Method of and system for supporting denitrification
AssigneeOpencel LLC
InventorsMichael T. Gallagher, James Banaszak
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Abstract
A method of supporting denitrification includes receiving biological material at a pulsed electric field station and applying a pulsed electric field to the biological material within a treatment zone in the pulse electric field station to generate treated biological material. The method also includes transporting at least a portion of the treated biological material to an anoxic bioreactor in substitution, at least in part, for an external source of electron donor. A system for supporting denitrification is also provided.
Claims16
A method of supporting denitrification, the method comprising:
- receiving biological material at a pulsed electric field station;
- applying a pulsed electric field to the biological material within a treatment zone in the pulse electric field station to generate treated biological material;
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- transporting at least a portion of the treated biological material to an anoxic bioreactor in substitution, at least in part, for an external source of electron donor.
A wastewater treatment system, comprising:
- a treatment station including an anoxic bioreactor in which denitrification is performed;
- a pulsed electric field station comprising an inlet adapted to receive biological material, a treatment chamber through which biological material received via the inlet passes and including at least two spaced electrodes between which is generated a pulsed electric field and which define at least one treatment zone therebetween, and an outlet adapted to pass treated biological material;
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- a transport system coupled to the outlet of the pulsed electric field station and the anoxic bioreactor to provide treated biological material to the anoxic bioreactor in substitution, at least in part, for an external source of electron donor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.