Fluidized bed wastewater treatment
US7622047B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 13, 2004 |
| Grant date | Nov 24, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 10, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S210/906
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A fluidized bed reactor (14) for removing phosphorus and nitrogen from wastewater has a column comprising a number of sections. (15A, 15B, 15C, 15D) The diameter of the column changes stepwise between the sections. A flow velocity in excess of 100 cm/min is maintained in a lowermost one of the sections and lower flow velocities are maintained in subsequent sections. A struvite supersaturation ratio is controlled in part by recycling wastewater from an outlet of the column. Struvite pellets are removed periodically from the bottom of the column.
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