SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REMOVING FINELY DISPERSED PARTICULATE MATTER FROM A FLUID STREAM

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United States of America Patent

APP PUB NO 20140377166A1
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14312164

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Disclosed are methods of removing particulate matter from a wastewater stream, comprising providing an activating agent capable of being affixed to the particulate matter in the wastewater stream; affixing the activating agent to the particulate matter to form activated particles residing in the wastewater stream; processing the activated particles in a thickener device to produce a population of thickened flocs in the fluid stream, wherein the thickened flocs comprise the particulate matter; contacting the thickened flocs with a re-activating agent to form re-activated particles comprising the particulate matter; providing a population of tether-bearing anchor particles, wherein the tether-bearing anchor particles have an affinity for the re-activated particles; attaching the tether-bearing anchor particles to the re-activated particles to form removable complexes that comprise the particulate matter, and removing the removable complexes, thereby removing the particulate matter from the wastewater stream.

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SOANE MINING LLC35 SPINELLI PLACE CAMBRIDGE MA 02138

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Ashcraft, Nathan Somerville, US 9 175
Esquivel, Manuel Cambridge, US 2 16
Soane, David S Chestnut Hill, US 253 7662

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