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Waste water treatment process

CA 1296820 C · Owner: Norton Company · Inventors: Cummings, Paul W. Jr.

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A treating process is shown for removing cloggants from the pores and surfaces of aeration diffuser elements used in an activated sludge treatment process or the like. In this process, an acid gas is fed to the plenum chambers that support the respective elements to be treated, and water is permitted to flow from the sludge mass through the diffusers into the plenums to form the desired acid solution for reacting with the cloggants to be removed. The process is performed so that the acid solution fills the pores and contacts the surfaces of the diffusers and the plenums and the submerged piping network and the acid solution is then agitated in contact with the diffusers to react with the …

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  • Granted March 3, 1992. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended March 3, 2009.
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FiledFebruary 6, 1987
GrantedMarch 3, 1992
Term endedMarch 3, 2009
Patent numberCA 1296820 C
Classification (IPC)C02F3/20 +2 more

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19881991199419972000200320062009Application filedFeb 6, 1987Patent grantedMarch 3, 1992Term endedMarch 3, 2009

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