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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2026

Filed:

Dec. 16, 2022
Applicant:

Innotech Alberta Inc., Edmonton, CA;

Inventors:

Pablo Contreras, Edmonton, CA;

Shad W. Siddiqui, Edmonton, CA;

Haibo Huang, Edmonton, CA;

Assignee:

InnoTech Alberta Inc., Edmonton, CA;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 17/04 (2006.01); C02F 1/56 (2023.01); C02F 1/68 (2023.01); C02F 101/32 (2006.01); C02F 103/10 (2006.01); C02F 103/34 (2006.01); C02F 103/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 17/047 (2013.01); B01D 17/045 (2013.01); C02F 1/56 (2013.01); C02F 1/682 (2013.01); C02F 2101/32 (2013.01); C02F 2101/325 (2013.01); C02F 2103/10 (2013.01); C02F 2103/34 (2013.01); C02F 2103/365 (2013.01); C02F 2305/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

Compositions for water treatment are provided. In some embodiments, the composition comprises: a cationic polyacrylamide-type polymer having a charge density of about 10% to about 40% and a molecular weight of about 600×10g/gmol to about 900×10g/gmol; and a cationic surfactant, the surfactant comprising an alkyl quaternary ammonium salt. Also provided are related methods and kits for treating wastewater with dispersed and dissolved organic matters and oils. Embodiments of the compositions, methods, and kits can be used to treat oil-in-water emulsions, produced water, and process water containing dispersed and/or dissolved organic matter such as hydrocarbons from various process industries including Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) oil operations.


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