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| 20100126937 | WET AIR OXIDATION PROCESS USING RECYCLED CATALYST - A system and method for the treatment of process streams. A catalyst mediates a wet oxidation process at elevated temperatures and pressures for treating at least one undesirable constituent in an aqueous mixture. The aqueous mixture may be contacted with a catalyst and an oxidizing agent at an elevated temperature and a superatmospheric pressure. At least a portion of the catalyst may be precipitated by a pH adjustment and recycled back to contact the aqueous mixture | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100252500 | TREATMENT OF SPENT CAUSTIC WASTE - Systems and methods are provided for the treatment of caustic wastewater. Specifically, systems and methods are provided for combining refinery spent caustic and ethylene spent caustic solutions and treating the combined spent caustic mixture using a wet air oxidation process. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20110017664 | SUSPENDED MEDIA MEMBRANE BIOLOGICAL REACTOR SYSTEM AND PROCESS INCLUDING SUSPENSION SYSTEM AND MULTIPLE BIOLOGICAL REACTOR ZONES - A wastewater treatment system is provided comprising a biological reactor having a separation subsystem, a suspension system and a membrane operating system. The separation subsystem is constructed and arranged to maintain adsorbent material in the biological reactor with a mixed liquor. The suspension system is positioned in the biological reactor and is constructed and arranged to maintain adsorbent material in suspension with mixed liquor. The membrane operating system is located downstream of the biological reactor and is constructed and arranged to receive treated mixed liquor from the biological reactor and discharge a membrane permeate. In addition, a wastewater treatment system is provided comprising a first biological reaction zone, a second biological reaction zone and a membrane operating system. The first biological reaction zone is constructed and arranged to receive and treat the wastewater. The second biological reaction zone includes a separation subsystem and is constructed and arranged to receive effluent from the first biological reaction zone. A suspension system for adsorbent material is provided in the second biological reaction zone. The membrane operating system is located downstream of the second biological reaction zone and is constructed and arranged to receive treated wastewater from the second biological reaction zone and discharge a membrane permeate. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110079560 | CATALYTIC WET OXIDATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A system and method for the treating at least one undesirable constituent in an aqueous mixture utilizing a particulate solids catalyst. The aqueous mixture and the particulate solids catalyst form a slurry which is wet oxidized. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110163049 | Water Treatment Apparatus and System - The present invention relates generally to a system and method for treating wastewater in a filter media apparatus having a draft tube system. The filter media may be walnut shell media. | 07-07-2011 |
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| 20100213711 | ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION APPARATUS - A power generation apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a turbine rotor to generate mechanical energy from a flow of a fluid, an induction generator coupled to the turbine rotor to convert the mechanical energy into electrical energy, a fluid speed sensor to output a fluid speed signal indicative of a speed of the fluid flow, and a controller electrically coupled to the induction generator and to the fluid speed sensor. The controller includes at least one processor programmed to determine, based on the fluid speed signal, when the speed of the fluid flow exceeds a minimum speed sufficient for operation of the turbine rotor, initiate operation of the induction generator when the fluid flow speed exceeds the minimum speed by causing electrical power from a power source to be applied to a stator of the induction generator, and monitor a flow of electrical power between the stator of the induction generator and the power source to determine when the induction generator is supplying electrical power to the power source. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100299270 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENERGY DEVICE ACTIVATION - A system for providing an energy device activation service is disclosed. The system includes one or more network-enabled energy devices and an energy management interface comprising at least one processor. The energy management interface is to establish a network connection with each one of the one or more energy devices via a first communication network, establish a network connection with an energy device activation service via a second communication network, query the one or more energy devices to receive at least one of an operational parameter and a capability from each one of the one or more energy devices, and transmit the at least one of an operational parameter and a capability to a first database of the energy device activation service. The energy management interface is also to determine if each one of the one or more energy devices is an approved energy device based on energy device information stored in a second database of the energy device activation service, determine if each one of the one or more energy devices is eligible for activation based on at least one business rule stored in a third database of the energy device activation service, retrieve a contract from a fourth database of the energy device activation service when at least one of the one or more energy devices is determined to be an approved energy device that is eligible for activation, and activate the at least one approved and eligible energy device to enable at least one of an energy generation feature and an energy consumption feature of the at least one approved and eligible energy device when an acceptance of the contract is received by the energy management interface. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100318237 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENERGY DEVICE MANAGEMENT - A system for managing energy device operation is disclosed. The system includes one or more network-enabled energy devices and an energy management system comprising at least one processor. The energy management system is to establish a network connection with each energy device via a first communication network, and to query each energy device to cause the energy management system to receive first information from each energy device via the first network. The first information includes, for each energy device, a first operating mode of the energy device. The first operating mode is a current operating mode of the energy device. The energy management system is to determine, for each energy device, a second operating mode based on at least one operational rule stored in a first database. For each energy device, when the second operating mode is different than the first operating mode, energy management system is to transmit an instruction to the energy device to change the first operating mode of the device to the second operating mode. | 12-16-2010 |
