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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2020
Applicant:
The University of Queensland, St Lucia, AU;
Inventor:
Zhiyao Wang, St Lucia, AU;
Assignee:
THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND, St Lucia, AU;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C02F 3/30 (2023.01); C02F 1/62 (2023.01); C02F 1/66 (2023.01); C02F 3/00 (2023.01); C02F 3/12 (2023.01); C02F 3/34 (2023.01); C02F 11/02 (2006.01); C02F 11/04 (2006.01); C02F 11/12 (2019.01); C02F 11/18 (2006.01); C02F 101/16 (2006.01); C02F 101/20 (2006.01); C02F 103/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C02F 3/307 (2013.01); C02F 1/62 (2013.01); C02F 3/006 (2013.01); C02F 3/12 (2013.01); C02F 3/1263 (2013.01); C02F 3/1268 (2013.01); C02F 3/302 (2013.01); C02F 3/341 (2013.01); C02F 11/04 (2013.01); C02F 11/12 (2013.01); C02F 11/18 (2013.01); C02F 1/66 (2013.01); C02F 11/02 (2013.01); C02F 2101/16 (2013.01); C02F 2101/166 (2013.01); C02F 2101/20 (2013.01); C02F 2103/002 (2013.01); C02F 2103/005 (2013.01); C02F 2209/06 (2013.01); C02F 2209/07 (2013.01); C02F 2209/44 (2013.01); Y02W 10/20 (2015.05);
Abstract
A method for treating wastewater or sludge comprises the steps of adding the wastewater or sludge to a reactor and mixing the wastewater or sludge with a stream to thereby decrease a ratio of alkalinity to ammonium in the reactor, the reactor containing ammonium oxidising bacteria that oxidise ammonium to produce nitrite and decrease pH.