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Method for treating waste-activated sludge using electroporation

US6709594B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 15, 2002
Grant dateMar 23, 2004
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Expiry dateOct 15, 2022

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

Abstract

A method of treating of municipal sludge, paper-pulp sludge, animal and plant waste, and the like, whereby the treatment thereof via electroporation causes the breakdown of waste activated sludge, which is then recycled back to a bioreactor, or to one or more additional bioreactors such as aerobic, facultative, anoxic, or strictly anaerobic.

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