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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 1996
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Massoud Pirbazari, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Badri N Badriyha, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
210 90 ; 210636 ; 210639 ; 2102572 ; 21050026 ;
Abstract
A novel system for removing contaminants from water utilizes a microfiltration membrane and an adsorbent particle suspension. In the preferred embodiment, the microfiltration membrane is a ceramic membrane and the adsorbent is powdered activated carbon. The adsorbent is added to the water to be decontaminated to form the suspension. The adsorbent particle suspension is recirculated from a recirculation reservoir through a tubular microfiltration membrane. Decontaminated water permeates from the membrane.