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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:
Jul. 07, 1998

Filed:

Sep. 12, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:

Joseph P Miknevich, Coraopolis, PA (US);

Denis E Hassick, Monroeville, PA (US);

Assignee:

Calgon Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C02F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
210710 ; 71 15 ; 71 22 ; 210734 ; 405128 ;
Abstract

A method for separating raw agricultural waste into a liquid portion and a nutrient enriched solids portion is disclosed. This method includes providing raw agricultural waste to be treated, adding to the raw agricultural waste an effective amount of a composition comprising a quaternized amino methylated polyacrylamide polymer for separating the raw agricultural waste into a mixture having a liquid portion and a nutrient solids portion, mixing the composition with the raw agricultural waste to facilitate the separation, and subjecting the mixture to at least one mechanical separation means for segregating the separated liquid portion from the separated nutrient solids portion. A method for transforming raw agricultural waste into a clarified liquid portion and a dewatered nutrient enriched solids portion is also provided.


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