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US 2012/0234752 A1Published application
Method of improving nitrification in a trickling filter
OwnerScott Dunninventor
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Abstract
A method of improving nitrification in a wastewater treatment plant is provided. The method comprises the steps of a) providing a trickling filter effluent water basin having biological filter media placed on a support platform positioned at least three feet above a bottom of the basin; and (b) contacting the filter media with the wastewater. Nitrification (removal of ammonia by conversion to nitrate) can be improved at least 30% as compared to a trickling filter without the invention.
Claims14
A method of improving nitrification in a wastewater treatment plant, the method comprising the steps of:
- a) providing a trickling filter effluent water basin having biological filter media placed on a support platform positioned at least three feet above a bottom of the basin;
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- (b) contacting the filter media with the wastewater.
A trickling filter effluent water basin comprising:
- a) a retaining wall;
- b) a support platform to support filter media positioned at a height at least 3 feet above a bottom of the basin;
- and c) an outlet pipe in fluid communication with the storage space, wherein the trickling filter effluent water basin is a substantially closed system with the exception of an outlet pipe for effluent out of the basin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.