Including Collecting Or Storing Gas (e.g., Fuel, Carbon Monoxide, Etc.) Patents (Class 210/603)
-
Patent number: 11530146Abstract: Waste water is remanufactured with ozone in a series of mixing vessels. The ozone is dispersed to both a top and a bottom portion of each mixing vessel, but in different amounts. This creates an electrical potential difference across the height of each mixing vessel which significantly improves the oxidation of organic carbon-based impurities and eliminates H2S and bacteria. Sludge and solids floating to the top of each mixing vessels are removed, as well as sludge and solids settling to the bottom of the mixing vessels. When oil and gas well waste water is treated in this manner, the resulting treated water is purified and has a high salt content suitable for oil or gas well injection.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2020Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: Clean Water Tech, LLCInventor: Timothy G Coakley
-
Patent number: 11519853Abstract: Provided are a method of evaluating biogas power generation suitability performed by a biogas power generation suitability evaluation server including a processor and a memory, the method comprises extracting, from satellite image data of an evaluation target area, an area corresponding to the evaluation target area, calculating a size of biogas generation facilities included in the evaluation target area based on the extracted area, calculating a biogas concentration of the evaluation target area from the satellite image data and evaluating the biogas power generation suitability based on the size of the biogas generation facilities and the biogas concentration of the evaluation target area, wherein the calculating of the biogas concentration of the evaluation target area comprises calculating an average value of biogas concentrations of area corresponding to the evaluation target area, and the evaluating of the biogas power generation suitability comprises calculating, based on the size of the biogas generaType: GrantFiled: April 1, 2022Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: AJOU UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATIONInventors: Ju Young Kang, Jae Hyeong Park, Sang Ho Ahn
-
Patent number: 11459254Abstract: A method and an apparatus for maintaining a stable microbial community in a combined anaerobic-aerobic waste processing system. The system comprises cycling of waste activated sludge between reactors, thereby ensuring a healthy microbial community and an efficient waste decomposition.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2019Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: S.G.T.—SUSTAINABLE GREEN TECHNOLOGIES LTDInventors: Gal Levin, Reuven Eitan
-
Patent number: 11459252Abstract: An aerobic biological treatment apparatus includes a reaction tank (tank body), a water permeation plate horizontally installed in a lower part of the reaction tank, a large-diameter particle layer formed on an upper side of the water permeation plate, a small-diameter particle layer formed on an upper side of the large-diameter particle layer, an oxygen dissolution membrane module disposed on an upper side of the small-diameter particle layer, a receiving chamber formed on a lower side of the water permeation plate, a raw water dispersion pipe supplying raw water into the receiving chamber, a diffuser pipe installed to perform gas diffusion in the receiving chamber and the like. A condensed water drainage pipe branches from an exhaust pipe from the oxygen dissolution membrane module, and a valve is provided.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2019Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: KURITA WATER INDUSTRIES LTD.Inventors: Tetsurou Fukase, Hideki Kobayashi
-
Patent number: 11453607Abstract: A process for enhanced anaerobic digestion of sludge by alcoholization of food waste, comprising steps of: (1) ethanol prefermentation of food waste—feeding the food waste having been crushed into a uniform grain size into an ethanol production reactor, where the food waste is subjected to rapid and efficient anaerobic fermentation activated by addition of yeast and pH adjustment to produce ethanol and obtain a fermentation broth and a fermentation residue; (2) sludge pretreatment—pretreating the sludge after mixing with the fermentation residue; and (3) methanogenesis of anaerobic digestion—subjecting products resulting from the sludge pretreatment to be mixed with the fermentation broth and then to methanogenesis of anaerobic digestion in a methane production reactor. With this process, the sludge and the food waste can be treated efficiently via multi-phase reactions, and the resource recovery and biogas quality can be enhanced.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2020Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: TONGJI UNIVERSITYInventors: Xiaohu Dai, Lei Li, Jun Gao, Ying Xu, Bin Dong, Lingling Dai, Zhigang Liu
-
Patent number: 11447766Abstract: An embodiment of the present disclosure provides an apparatus for immobilizing a microbial cell, the apparatus including: a mixing tank in which a cell-carrier-containing mixed solution is accommodated; a nozzle part through which the cell-carrier-containing mixed solution is injected from the mixing tank and is discharged to the outside; and a reaction tank in which a cell immobilized bead is formed by contact between the cell-carrier-containing mixed solution discharged from the nozzle part and an aqueous curing agent solution. In the apparatus for immobilizing a microbial cell according to the present disclosure, since the cell-carrier-containing mixed solution is injected through an air spraying nozzle, even when an immobilized carrier solution having a high viscosity is used, a microbial cell immobilized bead having a small size and having a spherical shape, or an almost spherical shape may be mass-produced.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2016Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: DAESANG CORPORATIONInventors: Baek Joong Kim, Tae Gun Kim, Min Su Kim, Tae Yong Kim, Eun Bum Song
-
Patent number: 11365433Abstract: An anaerobic digestion system for producing biogas from biomass, particularly biomass that is lignocellulosic, and includes two separate and interacting anaerobic reactor environments to solubilize lignocellulosic materials and make them available for conversion to biogas.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2020Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Inventors: Jaron C. Hansen, Lee D. Hansen, Zachary T. Aanderud, Conly L. Hansen
-
Patent number: 11365143Abstract: Disclosed are a cow excreta treatment apparatus and method. According to an aspect of the present embodiment, in a cow excreta treatment apparatus which treats cow excreta wastewater, provided is an aerobic reaction chamber for improving the aggregation and sedimentation characteristics of fine solids, the aerobic reaction chamber comprising: an air blow pipe for supplying air; a vertical membrane for preventing the outflow of raw water; and a discharge pipe for discharging air and treated water and removing bubbles generated in the aerobic reaction chamber.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2019Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Inventors: Daehwan Rhu, Minki Jung, Jaegwan Jang
-
Patent number: 11358893Abstract: A positive polymer fecal sludge treatment apparatus comprising a trash separator, one end of which is connected with a sludge inlet, and the other end of which is connected with a twin-rotor vacuum water pump. A high-pressure transparent tube is disposed and connected, by a knife valve, between the trash separator and the twin-rotor vacuum water pump. One end of the knife valve is connected with a first material box and a second material box. A first chemical box and a second chemical box are disposed under the first material box and the second material box, and each of the first material box and the second material box is connected with the first chemical box and the second chemical box. The first and second material boxes have a larger volume than a conventional one and thus can store more material and also can perform chemical stirring reaction directly.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2020Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Inventor: Frank Lin
-
Patent number: 11339360Abstract: Culture systems and methods of using same. The systems include a housing defining an inner space. The inner space includes a headspace and at least a portion of a reservoir. A surface for immobilizing cells is moveable between the headspace and the reservoir. The systems can be used for coculturing methanotrophs and phototrophs for processing biogas and wastewater, particularly from anaerobic digesters.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2020Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: Auburn UniversityInventors: Qinghua He, Jin Wang, Matthew V. Hilliard
-
Patent number: 11332400Abstract: It discloses to a device and a method for controlling pollutants in metal mine water resources cycling utilization. The device includes a multi-stage inflow constructed wetland (3), in which one or more layers of the filler are laid, and water distribution pipes (4) are buried at different height levels in the filler layers for multi-stage inflow, so that the received basin water is allowed to flow through each layer of the filler to degrade or remove the pollutants. In the multi-stage inflow constructed wetland, the types of fillers, dosage ratio, particle size and filling height of fillers in each layer are specifically selected. Therefore, heavy metal adsorption, suspended matter filtration, organic matter degradation, dephosphorization and denitrification can be effectively realized in the multi-stage inflow constructed wetland.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2018Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCESInventors: Beidou Xi, Lei Wang, Yalei Zhang, Jinsheng Wang, Ming Chang, Yangyang Wang, Wenbing Tan, Tongtong Li, Hui Liu, Yali Zhang, Feng Wu
-
Patent number: 11325057Abstract: The trap includes a container with a top opening covered by a lid. Inlet and outflow pipes extend through the lid into the container. A sheet of mesh filtration material (fiberglass, foam etc.) is situated within the container, below and preferably bonded to the interior surface of the lid. The inlet and outflow pipes extend through the filtration sheet into the container such that as the water level rises, sediment from the water flowing through the container settles to the bottom of the container and floating particles on the surface of the water which would otherwise be carried out of the trap with the water as the water exits the container remain in the filtration sheet.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2020Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Inventor: Donald Nevin
-
Patent number: 11312932Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a biogas plant for producing biogas, preferably from rice straw, wherein a substrate is fermented in two reactors (1, 2) in a circulating manner, so that a methane production from cellulose-and/or lignocellulose-containing substrate can be improved.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2018Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: Herbst Umwelttechnik GmbHInventors: Marcel Spahr, Leonhard Fechter
-
Patent number: 11308603Abstract: Monitoring of an environmental location to detect waste disposal includes receiving, by a computer, a collection of images from aerial data acquisition sources, the collection of images corresponding to the environmental location and the waste disposed in the environmental location. The collection of images are processed by the computer to extract properties of the waste and first properties of the environmental location. Subsequently, the properties of the waste disposed in the environmental location are classified according to a class. Additional information from external data sources including second properties of the environmental location is received by the computer. The computer determines a behavior of waste disposal in the environmental location over a period of time based on the classified properties of the disposed waste and the first and second properties of the environmental location, and generated a remediation plan based on the determined behavior.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2020Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Na Liu, Mei Rui Su, Pei Jian Liu, Bing Hua Zhao, Yan Liu, Zhong Fang Yuan, Wen Wang
-
Patent number: 11293035Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing biogas from fibrous substrate by anaerobic fermentation. The process is characterised in that a) the fibrous substrate is fed together with process liquid to a fermenter containing anaerobic microorganisms depending on the TSS content ascertained in this fermenter, b) the fibrous substrate is subjected to wet fermentation in this fermenter to produce biogas c) the output containing fermented fibrous substrate is drawn off from the fermenter and the TSS content in the fermenter is ascertained, d) the TSS content ascertained is compared with a fixed target range and e) depending on the result from d), step a) is repeated with adjusted amounts in order to comply with the target range for the TSS in the fermenter.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2016Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: VERBIO VEREINIGTE BIOENERGIE AGInventors: Oliver Lüdtke, Michael Schlimbach
-
Patent number: 11286507Abstract: An anaerobic digester is fed a feedstock, for example sludge from a municipal wastewater treatment plant, and produces a digestate. The digestate is dewatered into a cake. The cake may be dried further, for example in a thermal drier. The cake is treated in a pyrolysis system to produce a synthesis gas and biochar. The gas is sent to the same or another digester to increase its methane production. The char may be used as a soil enhancer.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2014Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: ANAERGIA INC.Inventors: Juan Carlos Josse, Andrew Benedek, Michael David Theodoulou
-
Patent number: 11274054Abstract: A syntrophic enrichment for enhanced digestion (SEED) system is presented, in which a retrofit addition to existing anaerobic digestion infrastructure provides improved digestion process rate and biogas quality. The system provides optimal niche environments for accelerating fermentative, syntrophic and methanogenic metabolisms to increase digestion system loading rates and enhance main digester microbiome. Prescribed media formulations, reactor integrations, and operational methods using various fixed and loose media enhance global digestion system performance. The retrofitted system enables existing plants to transition from an outdated solids-management model to one of valorized biomethane production.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2020Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignees: METRO VANCOUVER REGIONAL DISTRICT, GREATER VANCOUVER SEWERAGE & DRAINAGE DISTRICTInventors: Paul Kadota, Paul Markin, Cigdem Eskicioglu
-
Patent number: 11198078Abstract: A chemical liquid manufacturing apparatus, including a first system and a second system, is provided. The first system includes at least one first filtration medium, selected from a first filter, a first ion exchange membrane and a first ion adsorption membrane, wherein the first system is configured to process a material of at least one time. The second system includes at least one second filtration medium, selected from a second filter, a second ion exchange membrane and a second ion adsorption membrane, wherein the second system is configured for recirculation and to process the material of at least two times.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2019Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: FUJIFILM Electronic Materials U.S.A., Inc.Inventors: Bryan Hinzie, Marcia Cole-Yocom, Michael Barker, Perry Westberg, Yuan Chen, Jack Helzer
-
Patent number: 11198628Abstract: A portable and modular renewable energy microgeneration apparatus is disclosed that includes at least four modular units. The first modular unit includes a mixing tank and a chopper. The second modular unit includes a buffer tank, a liquor tank, and a pasteurization tank that pasteurizes waste that has been mixed with liquid from the liquor tank by the mixer, chopped into smaller sized components by the chopper, and pre-warmed by the buffer tank. The third modular unit includes a digestion tank that performs anaerobic digestion on pasteurized waste received from the pasteurization tank. And the fourth modular unit includes a gas storage tank that stores gas generated by the waste in at least one of the mixing tank, the chopper, the buffer tank, the liquor tank, the pasteurization tank, and the digestion tank. Each of the four modular units is both portable and modular.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2020Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: SEAB POWER LIMITEDInventor: Nicolas W. Sassow
-
Patent number: 11192814Abstract: A system includes an anaerobic digestion tank, a gas storage tank, a power generator, a power distribution system, and an electronic control system. The anaerobic digestion tank receives biological waste from a sewer line of a multi-unit building, and allows the received biological waste to be digested to produce a combustible gas. The gas storage tank stores the combustible gas. The power generator combusts the combustible gas to produce at least one of electrical power or heat. The power distribution system receives the electrical power from the power generator, stores at least some of the electrical power, and distributes at least some of the stored electrical power to one or more electrical devices. The electronic control system controls an operation of the system.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2018Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: Morrison Zhu Goodman Realty Group LLCInventor: Mike Ma
-
Patent number: 11192811Abstract: The present invention relates to an anaerobic formation of granules for waste water treatment. More particularly, the present invention relates to the use and development of microbial consortia for stimulation of anaerobic digestion of organic matter and to a method for enhancing the granulation rate of suspended anaerobic sludge using carbohydrate rich industrial effluent.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2018Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Inventor: Vanita Prasad
-
Patent number: 11185816Abstract: A process and a plant for the thermal abatement of foul air containing malodorous substances. A flow of foul air containing malodorous substances as combustive air is fed into the combustion chamber of a unit for production and recovery of energy, and a flow of exhaust gas is obtained. The flow of exhaust gas is fed into a scrubber for the abatement of polluting substances, whereby the scrubber uses water for the washing of the flow of exhaust gas, producing a flow of low-temperature purified gas and a heated washing liquid. The heated washing liquid is conveyed to at least one heating jacket of a storage tank for the biological treatment of sewage of the aforementioned purification plant.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2017Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: Ambiente E Nutrizione S.R.L.Inventor: Massimo Vezzani
-
Patent number: 11111168Abstract: In a municipal sewage treatment system, a biological process tank, typically an anaerobic digestion process, has a flexible, inflated membrane cover. At least one draft tube mixer is installed on the tank, interrupting the gas supported cover with a platform having a flat base and may have upwardly extending sides that generally follow the contour of the inflated cover. The draft tube is connected to the platform and preferably supported on the floor of the tank. The mixer mechanism can be lifted out of the draft tube without escape of gas from the inflated cover.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2021Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: Ovivo Inc.Inventors: James Goldhardt, Haydon Christiansen, Jacob Harwood
-
Patent number: 11084074Abstract: Devices and techniques related to landfill gas extraction are disclosed. A technique for controlling extraction of landfill gas from a landfill through a gas extraction system is described. The method may include measuring a plurality of values indicating conditions associated with the landfill; computing, based at least in part on the plurality of values and on a model of the landfill, a predicted future state of the landfill; determining, based at least in part on the predicted future state of the landfill, one or more control parameters for one or more respective control devices configured to control operation of the gas extraction system; applying the one or more control parameters to the one or more respective control, and with the one or more control devices, controlling extraction of the landfill gas from the landfill based, at least in part, on the one or more respective control parameters.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2020Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: Loci Controls, Inc.Inventors: Andrew Campanella, Melinda Sims, Nathan Pallo, Ian Martin
-
Patent number: 11078097Abstract: Exemplary embodiments describe apparatuses and related processes for improving mixing and sheer in a fixed film reactor. One process can include recycling at least a portion of a biogas product through at least one sparger below a fixed film zone in the fixed film reactor at conditions sufficient for mixing and sheering the film from an internal structure within the fixed film zone. Often, a cross-sectional area of the fixed film zone fills at least about 90% of a cross-sectional area of the fixed film reactor.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2018Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: Cambrian Innovation, Inc.Inventors: Justin Buck, Matthew Silver
-
Patent number: 11072006Abstract: A control system for controlling extraction of landfill gas, comprising: at least one sensor configured to measure one or more characteristics of landfill gas; at least one flow control mechanism disposed in well piping and configured to control flow of the landfill gas through the well piping; and at least one processor configured to: obtain a measured concentration of a first gas in landfill gas; determine whether the measured concentration of the first gas is either less than a first threshold concentration or greater than a second threshold concentration; when it is determined that the measured concentration is less than the first threshold concentration, control the at least one flow control mechanism to reduce flow rate of landfill gas; and when it is determined that the concentration is greater than the second threshold concentration, control the at least one flow control mechanism to increase the flow rate of landfill gas.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2020Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: Loci Controls, Inc.Inventors: Andrew Campanella, Joseph G. Michels, Peter Quigley, Ian Martin
-
Patent number: 11034602Abstract: Oxygen permeable membrane modules are provided in a reactor in multiple stages. An oxygen-containing gas from a blower B is sequentially circulated through the oxygen permeable membrane modules via pipes and is discharged from a pipe. Raw water flows out into a bottom part of the reactor through a plurality of nozzles, and a fluidized bed F of a biological carrier such as activated carbon is formed inside the reactor. Treated water flows out of a trough via an outflow port.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2017Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: KURITA WATER INDUSTRIES LTD.Inventors: Hideki Kobayashi, Tetsurou Fukase
-
Patent number: 11008237Abstract: We provide methods, systems, and apparatus for treatment of high chemical oxygen demand wastewater using anaerobic treatment with ceramic membranes. We also provide post-treatment using microbial fuel cells.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2017Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: AQUATECH INTERNATIONAL, LLCInventors: Ravi Chidambaran, Pavan Raina, Nitin Chandan, Sneha Suryakant Chawande
-
Patent number: 10934194Abstract: Systems and methods for the treatment of wastewater are provided. By incorporating one or more intermediate phosphate recovery reactors and manipulating the effluent and/or solid streams from those reactors, the systems and methods provide effluent and solid streams having customized phosphate content throughout the wastewater treatment process.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2017Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: NUTRIENT RECOVERY & UPCYCLING, LLCInventor: Menachem Tabanpour
-
Patent number: 10927023Abstract: A method may add whey to high calcium papermaking industrial wastewater blended and pre-acidification treatment to promote anaerobic reaction and inhibit calcification. The method includes, before anaerobic treatment of papermaking wastewater, mixing whey wastewater with the papermaking wastewater. The method also includes pre-treating the papermaking wastewater by acidification to stabilize the papermaking wastewater prior to entering an anaerobic reaction system.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2020Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Inventors: Shuangfei Wang, Zhiwei Wang, Hui Liu, Chengrong Qin, Chen Liang, Xueping Song, Lianxin Luo, Xinliang Liu, Meiling Li
-
Patent number: 10926307Abstract: A method for repairing an organic polluted site includes the following steps: step 1, build a sunlight greenhouse; step 2, carry out pretreatment to the soil of the organic polluted site; step 3, perform a biological heap treatment on the pretreated soil; step 4, implement quality control on the biological heap for soil remediation. By constructing a sunlight greenhouse within the original site of organic pollution sites, placing a biological heap in the sunlight greenhouse for a biological heap treatment, using the heat accumulated in the sunlight greenhouse to promote the volatilization of volatile organic matters in the soil without causing secondary pollution, and meanwhile adding a microbial agent and a nutritional agent to the polluted soil to promote the degradation and conversion of adsorbed organic matters.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2020Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCESInventors: Xiaosong He, Beidou Xi, Yiming Zheng, Guangchun Shan, Hangzheng Zhao, Hongbao Liu
-
Patent number: 10894232Abstract: The present invention relates to separation of desired target products from biological, plant, and waste-type material, wherein the desired target products include renewable fuels such as ethanol, biobutanol, and biodiesel, wherein the separation is conducted with a cross-flow filtration system having the ability to separate desired products from both non-viscous and viscous medium.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2018Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Assignee: SMARTFLOW TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Todd Benson, Kim Davis, Jason Bell, James Kacmar
-
Patent number: 10793458Abstract: The present invention is a process, a method, and system for recovery and concentration of dissolved ammonium bicarbonate from a wastewater containing ammonia (NH3) using gas separation, condensation, filtration, and crystallization, each at controlled operating temperatures. The present invention includes 1) removal of ammonia from waste (sludges, semi-solids, and solids and liquids) without the use of chemicals at a temperature of at least 80 degrees Celsius, 2) mixing of the gaseous ammonia with carbon dioxide and water vapor and concentrating dissolved ammonium carbonate and ammonium bicarbonate using reverse osmosis at a temperature of between about 35 and 50 degrees Celsius, and 3) crystallizing concentrated dissolved ammonium carbonate and ammonium bicarbonate at a temperature of less than about 35 degrees Celsius to form solid ammonium bicarbonate and ammonium carbonate.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2018Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: BION ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Morton Orentlicher, Mark M. Simon
-
Patent number: 10717684Abstract: The invention relates to methods and apparatuses for producing Class A biosolids. In yet another embodiment, the invention relates to a method comprising digesting waster material by anaerobic digestion, and yielding Class A biosolids. In still yet another embodiment, the invention relates to a system for anaerobic digestion of waste material to produce Class A biosolids. In still yet another embodiment, the invention relates to a system for anaerobic digestion of waste material comprising a mixing chamber, a digester, a heating pit, and an effluent pit.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2014Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignee: DVO LICENSING, INC.Inventor: Stephen W. Dvorak
-
Patent number: 10717120Abstract: A method in sand/water remediation by using photocatalytic fuel cell is related to the sewage treatment and sand/soil remediation field. The characteristic photocatalytic fuel cell uses photons or solar energy to produce highly active electron/holes is introduced to degrade pollutants. In the constructed visible light photocatalytic fuel cell, there is overlying water above polluted sands in a tubular reactor. Allowing static adsorption equilibrium to buildup, in the built photocatalytic fuel cell, the photocatalytic anode and photoelectric catalytic cathode are connected by wires with an external resistance. Using 50 W halogen lamp as the light source, it maintains photocatalysis and electro-catalytic reactions to degrade pollutants in the method. By degrading the pollutants in the overlying water, the pollutants in the sand are also desorbed and degraded, and rapidly decreased to a very low level. Thus in this method water purification treatment and sand remediation take place simultaneously.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2017Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignee: DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: Lifen Liu, Rui He
-
Patent number: 10682678Abstract: Devices and techniques related to landfill gas extraction are disclosed. A technique for controlling extraction of landfill gas from a landfill through a gas extraction system is described. The method may include measuring a plurality of values indicating conditions associated with the landfill; computing, based at least in part on the plurality of values and on a model of the landfill, a predicted future state of the landfill; determining, based at least in part on the predicted future state of the landfill, one or more control parameters for one or more respective control devices configured to control operation of the gas extraction system; applying the one or more control parameters to the one or more respective control, and with the one or more control devices, controlling extraction of the landfill gas from the landfill based, at least in part, on the one or more respective control parameters.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2019Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: Loci Controls, Inc.Inventors: Andrew Campanella, Melinda Sims, Nathan Pallo, Ian Martin
-
Patent number: 10669182Abstract: A method and system comprising use of chlorine dioxide to alter the particle size distribution and facilitate removal of water from wastewater, for example sludge or biosolids. The method uses chlorine dioxide to alter the rheology of the wastewater to improve the efficiency of drying the wastewater, to meet regulatory standards for beneficial use or energy production.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2016Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: BCR ENVIRONMENTAL CORPORATIONInventors: Frederick P. Mussari, Michael Phillip Norris
-
Patent number: 10604430Abstract: The present invention discloses a novel membrane aerated anaerobic granular sludge reactor, belonging to the technical field of sewage treatment. The reactor solves the problems of low solubility of gas substances in an aqueous solution, large gas-liquid mass transfer resistance and low mass transfer rate. The top of a reactor body is provided with a water outlet, and the middle side wall of the reactor body is provided with a middle water outlet; the middle water outlet of the reactor body is connected with an water inlet of a membrane module; an water outlet of the membrane module is connected with a bottom water inlet of the reactor body through a circulating pump, a water inlet is connected with the bottom water inlet of the reactor body through a feed pump, a high pressure or pressurized gas cylinder outputs high pressure or pressurized gas to the membrane module, and a gas pressure regulating valve is arranged between the high pressure or pressurized gas cylinder and the membrane module.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2018Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: Guojun Xie, Shengqiang Fan, Nanqi Ren, Bingfeng Liu, Defeng Xing, Jie Ding
-
Patent number: 10570043Abstract: An induced sludge bed anaerobic reactor system that includes at least two stages of bioreactor processing, a first-stage feeding system, a second-stage feeding system, a pH balancing system, an effluent recirculation system, a gas management system, and a controller. In addition, any given stage of reactor processing may be comprised of a plurality of reactors that are configured to operate in parallel with each other.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2018Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Inventors: Conly L. Hansen, Leonard Alan Collins
-
Patent number: 10526214Abstract: Method and installation of thermal hydrolysis of sludges implementing a group of thermal hydrolysis reactors (71,72,73,74) characterized in that it comprises successions of cycles, each of these successions of cycles being dedicated to one of said thermal hydrolysis reactors, each cycle comprising: a step a) for conveying a batch of non-preheated sludges to be treated into a thermal hydrolysis reactor (71,72,73,74), said step for conveying comprising the continuous passage of the sludges of said batch of sludges into a dynamic mixer (3) into which recovery steam is injected; a step b) for injecting live steam into said thermal hydrolysis reactor (71,72,73,74) containing said batch of sludges so as to increase the temperature and the pressure prevailing in this reactor; a step c) of thermal hydrolysis of the batch of sludges in the thermal hydrolysis reactor; a step d) for emptying the content of the batch of hydrolyzed sludges of said thermal hydrolysis reactor towards a recovery vessel (13), and for concomitType: GrantFiled: October 30, 2015Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies SupportInventors: Julien Chauzy, Malik Djafer, Cedric Crampon
-
Patent number: 10519071Abstract: An assemblable appliance and method of recycling organic waste into biogas and liquid fertilizer, implementing essentially anaerobic digestion processes, is described. The assemblable appliance includes: a pliant structured exoskeletal envelope, pliable collapsible anaerobic digester and gas tank. A compact kit-of-parts for assembling the aforementioned appliance and respective method using the aforementioned appliance for recycling organic waste into biogas and liquid fertilizer are described.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2017Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: HOME BIOGAS LTDInventors: Oshik Moshe Efrati, Yair Teller, Erez Lanzer, Shoham Zak
-
Patent number: 10513677Abstract: This disclosure may generally relate to a pressured vessel and, more particularly, to systems and methods for pressurizing a pressured vessel by producing a biogas using a recessed roof system. A pressured vessel may comprise a shell, wherein the shell may comprise a plurality of panels. The pressured vessel may further comprise a recessed roof and a deck. A method of collecting biogas from a pressure vessel may comprise disposing a liquid into the pressure vessel, disposing an anaerobic microorganism into the pressure vessel, adjusting a path of the biogas with a protruding baffle, collecting the biogas with the recessed roof, applying pressure to the outside of the recessed roof with the liquid such that the biogas pressure inside the recessed roof is increased, and removing the biogas from inside the recessed roof through a gas collection system.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2018Date of Patent: December 24, 2019Assignee: TF Warren Group CorporationInventor: Billy Ray Alumbaugh
-
Patent number: 10512955Abstract: System to control a biogas collection plant having a manifold and a plurality of collection units connecting respective capturing wells to the manifold and having respective biogas flow rate regulation valves; the system having a control board with a pressure sensor, a methane sensor, an oxygen sensor, a biogas pressure monitoring network connecting the pressure sensor to the collection units by means of respective control valves, and a chemical biogas monitoring network connecting the methane sensor and the oxygen sensor to the collection units by means of as many control valves; the control board selectively controlling the control valves to measure pressure, methane concentration and oxygen concentration of the biogas in the collection units and controlling the regulation valves as a function of the pressure and methane and oxygen concentration values measured.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2016Date of Patent: December 24, 2019Assignee: ANTONINI MARCO DITTA INDIVIDUALEInventor: Marco Antonini
-
Patent number: 10501674Abstract: In order to substantially reduce friction during drilling operations, specialized lubricants need to be added to drilling fluid recipes. In general, lubricants reduce friction by forming a thin film of liquid that separates the solid surfaces in contact. The primary objective of this research is to evaluate the performance of enhanced activated sludge (EAS) as a lubricant in drilling fluids. EAS is activated sludge rich in lipids. The mixed consortium of microorganism in waste water treatment facilities in grown under a high carbon/nitrogen ratio to trigger lipid accumulation. Performance of EAS as drilling fluid additive was compared with commercial lubricants in terms of lubricity and flow properties. Lubricants were evaluated using water-based drilling mud at lubricant concentrations of 1.78, 3.11, 4.43, and 6.17 pounds per barrel (ppb). Experiments were carried out in a standard lubricity meter. The lubricity meter tests the ability of the lubricant in the drilling mud to reduce friction.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2018Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: University of Louisiana at LafayetteInventors: Gopi Chand Tripuraneni, Mark Zappi, Rafael Hernandez
-
Patent number: 10501352Abstract: A method is presented for biological removal of contaminants like sulfide from ground waters and industrial waters. A portion of the bioreactor effluent water is recycled to the bioreactor and the sulfide oxidizing bacteria by biological oxidation oxidizes sulfides in the water to produce soluble sulfates. The present invention uses a packed bed bioreactor configuration that uses packing material to maximize the concentration of sulfide oxidizing bacteria.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2017Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: UOP LLCInventors: F. Stephen Lupton, William Sheridan
-
Patent number: 10479709Abstract: A water treatment system comprising a first reactor and a second reactor arranged to be placed in series in a body of water, the first and/or second reactor comprising at least one cell for housing biomedia. A mid-settling zone is provided between the first and second reactors for separating solids in the water. A method of treating water, the method comprising passing water to be treated through a first reactor and then a second reactor arranged in series in a body of water, the first and/or second reactors comprising at least one cell for housing biomedia, wherein the water is passed through a mid-settling zone between the first and second reactors before passing through the second reactor.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2015Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: BIONEST TECHNOLOGIES INC.Inventors: Etienne Boutet, Serge Baillargeon, Garfield R. Lord
-
Patent number: 10479716Abstract: A Biorefinery System (BIOSYS) that effectively treats all human activity-derived waste (black water, grey water, and food waste streams) using biological systems and that produces as process by-products: recovered potable water, liberated free oxygen, edible protein cake (with and without lipids), soil amendments, and machinery lube oils. Additionally, the system captures and chemically binds carbon dioxide into microbial cells and associated by-products, thus producing recovered usable returned cabin air.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2017Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: University of Louisiana at LafayetteInventors: Mark E. Zappi, Daniel Gang, Emmanuel Revellame, Andrei Chistoserdov, Rafael Hernandez, Rakesh Bajpai, Wayne Sharp, Dhan Fortela
-
Patent number: 10407329Abstract: A wastewater treatment system includes: an acid fermentation tank; a methane fermentation tank positioned under the acid fermentation tank, and configured to produce biogas, and an upper portion of the methane fermentation tank including an opening that communicates with the acid fermentation tank; and a gas type liquid partition valve provided at the opening, including a gas storage portion configured to store a predetermined amount of the biogas and discharge the biogas exceeding the predetermined amount to the acid fermentation tank, and configured to block the opening with the biogas stored in the gas storage portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2017Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: National Institute for Environmental StudiesInventors: Takashi Onodera, Kazuaki Syutsubo, Motoyuki Mizuochi
-
Patent number: 10384982Abstract: An organic waste material processing system includes a waste material holding tank and a slurry-producing device configured to process organic waste material into a slurry. A waste processing section has at least one pressurizeable tank connected to the waste material holding tank receiving slurry therefrom. The pressurizeable tank includes a slurry temperature adjusting part and a first hydrocarbon capturing structure configured to capture hydrocarbon vapors produced by the slurry at a predetermined temperature. A hydrocarbon vapor processing section collects captured hydrocarbon vapors from the waste processing section such that an electric power producing apparatus generates electricity using collected hydrocarbon vapor and provides electric power to at least the pretreatment section and the waste processing section. A waste post-processing section is configured to receive processed slurry produce salable organic materials, nutrient enhanced media and recycled water.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2016Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: PLANET FOUND ENERGY DEVELOPMENT, LLCInventor: Andrew Moss
-
Patent number: 10344303Abstract: A low-cost process is provided to render lignocellulosic biomass accessible to cellulase enzymes, to produce fermentable sugars. Some variations provide a process to produce ethanol from lignocellulosic biomass (such as sugarcane bagasse or corn stover), comprising introducing a lignocellulosic biomass feedstock to a single-stage digestor; exposing the feedstock to a reaction solution comprising steam or liquid hot water within the digestor, to solubilize the hemicellulose in a liquid phase and to provide a cellulose-rich solid phase; refining the cellulose-rich solid phase, together with the liquid phase, in a mechanical refiner, thereby providing a mixture of refined cellulose-rich solids and the liquid phase; enzymatically hydrolyzing the mixture in a hydrolysis reactor with cellulase enzymes, to generate fermentable sugars; and fermenting the fermentable sugars to produce ethanol. Many alternative process configurations are described.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2018Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: GRANBIO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY HOLDINGS, LLCInventors: Theodora Retsina, Vesa Pylkkanen, Steven R. Rutherford, Jean-Pierre Monclin