Treatment of concentrated industrial wastewaters originating from oil shale and the like by electrolysis polyurethane foam interaction

Patent · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1991

OSTI ID:867762

Tiernan, Joan E ^[1]

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1. 38 Clay Ct., Novato, CA 94947

Highly concentrated and toxic petroleum-based and synthetic fuels wastewaters such as oil shale retort water are treated in a unit treatment process by electrolysis in a reactor containing oleophilic, ionized, open-celled polyurethane foams and subjected to mixing and l BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The invention described herein arose in the course of, or under, Contract No. DE-AC03-76SF00098 between the U.S. Department of Energy and the University of California.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00098
• Assignee: Tiernan, Joan E. (38 Clay Ct., Novato, CA 94947)
• Patent Number(s): US 5004531
• OSTI ID: 867762
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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