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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2010
Meng H. Lean, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Joe Zuback, Camarillo, CA (US);
Nitin Parekh, Los Altos, CA (US);
Norine E. Chang, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Huangpin Ben Hsieh, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Kai Melde, San Francisco, CA (US);
Meng H. Lean, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Joe Zuback, Camarillo, CA (US);
Nitin Parekh, Los Altos, CA (US);
Norine E. Chang, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Huangpin Ben Hsieh, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Kai Melde, San Francisco, CA (US);
Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
The water treatment system and method incorporating the use of a hydrodynamic separator to remove most of the total suspended solids (TSS) in source water being treated to thereby lighten the load on membrane filtration in the water treatment system and lower energy costs.