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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2019
Applicants:
Onur Apul, Lowell, MA (US);
Paul Dahlen, Tempe, AZ (US);
Paul K. Westerhoff, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Inventors:
Assignees:
Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
The University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C02F 11/18 (2006.01); C02F 11/04 (2006.01); C02F 11/14 (2019.01); C02F 11/13 (2019.01); C02F 11/143 (2019.01); C02F 11/131 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C02F 11/185 (2013.01); C02F 11/04 (2013.01); C02F 11/131 (2019.01); C02F 11/143 (2019.01); C02F 11/18 (2013.01); C02F 2303/04 (2013.01); C02F 2305/00 (2013.01); C02F 2305/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
Wastewater sludge is treated by combining the sludge with a carbon-based dielectric additive that includes carbon to yield a modified sludge, irradiating the modified sludge with microwave radiation to yield a treated sludge, and providing the treated sludge to an anaerobic digester.