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Treatment of waste water

US4141823A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 3, 1976
Grant dateFeb 27, 1979
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Expiry dateAug 3, 1996

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02W10/10
  • WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A process for treating aqueous waste material having a biochemical oxygen demand, which process comprises passing the aqueous waste material along an elongate treatment tank or other elongate container for containing a volume of such material, having a transverse support structure or structures extending along the length of the tank or container and supporting aerobic micro-organisms, and dissolving an oxygenating gas in aqueous waste material at a plurality of positions spaced along the tank.

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