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Use of water-absorbing, highly-filled polyurethane (urea) compositions for biological treatment of waste-containing liquids
Assignee: Bayer AG
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Filing: 1984-11-16
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Granted: 1986-03-18
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Expires: 2004-11-16
Abstract
Abstract The present invention relates to the use of non-floating, non-abrasive, highly-filled polyurethane (urea) compositions of high water-absorbability, which during their production contain no cells capable of growth as carriers for biomasses in the biological treatment of waste-containing liquids. These carriers have a filler content of greater than 15% by weight and less than 95% by weight (based on the moisture-free weight of the filler-containing polyurethanes). The fillers are selected from the group consisting of natural materials containing finely-divided fossil lignocelluloses or the secondary products thereof (e.g., peat, lignite, mineral coal or coke), active carbon, finely-divided distillation residues, inorganic fillers, homogeneous or cellular plastics particles (and more particularly polyurethane foam (waste) particles) and mixtures thereof. The polyurethane (urea) is a hydrophilic and/or hydrophobic polyurethane(urea), and preferably contains cationic groups. These highly-filled, polyurethane (urea) carriers have a water-absorbability exceeding 33% by weight of water in the swollen carrier. These carriers allow improved treatment of industrial and municipal liquid waste to be achieved in biologically-operating treatment plants. Treated waste which has reduced toxicity, a diminished smell, improved clarity and a very small residual content of organic, decomposable material is obtained due to the increased decomposition effect thereof.
Inventors
- 👤 Artur Reischl
- 👤 Kurt Mack
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-10-30 18:09
CPC Classifications
C; C02; C02F; C02F3/00; C02F3/02; C02F3/10; Y; Y02; Y02W; Y02W10/00; Y02W10/10
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
164 words
In the biological treatment of a wastecontaining liquid by the removal of organic matter by microorganisms, the improvement which comprises adding a carrier material for said microorganisms to said liquid in an amount of at least 0.5 grams per liter of said liquid, said carrier material comprising a non-floating, non-abrasive, filled polyurethane(urea) composition which (i) does not contain any cells capable of growth during the production thereof, (ii) has a filler content of from more than 15% by weight to about 95% by weight, based on the moisture-free weight of the filler-containing polyurethane(urea) composition, and (iii) has a water-absorbability of from more than 33% to about 97% by weight, said fillers used in said composition being selected from the group consisting of (i) natural materials containing finely-divided fossil lignocelluloses and the secondary products thereof, (ii) active carbon, (iii) cork powder, (iv) finely-divided organic distillation residues which melt above 100° C., (v) finely-divided inorganic fillers, (vi) homogeneous or cellular plastic particles, and (vii) mixtures thereof.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
164 words
In the biological treatment of a wastecontaining liquid by the removal of organic matter by microorganisms, the improvement which comprises adding a carrier material for said microorganisms to said liquid in an amount of at least 0.5 grams per liter of said liquid, said carrier material comprising a non-floating, non-abrasive, filled polyurethane(urea) composition which (i) does not contain any cells capable of growth during the production thereof, (ii) has a filler content of from more than 15% by weight to about 95% by weight, based on the moisture-free weight of the filler-containing polyurethane(urea) composition, and (iii) has a water-absorbability of from more than 33% to about 97% by weight, said fillers used in said composition being selected from the group consisting of (i) natural materials containing finely-divided fossil lignocelluloses and the secondary products thereof, (ii) active carbon, (iii) cork powder, (iv) finely-divided organic distillation residues which melt above 100° C., (v) finely-divided inorganic fillers, (vi) homogeneous or cellular plastic particles, and (vii) mixtures thereof.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
25 words
The process of claim 1 wherein said composition is a hydrophilic and/or hydrophobic polyurethane(urea) which contains cationic groups or groups capable of forming cationic groups.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
25 words
The process of claim 1, wherein said filler is selected from the group consisting of natural materials containing finely-divided lignocelluloses or the secondary products thereof.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
15 words
The process of claim 4, wherein said filler is finely-divided black peat and/or lignite dust.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
21 words
The process of claim 1, wherein said filler is polyurethane foam particles having particle sizes of from 1 to 30 mm.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
18 words
The process of claim 1, wherein said filler is a combination of finely-divided lignocelluloses and polyurethane foam particles.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
21 words
The process of Claim 1, wherein said filler is a combination of finely-divided inorganic fillers, finely-divided lignocelluloses and polyurethane foam particles.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
32 words
The process of claim 1, wherein said composition comprises a hydrophilic or hydrophobic polyurethane(urea) in an amount of from 5 to 85% by weight of the filler-containing carrier composition (as solid material).
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
22 words
The process of claim 8 wherein said composition is a hydrophobic, cationically modified polyurethane(urea) and wherein said filler is peat and/or lignite.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
39 words
The process of claim 9, wherein said polyurethane(urea) contains cationic or cationic-forming groups in a quantity of from 10 to 3000 milliequivalents per kg of polyurethane(urea) and black peat and/or lignite and/or polyurethane foam particles are used as fillers.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
23 words
The process of claim 10 wherein the polyol component used to produce said polyurethane(urea) contains less than 30% by weight of oxyethylene groups.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
23 words
The process of claim 11 wherein said filler is selected from the group consisting of peat, lignite, polyurethane foam particles and mixtures thereof.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
23 words
The process of claim 10, wherein the polyol component used to produce said polyurethane(urea) contains less than 20% by weight of oxyethylene groups.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
20 words
The process of claim 1, wherein said carrier has a water-absorbability of from 50 to 97% by weight of water.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
59 words
The process of claim 1, wherein said composition comprises hydrophobic polyurenthane(ureas) in an amount of from 5 to 85% by weight of the filler-containing carrier composition and that the polyurethane(urea) contains 10 to 3000 milliequivalents per kg of polyurethane(urea) cationic or cationic-forming groups, and the fillers are black peat, lignite or polyurethane foam particles or mixtures of those fillers.
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