Method and apparatus for treatment of wastewater
AssigneeThe Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology
InventorsChristos Christodoulatos, George P. Korfiatis
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Abstract
An apparatus for wastewater treatment including at least one emobilized cell packed bed bioreactor and at least one membrane oxygenation module is provided. A system and method for treating wastewater is also provided.
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An apparatus for wastewater treatment comprising at least one immobilized cell packed bed (ICPB) bioreactor, and at least one membrane oxygenation module attached to an external recirculation line.
A method of treating wastewater containing organic carbon and ammonia comprising feeding wastewater into a immobilized cell packed bed until the immobilized cell packed bed is fully saturated with the wastewater;
- withdrawing effluent from the packed bed through an external recirculation line;
- transporting the effluent into a oxygenation membrane module;
- and discharging treated water through an effluent line into a receiving environment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.