Inventors:
John Lombardi - Boulder CO, US
James Tranquilla - New Brunswick, CA
Larry Buter - Highlands Ranch CO, US
William Hawthorne - Thornton CO, US
Kenneth Brunk - Centennial CO, US
Gary Herbert - Thornton CO, US
Dennis Green - Arvada CO, US
International Classification:
B01D 61/00
US Classification:
210639000, 210641000, 210650000, 210758000, 210806000, 210764000, 210259000, 210202000
Abstract:
The present invention is directed to various sets of unit operations for treating aqueous effluents and logic for designing and effecting the treatment. The unit operations include stabilization of subterranean waters, sequential oxidation steps to alter selected target materials, oxidation to break up emulsions prior to removal of the emulsion components, and intense oxidation to break up difficult-to-remove organic target materials.