Adsorbent mixture for depleting antibiotics, pathogens, and heavy metals
AssigneeFoundation for Neglected Disease Research
InventorsShridhar NARAYANAN, R K SHANDIL, Saumya Dhup GULATI, Siva Shanmugam SELVARAJ
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Abstract
The present invention provides a mixture of adsorbents which has the capacity to adsorb high concentrations of antibiotics from a diverse range of classes, pathogens, and heavy metals. The invention is a mixture of various charcoal adsorbents including areca nut, bamboo, pine nut, coconut shell and paper that can deplete a wide variety of antibiotics in one go.
Claims11
An adsorbent mixture for depleting effluents from water sources comprising charcoal mix and a pre-filter, wherein the charcoal mix comprises activated charcoal consisting of a combination of paper, areca nutshell, coconut shell, pine wood, and bamboo, and the prefilter comprises silica and PEG 3350 or ion exchange resin.
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The adsorbent mixture for depleting effluents as claimed in claim wherein the silica sand and PEG 3350 are at 0.1 to 10-fold of the adsorbent mix and the ion exchange resin is at 0.5 to 2-fold of the adsorbent mix.
The adsorbent mixture for depleting effluents as claimed in claim k wherein the pathogens are selected from the group consisting of bacteria and viruses.
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