Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods for polishing wastewater utilizing a bed of commingled bauxite residue and iron filings
- Patent Title (中): 使用混合的铝土矿残渣和铁屑清理废水的方法
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Application No.: US13886677Application Date: 2013-05-03
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Publication No.: US08673152B2Publication Date: 2014-03-18
- Inventor: John R. Smith , Jaw K. Fu , Rajat Ghosh , Kevin Kitzman , Jonell Kerkhoff , Robert C. Horger , Dennis L. Fulmer , Aniruddha Bhattacharyya , Andrew C. Middleton , Robin L. Weightman
- Applicant: Alcoa Inc. , Corporate Environmental Solutions LLC
- Applicant Address: US PA Pittsburgh US PA Bridgeville
- Assignee: Alcoa Inc.,Corporate Environmental Solutions LLC
- Current Assignee: Alcoa Inc.,Corporate Environmental Solutions LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US PA Pittsburgh US PA Bridgeville
- Agency: Greenberg Traurig, LLP
- Main IPC: C02F1/28
- IPC: C02F1/28

Abstract:
Wastewater treatment systems, methods and apparatus for polishing a wastewater stream comprising a plurality of contaminants are provided. One system includes a vessel containing a plurality of natural media filtration agents selected to remove selected ones of the plurality of contaminants from the wastewater stream. In one embodiment, the vessel includes a bed of bauxite residue and at least one other natural media filtration agent. In another embodiment, the vessel includes a bed of compost and at least one other natural media filtration agent. The vessel includes a wastewater inlet that is in fluid communication with one or more of the natural media filtration agents. The vessel includes a wastewater outlet that is in fluid communication with one or more of the natural media filtration agents.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130240452A1 METHODS, APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS FOR POLISHING WASTEWATER UTILIZING NATURAL MEDIA FILTRATION Public/Granted day:2013-09-19
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