Liquid purification or separation – Processes – Making an insoluble substance or accreting suspended...
Patent
1991-06-21
1992-12-01
Silverman, Stanley S.
Liquid purification or separation
Processes
Making an insoluble substance or accreting suspended...
210752, 210804, 210DIG5, C02F 152, B01D 1704
Patent
active
051678292
ABSTRACT:
In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a system for treating commercial, industrial and institutional effluents to remove contaminants such as: fats, oils and greases, (FOGs) from the waste water. The system generally features a continuous processing treatment of the effluent, but can also be adapted on a small scale to a batch procedure. The system comprises the feeding of an emulsified waste stream to a first screening station, where solid matter and large particulates are removed. The FOGs in the waste stream are initially emulsified during the laundering or cleaning process by an alkaline detergent. The alkaline, emulsified waste stream is then fed to a first stage of a pH adjustment station. Here, the emulsified FOGs begin the process of being released and dispersed within the fluid, through the downward adjustment of the pH, i.e. by treating the effluent with acid. Finally, the dispersed emulsion stream is introduced into a separation station comprising either a separator, coalescer, clarifier or combination thereof. In the separation station, the fats, oils and grease, and any remaining solid waste is separated from the aqueous phase, syphoned off and/or pumped away. The waste water is now in condition to be discharged. Other processing can subsequently be done, such as environmental pH adjustments, or the removal of other contaminants such as heavy metals.
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Diamond Harold
Kaniecki Thaddeus J.
Rotter Larry
Vermes Rudolph N.
Silverman Stanley S.
Upton Christopher
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