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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2009
Maria Elektorowicz, Montreal, CA;
Jan Oleszkiewcz, Winnipeg, CA;
Khalid Bani-melhem, Montreal, CA;
Other;
Abstract
A wastewater treatment system and method comprises a treatment chamber having a filtration membrane spanning an effluent outlet of the chamber and a pair of electrodes in the treatment chamber so as to be in communication with the wastewater. An electrical potential difference is applied between the electrodes such that one of the electrodes functions as an anode and one of the electrodes functions as a cathode. A flow of fluid is induced out of the treatment chamber through the filtration membrane to the effluent outlet. Accordingly the treatment chamber is arranged to biologically treat the wastewater, electrochemically treat the wastewater and mechanically filter the wastewater through the filtration membrane commonly therein.