Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Wastewater treatment
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Application No.: US11508661Application Date: 2006-08-23
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Publication No.: US07306724B2Publication Date: 2007-12-11
- Inventor: Andrew W. Gordon
- Applicant: Andrew W. Gordon
- Applicant Address: US FL Boca Raton
- Assignee: Water Standard Co., LLC
- Current Assignee: Water Standard Co., LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US FL Boca Raton
- Agency: Ruden McClosky
- Agent Stanley A. Kim
- Main IPC: C02F3/00
- IPC: C02F3/00

Abstract:
Wastewater is treated on at least one apparatus positioned at a location on the surface of a body of seawater wherein a wastewater intake system takes in wastewater into the apparatus, the wastewater is treated on the apparatus to yield treated wastewater and sludge, and the treated wastewater and/or sludge is diluted with seawater prior to being discharged into the body of seawater. The wastewater treatment systems and methods can also be combined with desalination and/or power generation. In combination with desalination, the concentrate produced from the desalination process is mixed with treated wastewater or sludge prior to discharge to bring the resulting mixture to a salt concentration closer to the body of seawater than the unmixed concentrate, treated wastewater, or sludge. Combustible gases produced by the wastewater treatment process can be used to fuel a power generation system that can be used to produce electrical power for use by systems on the apparatus or transferred off the apparatus for other uses.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070000835A1 Wastewater treatment Public/Granted day:2007-01-04
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