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Electrolytic treatment of waste water
Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corp
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Filing: 1975-10-23
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Granted: 1977-03-29
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Expires: 1995-10-23
Abstract
Abstract Waste water is subjected to electrolysis in an electrolytic cell having an anode comprising an insoluble central electrode and a body of particulate iron pieces disposed therearound and in electrical contact therewith, whereby impurities in the waste water become occluded within a floc of iron hydroxide formed by electrolytic dissolution of the iron pieces, and the floc containing the impurities is subjected to oxidation processing and is thereafter separated. A magnetic field can be applied to the waste water thus treated thereby to promote sedimentation of the floc.
Inventors
- 👤 Yoshihisa Watanabe
- 👤 Naohiro Nojiri
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-10-28 23:41
CPC Classifications
C; C02; C02F; C02F1/00; C02F1/48; C02F1/488; C02F1/46; C02F1/461; C02F1/46104; C02F1/46109; C02F1/46114; C02F1/463; C02F1/72; C02F2101/00; C02F2101/10; C02F2101/20; C02F2101/22
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
98 words
In the treatment of waste water which comprises subjecting the waste water to electrolysis with iron as anode thereby to cause impurities in the waste water to aggregate within a floc resulting from the formation of iron hydroxide by electrolytic dissolution of the anode and separating the floc containing the impurities from the waste water, the improvement wherein the iron anode comprises an insoluble electrode material and a body of iron pieces in electrical contact therewith, and the floc containing the impurities is subjected to oxidation processing thereby to convert the iron hydroxide into a magnetic iron compound.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
98 words
In the treatment of waste water which comprises subjecting the waste water to electrolysis with iron as anode thereby to cause impurities in the waste water to aggregate within a floc resulting from the formation of iron hydroxide by electrolytic dissolution of the anode and separating the floc containing the impurities from the waste water, the improvement wherein the iron anode comprises an insoluble electrode material and a body of iron pieces in electrical contact therewith, and the floc containing the impurities is subjected to oxidation processing thereby to convert the iron hydroxide into a magnetic iron compound.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
54 words
The improvement as claimed in claim 1 in which the group of iron pieces is confined within a chamber defined by a material which has perforations of a nature whereby it will pass ions but not the iron pieces therethrough, and which will remain intact under the electrolysis and thus constitutes the iron anode.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
29 words
The improvement as claimed in claim 1 in which the electrolysis is carried out at a temperature of from 10° C to the boiling point of the waste water.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
20 words
The improvement as claimed in claim 1 in which the oxidation processing comprises causing the floc to contact molecular oxygen.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
14 words
The improvement as claimed in claim 4 in which the molecular oxygen is air.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
24 words
The improvement as claimed in claim 1 in which the oxidation processing is accomplished in a vessel wherein the electrolysis is being carried out.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
33 words
The improvement as claimed in claim 1 in which a magnetic field is applied to the floc in which a magnetic iron compound has been produced thereby to promote aggregation of the floc.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
43 words
The improvement as claimed in claim 1 in which the total surface area of the body of iron pieces is greater than 0.5 cm 2 /milliliter with respect to the actual volumetric capacity of a cell in which the electrolysis is carried out.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
26 words
The improvement as claimed in claim 1 in which the body of the iron pieces has therewithin a void percentage of from 50 to 99 percent.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
92 words
In the treatment of waste water containing hexavalent chromium ions which comprises subjecting the waste water to electrolysis with iron as anode thereby to reduce the hexavalent chromium ions to chromium ions of lower valence and to cause the chromium ions of lower valence to be collected by a hydroxide of iron formed from the anode by the electrolysis and separating the resulting floc containing the chromium from the waste water, the improvement wherein the anode of iron comprises an insoluble electrode and a body of iron pieces in electrical contact therewith.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
92 words
In the treatment of waste water containing hexavalent chromium ions which comprises subjecting the waste water to electrolysis with iron as anode thereby to reduce the hexavalent chromium ions to chromium ions of lower valence and to cause the chromium ions of lower valence to be collected by a hydroxide of iron formed from the anode by the electrolysis and separating the resulting floc containing the chromium from the waste water, the improvement wherein the anode of iron comprises an insoluble electrode and a body of iron pieces in electrical contact therewith.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
29 words
The improvement as claimed in claim 10 in which the electrolysis is carried out at a temperature of from 60° C to the boiling point of the waste water.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
31 words
The improvement as claimed in claim 10 in which the floc containing the lower valence chromium is subjected to oxidation processing thereby to produce a magnetic iron compound within the floc.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
27 words
The improvement as claimed in claim 12 in which the oxidation processing is accomplished by bubbling air into a vessel wherein the electrolysis is being carried out.
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