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US 7,442,305 B2Granted
Downwash process bioremediation system
AssigneeVitabio, Inc.
InventorArthur Cheng-Hsin Wu
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a method for the removal of petroleum hydrocarbon and toxic constitutes from contaminated soils and sediment. The method comprises the removal of contaminated materials from soils and performs bioremediation for the removed contaminated materials in an efficient mode. The remained contaminated materials in the soils are biologically stabilized to allow microorganisms to grow and to consume the remained contaminated materials in the soils.
Claims7
A bioremediation system, comprising:
- a pump for receiving wastewater from soil;
- an aeration device for decomposing hydrocarbon materials from said wastewater received from output of said pump;
- an oily absorption media filter for removing oily portion of said hydrocarbon materials from said wastewater received from output of said aeration device;
- a mixing device for adding a bio stabilizer material into said wastewater received from output of said oily absorption media filter to become mixed water;
- a water pump for delivering said mixed water into said soil, removing a portion of said hydrocarbon materials from said soil and generating said wastewater to be received by input of said pump;
- wherein said bio stabilizer material comprises humus substance.
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A downwash bioremediation system, comprising:
- a pump for pumping wastewater from soil into a receiving tank;
- said receiving tank for collecting said wastewater and depositing solid portion of said wastewater into said receiving tank;
- an aeration tank for receiving output from said receiving tank, said aeration tank using an aeration device for aerobic and anaerobic operations wherein microorganisms are added to said aeration tank for decomposing hydrocarbon materials contained in said aeration tank;
- an oily absorption filter receiving output from said aeration tank for removing oily portion of said hydrocarbon materials;
- a blending tank for receiving output from said oily absorption filter, said blending tank using a blending device for mixing humus and said output from said oily absorption filter to form mixed water;
- a pressurized means for delivering said mixed water into said soil,
- wherein said mixed water washes said soil by removing said hydrocarbon materials in said soil to form said wastewater, and said microorganisms consume said hydrocarbon materials blended with said humus in said soil.
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A pressurized downwash bioremediation process, comprising:
- (a) delivering pressurized mixed water into soil;
- (b) treating said soil by pressurized washing and saturating electric charge of said soil by said mixed water to release hydrocarbon materials;
- (c) combining down stream of said mixed water, said hydrocarbon materials and portion of said soil to form wastewater;
- (d) collecting said wastewater from underground soil;
- (e) separating solid portion of said wastewater by sedimentation;
- (f) decomposing said hydrocarbon materials within said wastewater by aerobic and anaerobic operations and adding microorganisms;
- (g) removing oily portion of said wastewater to form water;
- (h) mixing said water with humus substance, and mixed type of nitrogen, phosphate, and potassium fertilizer to form said mixed water.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.