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US 5,854,012 AGranted
Composition, method and apparatus for safe disposal of oil contaminated filter
AssigneeDana Corporation
InventorsWilliam M. Lasky, James H. Cornwell
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Abstract
Compositions, methods and apparatus (kits) for treating petroleum and petro-chemical based contaminants within expended filtration components, wherein the filtration components are exposed to water and a small concentrated volume of dormant bio-oxidizing medium comprising freeze-dried microorganisms on a freeze-dried substrate.
Claims8
A kit for treating filtration components with petroleum and/or petro-chemical based compounds entrained therein which comprises:
- a) a written protocol which
- i) identifies at least one filtration component for which the kit is suitable for treatment,
- ii) identifies a bio-oxidizing medium to be added to a filtration component identified in the written protocol,
- iii) specifies an amount of water to be added to a filtration component with the bio-oxidizing medium added thereto and
- iv) indicates a filtration component with water and bio-oxidizing medium added thereto is to be sealed in a manner which prevents the escape of petroleum, petro-chemical based compounds, bio-oxidizing medium and water therein into the environment;
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- b) a dormant bio-oxidizing medium identified within the written protocol comprising freeze-dried microorganisms on a freeze-dried substrate wherein said freeze-dried microorganisms are capable of digesting the petroleum and petro-chemical based compounds entrained within a filtration component upon rehydration.
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