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Apparatus and method for treating fgd blowdown or similar liquids

CA 2615945 C · Owner: Cote, Pierre Lucien · Inventors: Husain, Hidayat; Bonkoski, William A.; Cote, Pierre Lucien

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A process has steps of one or more of aerobic treatment to remove COD and nitrify a waste stream, anoxic treatment to denitrify a waste stream anoxic , treatment to remove selenium and anaerobic treatment to remove heavy metals and sulphur. The process may be used to treat for example, FGD blow down , water. The process may further include one or more of (a) membrane separation of the waste stream upstream of the anoxic digestion to remove selenium (b) , dilution upstream of the biological treatment step (c) physical/chemical , pretreatment upstream of the biological processes or dilution step to remove TSS and soften the waste stream, or (d) ammonia stripping upstream of the …

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  • Filed July 24, 2006 and granted November 21, 2017. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 24, 2026.
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FiledJuly 24, 2006
GrantedNovember 21, 2017
Term endedJuly 24, 2026
Patent numberCA 2615945 C
Classification (IPC)C02F3/30 +1 more

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