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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2010
Applicants:
Armin R. Volkel, Mountain View, CA (US);
Meng H. Lean, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Kai Melde, San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventors:
Armin R. Volkel, Mountain View, CA (US);
Meng H. Lean, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Kai Melde, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C02F 1/46 (2006.01); C02F 1/463 (2006.01); C02F 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C02F 1/463 (2013.01); C02F 1/008 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electrocoagulation system including a dosing unit, a mixing unit and a buffer tank is provided. The dosing unit receives a fluid from an external source and injects an electrochemically generated coagulant into the fluid using one or more pairs of electrodes. The mixing unit mixes the coagulant with the fluid and is separate from the dosing unit. The buffer tank holds the fluid until particles contained in the fluid grow to a predetermined size.