Method of producing useful products from seawater and similar microflora containing brines
OwnerArthur William Zeiglerinventor
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Abstract
A process is provided for the recovery of useful products, including fertilizers and nutritional supplements, from the organic matter and minerals contained in seawater and other brines. The dissolved organic carbon-based chemicals and suspended particulate carbon-based organic matter are co-precipitated together with the contained magnesium and/or calcium, along with incidental trace minerals, entrained water and water of hydration. An alkali base and/or alkaline earth base are added to the brine until a pH of 10.75 to 11.0 is achieved. The settled or non-dry filtered or centrifuged precipitate is utilized as a slurry and the supernatant brine is discarded.
Claims6
A method for harvesting aquatic microflora and the byproducts of their lifecycles from seawater by co-precipitation together with the brine's constituent bivalent minerals, substantially all naturally occurring organic matter along with incidental trace minerals, entrained water and water of hydration comprising:
- adding colloidal silica to the seawater or brine, whereby an additive or synergistic alteration of the bioactivity of precipitates is achieved, further,
- treating seawater or other similar brine containing colloidal silica and aquatic microflora with an alkali base or alkaline earth base, precipitating the naturally occurring carbon-based chemicals and carbon-based particulate matter along with entrained water and water of hydration, phytoplankton, phytobacter, nanobacter, viruses and virus like particles together with the byproducts of their life-cycles and concentrating to the degree desired by decantation or centrifugation.
A method for harvesting aquatic microflora and the byproducts of their life cycles from seawater by co-precipitation together with the brine's constituent bivalent minerals, substantially all naturally occurring organic matter along with incidental trace minerals, entrained water and water of hydration comprising:
- treating seawater or similar brine containing aquatic microflora with an alkali base or alkaline earth base, precipitating the naturally occurring carbon-based chemicals and carbon-based particulate matter along with entrained water and water of hydration, phytoplankton, phytobacter, nanobacter, viruses and virus-like particles together with the byproducts of their life-cycles, adding colloidal silica to the precipitate, whereby an additive or synergistic alteration of the bioactivity of the precipitates is achieved, and concentrating to the degree desired by decantation or centrifugation.
A method for harvesting aquatic microflora and the byproducts of their life cycles from seawater by co-precipitation together with the brine's constituent bivalent minerals, substantially all naturally occurring organic matter along with incidental trace minerals, entrained water and water of hydration comprising:
- treating seawater or similar brine containing aquatic microflora with an alkali base or alkaline earth base, precipitating the naturally occurring carbon-based chemicals and carbon-based particulate matter along with entrained water and water of hydration, phytoplankton, phytobacter, nanobacter, viruses and virus-like particles together with the byproducts of their life-cycles, and adding to the precipitate mucopolysaccharides from the group consisting of arabinogalactin or acemannan, whereby an additive or synergistic alteration of the bioactivity of the precipitates is achieved, and concentrating to the degree desired by decantation or centrifugation.
A method for harvesting aquatic microflora and the byproducts of their life cycles from seawater by co-precipitation together with the brine's constituent bivalent minerals, substantially all naturally occurring organic matter along with incidental trace minerals, entrained water and water of hydration comprising:
- adding humates and or fulvates to the seawater or similar brine, treating the seawater or similar brine containing the humates and/or fulvates and aquatic microflora with an alkali base or alkaline earth base, precipitating the naturally occurring carbon-based chemicals and carbon-based particulate matter along with entrained water and water of hydration, phytoplankton, phytobacter, nanobacter, viruses and virus like particles together with the byproducts of their life-cycles, and concentrating to the degree desired by decantation or centrifugation.
A method for harvesting aquatic microflora and the by-products of their life cycles from seawater by co-precipitation together with the brine's constituent bivalent minerals, substantially all naturally occurring organic matter along with incidental trace minerals, entrained water and water of hydration comprising:
- treating seawater or similar brine containing aquatic microflora with an alkali base or alkaline earth base, precipitating the naturally occurring carbon-based chemicals and carbon-based particulate matter along with entrained water and water of hydration, phytoplankton, phytobacter, nanobacter, viruses and virus like particles together with the byproducts of their life-cycles, adding to the precipitate bioactive humates and or fulvates, whereby an additive or synergistic alteration of the bioactivity of the precipitates is achieved, and concentrating to the degree desired by decantation or centrifugation.
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