Patents by Inventor Xiaoli Chai

Xiaoli Chai 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: 11629083
    Abstract: The present invention relates to microbial carriers for wastewater treatment, and in particular, relates to an organic composite powder carrier and its application for strengthening biological denitrification in municipal wastewater treatment. The organic composite powder carrier is compounded by a microbial carrier with a relatively large equivalent particle size and an organic alternative carbon source in the form of ultrafine powder. The composite powder carrier in the present invention includes a dedicated organic alternative carbon source, such as polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA). The organic alternative carbon source can exclude the competitive relationship between microorganisms to ensure that denitrifying bacteria exclusively obtain electron donors required for denitrification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignees: TONGJI UNIVERSITY, HUNAN SANYOU ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Xiaohu Dai, Xiaoli Chai, Bin Lu, Dan Hou, Hongbo Han, Yue Mou, Jing Yi
  • Publication number: 20220388881
    Abstract: The invention relates to a new biological fluidized bed process with high concentration powder carriers used for the treatment of municipal wastewater, which is a fluidized bed system based on the principle of sewage biochemical treatment, by adding a compound powder carrier to the biochemical tank, and forming a high concentration mixture after mixing and microbial attachment; the sludge mixture after the reaction is concentrated and separated, and then enters the compound powder carrier cyclone separation and recovery system, which can separate most of the compound powder carrier from the discharged excess sludge, and then return to the biochemical tank for recycling. The highly integrated municipal wastewater treatment process proposed in the invention has high treatment efficiency, small occupation area, low operation energy consumption, and can realize the doubling of sewage treatment capacity and the improvement of effluent water quality without adding additional occupancy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Xiaoli CHAI, Yue MU, Jing YI, Zeheng TANG, Hongbo HAN, Dan HOU
  • Patent number: 11472725
    Abstract: A recovery system of composite powder carrier in HPB municipal wastewater treatment includes a biochemical tank and a concentration tank. The composite powder carrier is added to the biochemical tank for biochemically treating on the wastewater. The mixed liquid is then made to flow into the concentration tank. The supernatant obtained after filtration is then discharged. The concentrated sludge is returned to the biochemical tank, and the excess concentrated sludge is transported to a separator. The separator separates the substances with large specific gravity from those having smaller specific gravity, and the substances with large specific gravity are recycled to the biochemical tank for reuse. Matter having smaller specific gravity is discharged. The separator can be used to separate the composite powder carriers for recycling, which improves the utilization rate of the composite powder carriers and reduces the operation cost of the HPB technology for wastewater treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignees: TONGJI UNIVERSITY, HUNAN SANYOU ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Xiaohu Dai, Xiaoli Chai, Bin Lu, Dan Hou, Hongbo Han, Yue Mou, Jing Yi
  • Patent number: 11370680
    Abstract: A method for enhancing biochemical water treatment by a powder carrier includes: (i) screening the powder carrier by removing impurities to obtain a screened powder carrier; (ii) dissolving the screened powder carrier by stirring to prepare a slurry, enabling the screened powder carrier to completely absorb moisture to obtain a soaked powder carrier slurry; (iii) adjusting the pH value and adding the soaked powder carrier slurry into a bioreactor or a biological reaction structure; (iv) distributing the soaked powder carrier slurry uniformly through a hydraulic agitation; (v) loading a microorganism on the inner pore and wrapping on the surface of the soaked powder carrier slurry to obtain powder-loaded biological floccules; (vi) settling the powder-loaded biological floccules in a sedimentation zone and separating the powder carrier from the microorganism for reuse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: TONGJI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Xiaoli Chai, Xiaohu Dai, Bin Lu, Boran Wu
  • Patent number: 11260325
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a filtering device used for removing impurities in a mixture of biological diatomite, which relates to the technical field of sewage treatment. This device includes a plurality of deflectors evenly distributed in multiple layers in the vertical direction. Each deflector includes a shell and a top plate. There is a filter unit symmetrically arranged on the left and right sides of each deflector. The top of the shell is covered with a top plate hinged with the depressed plate. The bottom of the shell is provided with water inlets which communicate with the shunt pipe, and the upper parts of the left and right side walls of the shell are provided with overflow ports. The shell also has a plurality of diversion folding plates located below the overflow ports and vertically staggered and distributed on the left and right side walls. The filter unit includes an inclined water guiding groove and a filtering plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: TONGJI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Xiaohu Dai, Bin Lu, Xiaoli Chai, Boran Wu, Zheng Zhou, Xiuzhong Wang
  • Publication number: 20210205741
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a filtering device used for removing impurities in a mixture of biological diatomite, which relates to the technical field of sewage treatment. This device includes a plurality of deflectors evenly distributed in multiple layers in the vertical direction. Each deflector includes a shell and a top plate. There is a filter unit symmetrically arranged on the left and right sides of each deflector. The top of the shell is covered with a top plate hinged with the depressed plate. The bottom of the shell is provided with water inlets which communicate with the shunt pipe, and the upper parts of the left and right side walls of the shell are provided with overflow ports. The shell also has a plurality of diversion folding plates located below the overflow ports and vertically staggered and distributed on the left and right side walls. The filter unit includes an inclined water guiding groove and a filtering plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: Tongji University
    Inventors: Xiaohu DAI, Bin LU, Xiaoli CHAI, Boran WU, Zheng ZHOU, Xiuzhong WANG
  • Publication number: 20210147268
    Abstract: A method for enhancing biochemical water treatment by a powder carrier includes: (i) screening the powder carrier by removing impurities to obtain a screened powder carrier; (ii) dissolving the screened powder carrier by stirring to prepare a slurry, enabling the screened powder carrier to completely absorb moisture to obtain a soaked powder carrier slurry; (iii) adjusting the pH value and adding the soaked powder carrier slurry into a bioreactor or a biological reaction structure; (iv) distributing the soaked powder carrier slurry uniformly through a hydraulic agitation; (v) loading a microorganism on the inner pore and wrapping on the surface of the soaked powder carrier slurry to obtain powder-loaded biological floccules; (vi) settling the powder-loaded biological floccules in a sedimentation zone and separating the powder carrier from the microorganism for reuse.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: Tongji University
    Inventors: Xiaoli CHAI, Xiaohu DAI, Bin LU, Boran WU
  • Publication number: 20210130205
    Abstract: A recovery system of composite powder carrier in HPB municipal wastewater treatment includes a biochemical tank and a concentration tank. The composite powder carrier is added to the biochemical tank for biochemically treating on the wastewater. The mixed liquid is then made to flow into the concentration tank. The supernatant obtained after filtration is then discharged. The concentrated sludge is returned to the biochemical tank, and the excess concentrated sludge is transported to a separator. The separator separates the substances with large specific gravity from those having smaller specific gravity, and the substances with large specific gravity are recycled to the biochemical tank for reuse. Matter having smaller specific gravity is discharged. The separator can be used to separate the composite powder carriers for recycling, which improves the utilization rate of the composite powder carriers and reduces the operation cost of the HPB technology for wastewater treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicants: Tongji University, Hunan Sanyou Environmental Technology Co., LTD
    Inventors: Xiaohu DAI, Xiaoli CHAI, Bin LU, Dan HOU, Hongbo HAN, Yue MOU, Jing YI
  • Publication number: 20210130210
    Abstract: The present invention relates to microbial carriers for wastewater treatment, and in particular, relates to an organic composite powder carrier and its application for strengthening biological denitrification in municipal wastewater treatment. The organic composite powder carrier is compounded by a microbial carrier with a relatively large equivalent particle size and an organic alternative carbon source in the form of ultrafine powder. The composite powder carrier in the present invention includes a dedicated organic alternative carbon source, such as polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA). The organic alternative carbon source can exclude the competitive relationship between microorganisms to ensure that denitrifying bacteria exclusively obtain electron donors required for denitrification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicants: Tongji University, Hunan Sanyou Environmental Technology Co., LTD
    Inventors: Xiaohu DAI, Xiaoli CHAI, Bin LU, Dan HOU, Hongbo HAN, Yue MOU, Jing YI
  • Publication number: 20200262729
    Abstract: The present invention relates in general to municipal wastewater treatment, and in particular, to a new biological fluidized bed process with high concentration powder carriers used for the treatment of municipal wastewater, wherein the process comprises: flowing the wastewater through a coarse screen and a lifting pump firstly, lifting to a fine screen and grit chamber, and then entering a HPB biochemical tank; dividing the HPB biochemical tank successively into an anaerobic zone, an anoxic zone, an aerobic zone and a concentrated separation zone along the flow direction of the wastewater, adding a compound powder carrier to the anaerobic zone, the anoxic zone and the aerobic zone respectively, and stirring and mixing into a mixture; flowing the mixture into the concentrated separation zone and concentrating and separating, returning the concentrate back to the anaerobic zone; discharging the supernatant from the concentrated separation zone and successively transporting through a high-efficient clarificatio
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Xiaoli Chai, Yue Mu, Jing Yi, Zeheng Tang, Hongbo Han, Dan Hou