| UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE Patent applications |
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| 20110299563 | DEVICE FOR DETERMINING THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY AND METHODS FOR THE USE THEREOF - The application relates to a device based on the electrothermal method for determining thermal conductivity, which allows the examiniation of various phenomena, with a high level of reliability, through the study of the thermal behaviour of materials. The device is constitated by a sample-carrying cylinder surrounded by a resistance element that creates a radial heat flow in the sample, a cooling system based on a spiral-form heat exchanger incorporated into the thermal device, means for the storage of a fluid and a data-storage device. Furthermore, the present application describes the use of the device in processes for determining the productive potential of the soil (“PPS”) and the examination of the nutritional quality of agro-ecological produce and foods. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110272347 | HIGH-RATE ANAEROBIC POOL BIOREACTOR - The present application related to a high-rate anaerobic pool bioreactor (“BLAAT”) as an improved processing unit for treating biodegradable wastewater, which allows the conversion of a low-performance rate traditional system, such as the anaerobic pool, into an efficient, compact system that enables clean energy to be recovered in the from of biogas. The application also describes a process for the anaerobic treatment of wastewater that uses said bioreactor, which optimizes the processes of mixing and contact between the biomass and the substrate and presents a novel process for separating out the biomass by means of improved sedimentation in horizontal laminar flow. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110237857 | PROCESS FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF TOXIC RESIDUES VIA OXIDATION IN PRESENCE OF WATER AND OXYGEN AND CONTINUOUS MOBILE UNIT TO TREAT HAZARDOUS COMPOUNDS - Process for the destruction of toxic residues via oxidation in the presence of water and oxygen developed in homogenous phase at temperatures over 374° C. and pressure of at least 220 atmospheres and a continuous mobile unit easily transferred to treat effluents or contaminated media. This mobile unit is composed of a reactor, which includes pressurization, reaction, cooling, depressurization and sampling zones for the destruction of toxic residues like polychloride biphenyls (PCBs), pyridines, and other hazardous compounds. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110233070 | PROCESS TO REDUCE THE CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND, TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON, AND TOTAL SOLIDS IN VINASSE BY ELECTRO-FLOTATION/OXIDATION - The invention relates to a novel process for reducing the chemical oxygen demand (COD), total organic carbon (TOC) and total solids of non-contaminating residues from ethanol distilleries, by means of electro-flotation/oxidation techniques using an electrolytic cell outfitted with galvanized steel electrodes as a function of the initial pH of the medium, the current density and the concentration of H | 09-29-2011 |
