells and is characterized in that the microbial fuel cell includes a perforated frame, a cathode and an anode, and that the cathode wraps the perforated frame to form an anode chamber, and that the anode is arranged inside the anode chamber. Wires are respectively extended from the cathode and the anode. The microbial fuel cells are connected head to tail sequentially via pipes, and thus the anode chambers thereof interconnect each other. The first microbial fuel cell of the cell stack has a feeding port, and the last one has a discharging port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: GUANGDONG INSTITUTE OF ECO-ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOIL SCIENCES
    Inventor: Shungui Zhou
  • Publication number: 20120276418
    Abstract: A method for in-situ treatment of sediment simultaneous with microbial electricity generation is provided, comprising steps of constructing a microbial fuel cell, placing the microbial fuel cell in the sediment, forming a cell circuit, and cultivating microorganisms to generate electrical power. The method overcomes shortcomings found in the prior art and uses organics in the sediment as fuels to in-situ treat the sediment with simultaneous electricity generation. A device for implementing the method is also provided, which can be expanded in different directions as needed and is easy to maintain during long-term operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2010
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: Guangdong Institute of Ecoenvironmental and Soil Sciences
    Inventors: Shungui Zhou, Lixia Zhang, Li Zhuang, Yueqiang Wang
  • Publication number: 20100003543
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a microbial fuel cell stack, which comprises a plurality of microbial fuel cells and is characterized in that the microbial fuel cell includes a perforated frame, a cathode and an anode, and that the cathode wraps the perforated frame to form an anode chamber, and that the anode is arranged inside the anode chamber. Wires are respectively extended from the cathode and the anode. The microbial fuel cells are connected head to tail sequentially via pipes, and thus the anode chambers thereof interconnect each other. The first microbial fuel cell of the cell stack has a feeding port, and the last one has a discharging port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2009
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Inventor: Shungui ZHOU